Content Marketing: Author
Blog Tour, Guest Posting & Email Newsletters

For my own historical fiction, I focused on content marketing. I created my author site with a strange history blog and I also created a blog for military wives and girlfriends, both of which were very successful. I eventually retired my Navy wives and girlfriends blog, even though some posts were getting up to 44K views.

My author blog continued to do well, especially after I began interviewing authors that wrote in my genre. These collaborations allowed me to share my work with their audiences and vice versa.

I also used push notifications with lead magnets to promote email newsletter sign-ups, and the emails themselves had an average 30-40% CTR.

When I launched A WHITE ROOM, I also coordinated and wrote guest posts for about 35 different influencer blogs, which not only promoted my book to a variety of audiences, but also, enhanced my SEO with a plethora of backlinks.

Below you will find many of the posts I wrote for different blogs as a part of the blog tour as well as related publicity and email newsletters.

Book covers including The Mad Woman's Ball which is black and yellow, Alias Grace, which is black and brown and A Madness so Discrete which black and blue. There is also blocks of text next to each book cover.

The Most Gothic, Historical Fiction on Hysteria - Shepherd Books

I curated and wrote on this list of historical fiction, that has gothic themes and includes issues relevant to misogyny and the so-called women's illness called hysteria.

Are Women Really Crazy? - The Savvy Gal Magazine

In this feature, I wrote on how the hysteria epidemic of the nineteenth century still affects the way our culture perceives women today.

Navy Girlfriend Guide on Pros & Cons of Not Getting Married before Military Deployment.

Women's Wellness & Lifestyle Column. Received 19k views. - Unhinged and Empowered

This article produced 19,000 views and 17 comments. I've since retired my blog Unhinged and Empowered Navy Wives and Girlfriends but you can still view the post via this preview link.

Winchester mystery house ballroom window

Blog Post - Winchester Mystery House: Secrets You Haven't Heard

After a tour at the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA, I covered interesting facts and stories not usually included in most descriptions of the bizarre house.

Writing an Era post on MK Tod's blog. Multiple books staked on top of each other including Write Like the Masters and Writer's Manual. Also includes photograph of author Stephanie Carroll and author MK Tod.

Blog Tour Guest Post - Writing an Era: Where to Begin - A Writer of History

In this article, I wrote about researching historical fiction. This was one stop of a 20-stop, link building, blog tour that I organized and wrote for as a part of my debut novel release in 2013.

Should You Become a Navy Wife 44,300 views.jpg

Women's Wellness & Lifestyle Column. Received 44k views. - Unhinged and Empowered

This guide generated 44,300 views and 60 comments and covered what women should consider prior to marrying a Sailor in the US Navy. This blog is now retired but you can still view the post via this preview link.

A crumbling gothic castle set up on a cliff overlooking the ocean.
What Makes Gothic Fiction Gothic? by Stephanie Carroll on Oh, For the Hook of a Book

Guest Blog Post - Evergreen Content - Oh, For the Hook of a Book

In this post I wrote on the history of and the literary themes of the gothic novel.

Purple text on white background. A black and white image of a women reading while a monsterous hand creeps up the side of her bed. Also book cover of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The cover is old with dark abstract figures on the front.

Guest Blog Post - How to Get the Scary in Your Scary Story - Oh, For the Hook of a Book

In this blog post, I wrote on the history of horror techniques and how writers can add them to their stories.

Picture of pink keywboard and the beginning of the The Undercover Soundtrack guest post by author Stephanie Carroll. To the right is the book cover for My Memories of a Future Life by Roz Morris, a hazy woman floating horizontally agove and below the book title.

Guest Blog Post - How Music Inspires Writing - The Underground Soundtrack, Roz Morris' Blog

In this post on Roz Morris' Undercover Soundtrack Column, I wrote on how music inspires my writing as a part of my book blog tour, which I organized, pitched to various sites and then wrote quality content to meet scheduled deadlines.

Article on Unhinged and Empower blog, pink and black text, and image of woman standing outside in the dark alone.

Women's Wellness & Lifestyle Article. Received 26k views. - Unhinged and Empowered

I wrote this article for my blog Unhinged & Empowered. This article covered the difficulties Navy girlfriends experienced when dating Sailors in the 2010s. This post generated over 26,800 views and 70 comments. The blog Unhinged and Empowered blog has since been taken down, but you can still view the post via this preview link.

Pursuing Your Dreams as a Military Wife on The Military Spouse Book Review. Author Stephanie Carroll appears under the article headline wearing a hat, purple shirt, black blazer and pearls in front of an iron rod gate.

Blog Tour Guest Post on Women's Wellness & Lifestyle -Pursuing Your Dreams as a Military Wife -The Military Spouse Book Review

In this article, I covered the ins-and-outs of military wives pursuing their dreams, which can be difficult when their military spouses are transferred to a new locations every 3-4 years and when many Navy bases are in rural areas.

A young woman in a well-worn chemise, crunches herself into a ball against a wall covered in ornamental Gilded Age or Victorian wallpaper.

Literary Blog Post/Blog Tour - The Virtual Victorian

I wrote on and gave context to the 1890 short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Military Wives' Email Newsletter

A sample email newsletter from my blog, Unhinged & Empowered, a military wives' and girlfriends' blog, which has since been retired.

Author Email Newsletter

This literary email newsletter previews several blog posts and directs recipients to read more on my author website. One post is for my interviews with author Kate Morton and an author Jennifer Kincheloe.

Content Marketing: Author Blog Tour, Guest Posting & Email Newsletters

Content Marketing: Author
Blog Tour, Guest Posting & Email Newsletters