One Dangerous Author

Dangerous Lee

This month's featured author is Dangerous Lee, author of  Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down. Dangerous Lee is an HIV Prevention Specialist and author who turned her book into "a brand with various projects in the fields of activism, writing, painting and internet radio. She is currently studying psychology and has an interest in working with at risk youth.


n 2008, her short erotic story, Til Death Do Us Part, was featured in the New York Times Best Selling anthology, Succulent: Chocolate Flava 2, edited by Zane. In March of 2010, Dangerous Lee self-published her first book titled, Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down, a book of six erotic stories with an emphasis on HIV education.
Dangerous Lee’s claim to fame is the humor advice column, Ask Dangerous Lee, where she dished out advice and opinions on love, relationships, pop culture, and celebrities. Ask Dangerous Lee was published monthly in the now defunct Uncommon Sense newspaper and syndicated in various independent magazines and websites nationwide.
Ask Dangerous Lee, the column, lead to the Ask Dangerous Lee Live radio show on the Blog Talk Radio online network. For more than two years Dangerous Lee, along with her co-host hip hop artist Hassahn Phenomenon, featured celebrities on all sides of the entertainment and media spectrum.
Working as her own marketing team, Dangerous has secured close to 50 media features over the course of a year. Dangerous is also a contributing writer for actress Monique Coleman’s official website, GimmeMo.com and is the co-founder of Book Bizarre, an annual event that highlights self-published authors in Flint, Michigan.

Book Dangerous Lee, HIV Prevention and Health Advocate to discuss…

• HIV
• Safe Sex
• Writing
• Erotic Fiction
• Acting
• Her book Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down

Dangerous Lee Guest Expert Interview Credentials

• Certified HIV Prevention Specialist
• HIV Testing Counselor
• Author of Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down
• Humor Advice Columnist

Guest Expert Availability

By telephone from Michigan- Eastern Time Zone

Interview Booking Contact

Dangerous Lee
Email Dangerous Lee at askdangerouslee @ hotmail.com

Guest Expert Web Sites

www.dangerouslee.biz

www.pantiesupskirtdown.com

The biggest mistake most authors make

Authors write books. It's what they do and what they love. Many authors, especially the self-published authors, are falling victim to one of the most dangerous mistakes known to the publishing industry: not having a platform.

As an author, having a platform is crucial to the success of your book. You should use your book to build your platform which in turn will create other avenues in which you can earn money. Most authors fail to take the time to learn what their platform is, and therefore, miss out on hundreds if not thousands of dollars.

What is a platform? An author's platform is what you are doing to reach those people you want to buy your books, or how you plan to reach them. It is that thing you are doing to get people to relate to you. An example of an author platform would be a single mother who has published a book. Though her book may be fiction, the fact that she is a single mom who has accomplished her dream of becoming a published author can be used as a platform to reach other single moms and women in general, whether they be parents or not. This same author can now garner speaking engagements from groups that host events in her area, and may be approached by various radio and television shows for interviews. At the engagements she will most likely be offered an opportunity to sell her books. And during her radio and television interviews, she will be asked to tell people where they can get copies of her book.

Your assignment is to take out a pen and paper and make a list of topics that you have experienced personally or have knowledge of that you would be willing to share with your readers to gain their attention and support. People like to feel that they can relate to someone. This in turn builds trust. Once you have gained the trust of your potential readers, they are no longer just readers; they become fans, and in turn, they become loyal supporters of you and your work.

Until next time,

~Sandra~

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