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Something About Me and My Book:: I retired in 2007 after 17 years with Merrill Lynch and settled down to write Deadly Portfolio: A Killing in Hedge Funds, a suspense novel about four affluent families riding high on the heady market returns in the summer of 2008. All comes crashing down, however, when the body of a neighbor washes up on shore the morning. I have been writing fiction and poetry all of my life, reside in Southport, NC. Graduate of St. John's University, English, 1961. Grew up in Yankton, SD.

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Throughout the entire process of writing, rewriting, and editing my novel, Deadly Portfolio: A Killing in Hedge Funds, I wanted, above all else, for my book to be accepted as an artistic success. Now that it is in print, I am thrilled with the reviews. They have been over the top, and I want to translate them into sales. Finding myself less than two months away from my 72nd birthday, I realize that the Internet is my best vehicle for promoting…

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Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:08am

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At 6:38am on January 25, 2012, Dan L. Coleman said…: Hey, John,

     Yeah, promoting a self-pub'd or small press book is a real challenge. All these sites are loaded with authors trying to sell works to one another, or looking for a breakout path. But you gotta start somewhere.

     I'm up here in Harnett County, Dunn, myself, almost moved to the Southport area a few years back when I retired. Might still get there someday.

     Have you tried signing onto www.crimespace.ning.com? It's loaded with both fiction and non-fiction writers of mystery/crime, and a few readers, too.

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