Hi Emerald,

I'm so glad you found the post helpful. Congratulations on your upcoming debut. That's fantastic! If you decide to host a FB party and come up with any more questions or issues, feel free to contact me through email or facebook. I'm happy to help.

Thanks, Melissa. The explanations are helpful. I kind of like the idea of doing it on the blog. Everyone can see all of those posts, too. Might attract new folks to the blog. Lots to think of here, but my stomach doesn't hurt any more. 🙂

Then it sounds like a blog post might be the ideal venue for you to host a virtual party. As I mentioned to Marsha below, there are so many possible ways to reach out to readers that each author should make use of whatever social media format works best for them. I adore Facebook and that's where my readers know to find me, so I host my parties there, but the possibilities are endless! Best of luck to you. 🙂

I'm sorry my post tied your stomach in knots. That's no good! Don't feel like you have to do something like this if it makes you anxious. There are so many different ways to reach readers! Whatever social media mode is your favorite--blog, twitter, Facebook, Goodreads--then that's what you should make use of to celebrate your book launch. I can see having a virtual party on a blog post like this one, with all the "partying" happening in the comment section. The sky's the limit.

You're correct that I didn't do anything else during that 3 hours, but it's fun for me. I put music on, pour a glass of wine or have a beer and some snacks handy, and just hang out with my readers. I'm always exhausted by the end, but it's a very satisfied exhaustion.

Thank you for stopping by the blog!

On my blog everyone can see all the posts.

Hi, Ella. You're right that sometimes the party moves at such a fast pace that it's sometimes tricky to keep track of the posts and replies, but I don't think it's that hard and the fun outweighs it, at least for me. I find that holding the party on the event page instead of your author page helps because everyone can see everyone else's posts. On author pages, party guests can't see anyone else's posts except the author's.

Hi Sharla. Thanks for stopping by! You're right that a Facebook party isn't restricted to book launches. I love the writing sprint parties we've done. Yes, we need to do another one of those very soon!