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January 2009 Blog Posts (277)

Check out video on selling tons of books

Check out video on selling tons of books

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Added by Rick Frishman on January 17, 2009 at 2:37pm — No Comments

Succeeding In Uncertain Times

After publishing two consecutive books in the past four months that deal with the subject of business and people who are successful at making money (Pecking Order - September 2008 and The Equation - January 2009) and with the state of the world economy being what it is, I was asked the following question in a recent interview with the METRO newspaper staff to be published and distributed around the city streets of New York, Philly and Boston:

METRO - The world is mired in a nearly… Continue

Added by Omar Tyree on January 17, 2009 at 9:59am — No Comments

Scene Stealer

Nocturne and Dorchester historical author Bonnie Vanak is hosting my blog tour today. We're talking about secondary characters who refuse to stay in the background. I spotlight Isabella Wren--a former courtesan and now Lady Wexford. Bonnie has also posted a picture of me in my opera singing days (No, that gorgeous creature in the mask is not me.) But I played… Continue

Added by Emily Bryan on January 17, 2009 at 8:48am — No Comments

Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD

The following true conversation is from my book "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes.” I am talking with Nat, my hospice patient, who is a veteran of the Viet Nam war. His story is typical of… Continue

Added by Frances Shani Parker on January 16, 2009 at 11:52pm — No Comments

The FATA & Terrorism

By Ben Furman, Former FBI Counterterrorism Chief

In February 2008 Mike McConnell, the Director of US National Intelligence, testified before the House Intelligence Committee and said this, “The FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) of Pakistan serve as a staging area for al Qaeda’s attacks in support of the Taliban in Afghanistan as well as a location for training new terrorist operatives for attacks in Pakistan, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the United… Continue

Added by Ben Furman on January 16, 2009 at 7:03pm — No Comments

Wake Up Everybody

Change is a wonderful thing. I consider myself a Change Agent. As a Life Coach it is my duty to assist and teach clients to embrace change. Change reminds me of a song called, Wake Up Everybody. Remember? It is that old school Harold Melvin & Blue Notes classic. You know the lyrics sing along with me:

Wake up everybody no more sleeping in bed.

No more backward thinking time for thinking ahead.

The world has changed so very much from what it us to… Continue

Added by Kenneth Brown on January 16, 2009 at 6:51pm — No Comments

Best Social Networking Books Site

Shelfari, GoodReads, Library Thing....and?

Added by Kare Anderson on January 16, 2009 at 2:46pm — No Comments

American Booksellers Association Seeking New Director... (maybe new direction?)

I'm betting they will - and that us authors should keep our ear to the ground as it unfolds - and perhaps suggest how we think authors can support book sellers in selling more books. What do YOU think? Here's the news.

Added by Kare Anderson on January 16, 2009 at 2:43pm — No Comments

10 Reasons A Big Company Or Organization Might Buy 10,000 (or More) Copies of Your Book

See the ebook here.

Added by Kare Anderson on January 16, 2009 at 2:40pm — No Comments

Shaking My Head and Chuckling

I received positive responses from two potential publishers this week. Both are interested in my mss. and included some advice for re-writes, "par for the course." Some of the synthesized comments included:

- Plot too complicated

- Plot too simple

- Too much dialogue

- Not enough dialogue

- Too many characters

- Needs more characters

- Moves too quickly from one scene to the next

- Moves too slowly from one scene to the next

- Not enough… Continue

Added by Kristine on January 16, 2009 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Recession Proof Your Business with The 2009 Weird & Wacky Holiday Marketing Guide eBook

The 2009 Weird & Wacky Holiday Marketing Guide, Your business marketing calendar of ideas is NOW AVAILABLE in PDF from Lulu.com, and MobiPocket & Kindle from Amazon. Get your copy today and jump start your marketing efforts. See what others are saying.

Ginger

Added by Ginger Marks on January 16, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

T Minus 38 Days and Counting

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Added by Emily Bryan on January 16, 2009 at 9:12am — No Comments

Review

I encourage any who is publishing your book for the first time to work hard to find someone who will review your book. I now know how important it is to seek book reviews before you get published. I can't stress it enough. Lessons learned.

Added by Sherlyn Powell on January 16, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Daria Rose's Inspiration For The Day!

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but if it doesn't, be content that it grew in yours.

Added by Daria Rose Books on January 16, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Today, January 16th: John Kremer's 60th birthday special: Free downloads and a great free teleseminar at 8:00 p.m. Eastern

To celebrate my 60th birthday, I'm offering a birthday special: Free downloads of Excel data files for John Kremer's Specialty Retailers Data Files and Catalog Sales Data Files. Since these data files normally sell for $30.00 each, that makes my 60th birthday special worth $60.00. 60 for 60!

Go to http://www.bookmarket.com/birthday.htm to download one or both Excel data files.

I am also offering a free teleseminar… Continue

Added by John Kremer on January 16, 2009 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

Bathroom Strangler

Bathroom Strangler is my new thriller that will be released on January 27, 2009. Here is a little of what it is about. Tim Thompson isn't the kind of guy you would like to meet. He drinks, smokes, lies, steals, cheats. He is a rapist and murderer. After having a re-occurring nightmare about his mother's death, he sets out to find her killer. In the process, he meets Alexandria, and everything changes. She is beautiful and he falls in love, but she has no clue who he really is. There is one… Continue

Added by Naomi Chapman on January 15, 2009 at 11:07pm — No Comments

Income From Dividends

Never worry about another job layoff.

Never worry about a company outsourcing your job.

Never worry about how you're gonna make ends meet.

Those aren't dreams. This is real!

Learn how to save and invest in the right place.

Dividend income is passive income. You can buy stocks and receive a dividend check every month. If you want to avoid paying taxes, include dividends… Continue

Added by Jo Ann Brown on January 15, 2009 at 10:24pm — No Comments

Reviews of Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones

*From:* BoS-Pagan@yahoogroups.com

*On Behalf Of *Michael Gleason

Vanilla Heart Publishing ISBN 978-0-97965445-6-5 262 pages $15.99 (U.S.)

The subtitle of this book, "Tales to Honor the Crones", gave me a false impression. A collection of stories about crones should be about the end of life, but these stories are full of life. They are vivid, arresting, and entertaining.

Oh, there is death…

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Added by www.vilaspiderhawk.com on January 15, 2009 at 9:54pm — No Comments

Reviews of Forest Song: Finding Home

Forest Song: Finding Home by Vila SpiderHawk -

Book Review by Dawn "Belladonna" Thomas

I was excited to begin this book after reading Ms. SpiderHawk’s book Hidden Passages: Tales of to Honor the Crones. I was definitely not disappointed. The story begins with a young girl, Judy, living with her family in Germany. Her family builds a wrought iron fence to attempt to contain her. Judy hears the song of the forest and constantly tries to break through and run for the…

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Added by www.vilaspiderhawk.com on January 15, 2009 at 9:52pm — No Comments

I am back!

OH my goodness, I have been gone for so long. I hope you haven't forgotten about little ole me. It is just that I have been so busy. I even managed to take a long needed vacation back in November. I went to Florida. It was so nice, but so cold. I couldn't believe it. I was there for almost 30 days.

Before I left on my little vacation, I was busy with my books. Yes, I have some new ones published and available on Amazon.com…