July 24, 2005

"Having Fun and Finding a Market For Your Book"

No Matter What Your Subject, Even Dolphins Re-engineered by Aliens, There's an Audience Waiting For You

Tom Brown tried to "become" a dolphin, think like a dolphin. Although this CWC Marin board member has a B.A. and a master's degree (public policy) from U.C. Berkeley, he is selfeducated about whales and dolphins.

That didn't stop him from writing a trilogy about them called The Dolphins' View, using the pen name of Mookeeo, a lead character with a fun-loving "dolphinality" who encounter aliens from another galaxy and tries to save all dolphins in distress.

That also hasn't stopped him from determinedly hunting down readers wherever he can find them for his lively tales—and learning valuable lessons about book marketing along the way that can offer guidance to each of us.

Tom/Mookeeo steps to the podium for our July meeting to share both his publishing and dolphin adventures.

Tom stepped in to fill a sudden program vacancy and did his usual outstanding job. He has since resigned membership on the CWC Marin board and left us—to be closer to family in New Jersey.

We wish him nothing but smooth seas and clear waters.

Quotables:

"You can educate people more effectively if you entertain them at the same time."

"The important thing for me is, you have to follow your dream. And this is my dream."