When we published our book Stumbling Stone in June 2015, Rudi and I agreed that we’d give it a year, during which we hoped we’d have an adventure and sell some modest number of books. When June 2016 rolled around, we began telling people we were … [Read more...]
Music and Mystery: Giving Voice to Victims of the Nazis
BAIPA member Julie Freestone and her co-author Rudi Raab will be participating in an unusual event for their novel Stumbling Stone. They will join another German-Jewish couple, musicians Rebecca Rust, cello, and Friedrich Edelmann, bassoon, the San … [Read more...]
BAIPA Member Julie Freestone Finds Hidden Benefit in Publishing
Since Rudi Raab and I published our novel Stumbling Stone last June, one hidden benefit has been the wonderful people we’ve met — especially other self-published authors who have shared their experiences with us. We met some through BAIPA and others … [Read more...]
Julie Freestone Shares New Website for Marketing
Before Rudi Raab and I published our historical novel Stumbling Stone, we launched a website, stumbling-stone.com. It’s been a great place to post photos and other material that was the basis for our mystery/romance novel. Recently I’ve been … [Read more...]
Julie Freestone Interviewed by Laurie McAndish King
Another Angle Leads to NPR Podcast BAIPA member Julie Freestone and her Stumbling Stone co-author Rudi Raab were interviewed for Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilner for an NPR Podcast about travel. BAIPA member and NPR correspondent, Laurie … [Read more...]
Odd Marketing Effort Pays Off for Julie Freestone
BAIPA author Julie Freestone and her husband and co-author Rudi Raab use printed postcards to promote their Stumbling Stone novel. At the recent Jewish Film Festival, they distributed a promo piece after the movie Nazi Legacy. Although their … [Read more...]
Authors Julie Freestone and Rudi Raab to be Interviewed on VoiceAmerica
BAIPA member Julie Freestone and her co-author Rudi Raab will be interviewed on VoiceAmerica radio network on the program Good Grief, this Wednesday, September 16 at 1:30pm. Host Cheryl Jones will talk to them about their historical novel "Stumbling … [Read more...]
Author Julie Freestone Talks about Using a Website to Promote Her Book
How useful is a website for promoting your book? The jury is still out for my co-author Rudi Raab and me [Julie Freestone] and our book Stumbling Stone, but we’re having a good time posting details about book events, blogs, photos and reviews to the … [Read more...]
BAIPA Member Julie Freestone Publishes Historical Novel
Jewish women born to immigrant parents in the Bronx in 1944 don’t get romantically involved with men who are cops, have German accents and look like Hitler youth leaders. But reporter Sarah Stern is drawn to Karl Schmidt and intrigued by his tangled … [Read more...]