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Born: Toccoa, GA. Raised: Internationally. Married to the best woman ever, Amanda! 3 children (1 girl, 2 boys). My parents are missionaries, and I was raised mostly in Guinea and Ivory Coast, West Africa. I personally came to know Jesus Christ at a very young age, when He saved me from my sins by His own death on the cross. He has been teaching me to love God and others since then.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Good news from the Harners!

Good evening,

My wife Christy just published her first book, Behind Every Illusion. We’re self-publishing, so even if you can’t buy the book yet, we need your help to spread the word. Please read the following article and consider sending it to your friends and acquaintances. Behind Every Illusion is a fantasy novel especially intended for teens and young adults – but we all know some of them, right?

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Thanks so much,

Matt

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A new book by Christina Harner, Behind Every Illusion, just hit the market. She’s a young author whose novel has already begun generating excitement on the internet due to her enticing video trailer .

Behind Every Illusion is the first book in an exciting series about the extraordinary ways the earth has evolved in a desperate attempt to save itself from the destruction caused by humankind. This first novel focuses mainly on a soft-spoken 18-year-old named Tatiana who begins changing in ways she never thought possible. Amidst tragedy, unimaginable transformations and an unexpected friendship, she has to learn both to reveal the girl hidden behind her illusions and what it means to face the world in order to preserve not only the forest, but her very existence.

The cool thing about this book is that the word is being spread entirely via the internet! Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, email, blogs, forums, you get the picture. This means if each person tells their friends, the word gets spread exponentially.

So, please help! First, check out the promo video. If this captures your interest, go to her website at http://www.behindeveryillusion.com (also, an online community with forums, e-commerce, competitions, and more will be launching later this summer). If you like what you see, tell someone! Easy ways to share about Behind Every Illusion are listed below.

Again, if you can do nothing else, please at least spread the word one time. Oh, and if you’re intrigued enough to go ahead and pre-order the book before its June 6th launch date, you get an exclusive Behind Every Illusion bumper/laptop sticker as well as a SIGNED copy of the book! If you get 20 others to buy the book, you get $20 for our coming online store. How can you go wrong there? So, check it out and let’s spread the word together!

Ways to spread the word. Pick one or more (if you want to help a lot, you can do one a day until they’re done… and then start over):

1.      Email links:

a.        to YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS9-fMlSSiY

b.      to website: http://www.behindeveryillusion.com

c.       to synopsis: http://www.behindeveryillusion.com/downloads/BehindEveryIllusionCover8.5by5.5.pdf

2.      Twitter posts (copy and paste):

a.       Video trailer for @christinaharner book, Behind Every Illusion. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS9-fMlSSiY

b.      Intriguing book, Behind Every Illusion, being released by @christinaharner. See the website: http://www.behindeveryillusion.com

3.      Facebook status posts (copy and paste):

a.       I just heard about a new book, Behind Every Illusion by Christina Harner, that some of you will probably like. http://www.behindeveryillusion.com

b.      Here’s a book trailer video about Behind Every Illusion by Christina Harner. Worth seeing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS9-fM1SSiY

4.      Join the Behind Every Illusion facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=78021709628#/pages/Behind-Every-Illusion-A-New-Novel-by-Christina-Harner/166125880236?ref=ts

5.      Simple plug in, works just about anywhere (facebook, myspace, blogger, etc.): http://seed.sproutbuilder.com/HABnWIfgFX5LwwaY

6.      Email/Facebook this message to all your friends, or at least the ones you think will be most interested: Copy and paste the whole thing, or retrieve it from http://www.behindeveryillusion.com/downloads/sendtofriends.html

7.      Until June 6th, you can buy a signed pre-release copy of the book (or save money and buy a downloadable version) through the website if you are willing to join the promotional campaign. You will receive 2-3 emails each week asking you to help promote the book in specific and manageable new ways. Note: If 20 people buy the book and say you told them to buy it, you’ll receive a $20 gift certificate to be spent at the very soon to be launched Behind Every Illusion online store!

 

2 comments:

Amy said...

Congrats on the very ambitious undertaking of self-publishing...but if you're going to do it now's the time!

I don't know if you guys remember me from TFC!

Do I have to join the promotional campaign to pre-order? I'd like to order the book, but can't really commit to any extra promo besides a possible review on my blog. Let me know! :)

three-quarter tank said...

Thanks, Amy! We may well remember you, but there were quite a few Amys... I checked out your blog (which is great!) to try to be sure which Amy you are. Still unsure, though.

You DON'T have to join the promotional campaign to pre-order. Just one favor I ask... My previous post is a Sprout advertisement that you can easily link into your own blog by clicking on "Share". If you could please try that, I'd appreciate it. You seem linked to some good book-loving traffic, and it would be really helpful.