-Print and e-ARC distribution to major reviewers for trade and
consumer media, both traditional and online.
-Early e-galley distribution for pre-publication reviews (NetGalley
and bloggers)
-Targeted outreach to genre community for interviews/guest
appearancs (fan-oriented sites/publications/media)
-Social media marketing on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads
giveaways.
K.D. Keenan worked in the high technology industries for 30-plus
years as a content creator and public relations expert. She founded
her own PR agency, named one of Silicon Valley’s Top 25 PR agencies
for 10 years running by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Today,
she focuses on her fiction writing, her grandchildren, and a long
list of things she’d like to do if there were more hours in the
day.
Keenan has always been a voracious reader. Having worked through
her grandparents’ extensive library of Victorian children’s
literature, she began reading fantasy and science fiction at the
age of nine—a move that curbed her tendency to write with a
mid-Nineteenth Century flair that was never really appreciated by
her English teachers.
The Obsidian Mirror, the first book in a trilogy, tells the tale of
a Silicon Valley PR executive whose life takes a turn for the weird
when a fast-talking coyote appears on her doorstep and plunges her
into a whirlwind of hijacked technology, ancient evil, and
environmental threat. Fire in the Ocean picks up Sierra’s story as
she embarks on a tropical vacation but instead encounters the
ancient magic of the “isle of sorcerers” as she fights to protect
the precious natural environment of Hawai‘i.
Keenan and her husband of 45 years have two grown children and two
grandchildren.
“Native American mythology is often understated and you can never
find enough of it in Fantasy Literature. But don’t worry, K.D.
Keenan is here to fix that with The Obsidian Mirror.
What makes the author so special? Well, let’s just say that her
best childhood friend was a Native American skull, which she
received when she turned six. Show me a better qualification and
I’ll eat it! And before you ask, yes, she did return the skull to
its proper place when she got old enough to know better.
The story turned out so well and it is so rich in detail that one
can almost suspect the author learned more than a few tales from
said skull. Add a little bit of Voodoo to the mix and you are well
on your way to an all-star American pantheon, echoing Neil Gaiman’s
American Gods in a most interesting manner.
Oh, and for all that the author won’t admit it, The Obsidian Mirror
has tons of humor. This is skillfully done, with the jokes lurking
in the backdrop, tiptoeing behind the text and seldom breaking the
surface of the mirror. More often than not you will recognise the
joke the same way scientists recognise dark matter – by its effect
on the surroundings rather than by its blatant presence.”—Sorin
Sociu, author of The Scriptlings
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