Novel Publicity Novels & Stories

The hall vibrated with the sound of Claps. Now the introduction is done, it is time for a question and answer session where people can ask any question they have about the product. I can feel the excitement buzzing in the hall. People are enthusiastic and excited about this just like we predicted. My market acumen told me that is going to be a popular product based on the hype we created. The promotion was a huge success. Newspapers have been talking about this launch for days. I am not proud of it but my scandal with Caleb added to the hype further. It acted as fuel to the already burning fire. But I will take it. Negative publicity still counts as publicity.

The initial headlines were dominated by my father’s cruel quote and the phrase Hayes Heir Ruined. “This is Day One,” Igor said, his voice level. “It is pure, unadulterated shock and tabloid venom. We do not engage with this directly. It is noise.” He then clicked a filter, and the stream of articles changed, focusing on the specific output his PR team had successfully seeded into key, respected financial and cultural publications within the last twenty-four hours. “Now, observe the pivot,” Igor instructed. The new headlines were starkly different. They weren't fighting the scandal; they were reframing it.

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Emily turned her laptop screen toward me. "We just received an anonymous email. It claims you're a novelist, and that you wrote a book where a CEO led an office bullying campaign that drove three women to suicide. The company in your novel uses the same initials as ours. A few years back, that triggered a PR crisis for us and tanked our stock." "The company is taking this very seriously. Is there anything you'd like to explain?" "I never wrote anything like that. I write romance novels. The author of that thriller is the very famous mystery writer J. Nova—it was one of his earlier works, not many people have read it."

She looked at me expectantly. "I think Lennox Global can help you." Patricia blinked. "What do you mean?" "Our public relations department." I smiled. "We've handled product launches for luxury brands before. We can help with media publicity, interviews, influencer campaigns and promotional events." Her mouth slowly fell open. "You'd do that for me?" "Of course." Before I could say another word, Patricia threw her arms around me again. "Oh my God!" She laughed happily. "I love you." "I know." "No, seriously! This is huge”

We both jump. I grab it. “Yeah?” “It’s the U.S. office,” my publicist’s voice says, tight. “You might want to sit for this.” “I’m already lying down,” I say. “That bad?” “There’s a new piece running,” she says. “Not just another blind. A think‑piece. Multiple outlets have picked it up in the last hour.” My stomach tightens. “About what?” “About you,” she says. “About your…absence.”

Instead it says PARTNER VISIBILITY MANAGEMENT, and beneath the heading are bullet points that I read slowly, with nausea building from watching someone diagram the dimensions of a cage they just built for me while calling it a floor plan. Reduced public presence at high-profile games. No attendance at sponsor events during the initial rollout. Book two submitted to the PR team for “alignment review” before publication, the word optics appearing a third and fourth time in the same paragraph like a pulse that won’t stop. “The goal,” Victoria says, turning to me with that smile, “is to create space for the brand to grow without the narrative friction that the current public dynamic introduces.”

“So create another fake scandal?” “Not exactly, but some other news. Do you have any big announcements to make? That will take the heat off you. When people check the latest happenings, and, they will check now that it's on their radar. Turn it into positive publicity. So that the ‘news’ you let out will be the first thing that will pop up when you’re looked up.” He looks at me with an expression I can’t quite decipher. I looked away, my cheeks heating. “I mean, if you think it’—“

My luxurious penthouse overlooked half the city. Floor-to-ceiling glass, soft gold lighting. Absolute luxury. And beneath me? Absolute chaos. I sat in the corner of the velvet sectional, with my right leg crossed elegantly over my left, a glass of red wine resting lightly between my fingers as the screens across the room continued flashing nonstop updates. News anchors, public outrage, social media explosions. The first publicist I ever had taught me that “sometimes, any publicity is good publicity”.

She wouldn’t let lies erase that. ** The next morning, Isabella walked into the PR department like a storm in heels. The team looked up from their desks in shock. She hadn’t been back since her promotion to the executive wing. Without preamble, she pulled up a chair in the middle of the open office space and slapped her laptop on the table. “Press release time,” she said. “We’re taking back the narrative.” Her team gathered around, eyes wide. Isabella typed, voice firm as she dictated aloud: