Hello friends of my mom, Arianne!
My name is Lily and I am a sophomore at UC San Diego majoring in Media Industries, Communication and Marketing. I am managing the marketing for my mom’s book launch so I decided to take over her Substack for a day to share an important call to action.
As most of you know, my mom’s first book, Tough Shit. - the angry woman’s guide to embodying change comes out November 4th. She is working with an awesome (but small!) publishing company, Tehom Center Publishing, that specializes in celebrating feminist, queer and BIPOC authors.
As most of you also know, books by marginalized communities do not often get the marketing support they deserve, especially on Amazon, where it’s all about quantity not quality.
But there is a way to subvert Amazon’s patriarchal algorithm!
If my mom’s journal becomes a Best Seller, it immediately activates free advertisements and opportunities for more folx to have access to it. To become a Best Seller, WE NEED 50 PEOPLE TO BUY HER BOOK AND GIVE IT A 5-STAR REVIEW within the first week of it being available online.
WE ALREADY HAVE 37 PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO DO THIS. WE NEED AT LEAST 13 MORE!
I think my mom’s journal is IMPORTANT. Here’s why: With writing prompts paired with easy somatic exercises, it uses anger as the starting point to track fear, sadness, and hurt to reach true self. The thing I love most about it is that is positions women’s anger NOT as something to be ashamed of, or feared, but as a signal that something important is going on inside that deserves attention.
Anger can be used FOR GOOD, not for destruction. I like that, don’t you?
SO, be a part of empowering women authors and women’s emotions! Click this link to fill out the form and join the Launch Team.
Sincerely, Lily Taylor
Tough Shit - Marketing Manager