I have never written a blog before, but it seems that most authors do, so I am jumping on the bandwagon! As a dislocated teacher I am trying once and for all to make the writing thing work as a career. Online marketing is unknown territory to me, but I understand that it has become essential to book marketing. (And I know almost nothing about regular marketing, given that I have five books and have made almost nothing in royalties.) I hope to learn some tricks of the trade from other…

Never pay to be a guest blogger on any other blog. Guest means guest. Guests don't pay to eat if invited as a guest. It's just wrong.

If a blogger wants you to pay to guest blog post on their blog, they better be ranked in the top 200 of Alexa. At least.

If any member of this network ask you to pay to guest post on their blog, refuse them. It's not right. This network is designed for people to trade blog posts or simply to offer guest openings to others.

The same is true…

Continuing to showcase queries that got agents and publishers interested in my work over the years, when there was a publishing industry willing to take on new writers (ha ha), here is the query that got the head of Random House Children’s Division (Jim Thomas) interested in AFTER. It was submitted by my agent at the time and was given a read in less than forty-eight hours. This is his exact reply.

“Thanks for the look at AFTER. There’s a lot I like about it. It’s quite inventive,…

Mar 1 to 4 in LA

Dear %$firstname$%,

Imagine a gathering of some of world’s most sought

after marketing and publishing experts ready to give

you the “keys to the kingdom” to:

- Get your book published

  

- sell your book to a publisher

  

- promote yourself using low-cost means online

  to catapult your sales & exposure

  

- make your book a bestseller

  

- transform your business into a mega success

  

It’s not a…

Amazon Kindle Best-Selling author Heath Lowrance, Whit Howland and Henry P. Gravelle head up the trio of authors that Trestle Press has currently writing in the Western genre. Heath and Whit were guests on The G-ZONE blogtalk radio show yesterday discussing their love and fascination with the genre and all that goes into it. Here is the link to the show:…

So many Christians are trying to get God’s spirit to line up with their flesh, when God is trying to get your flesh to line up with His spirit.

Hello Trestle fans! My name is Lisa Taylor, and I’m one of those starving artist types; a writer, to be precise.  Have I always, since my tiny little brain first recognized a word, wanted to be a writer? Heck no. In fact, a couple years ago I was about as far on the other end of the spectrum as I could get.

Out of high school, I went to college at the United States…

 This is straight from Spinetingler magazine:

“To honor the crime fiction novellas released in 2011 we are proud to announce the first annual Spinetingler Award for Best Novella. If the trend of novellas continues then this award will be folded in to the main awards in the future.

The polls will be open until the end of the month.

Congratulations to Raymond Embrack, Ray Banks, Fingers Murphy, Tom Piccirilli, Jack Tunney, Kio Stark, Nik Korpon, Gerard Brennan, Chuck…

Lost

Military secrets, corruption, greed, international intrigue; tenderness, human frailty, devotion, and loyalty. All of these describe Lost by E.G. Lewis. A wide and varied cast of characters are intricately woven together in this very satisfying mystery that is a follow up to Promises. However, Lost totally stands on its own two feet, and although some characters from the first book make an appearance, it is not necessary to read book one in order to enjoy…

Pre-print sale!! Get it cheap before it goes to paperback prices!

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We've all heard the expression "Opposites Attract", and I guess it must be true. Take my wife and me. We could not possibly be more polar opposites in so many areas. In fact, the areas of similarity are virtually miniscule, and yet we just celebrated our twelfth anniversary!



I am a man who likes order; she is perfectly comfortable with a desk that looks like a dumpster was overturned on it. I prefer to read the Sports section first on Sunday, while she goes straight for the comics.…

Just another example of how the internet has changed authors and the exposure that their books are capable of receiving with a little marketing and promotion. Here is a review and blurb about me that appeared in Italy. I couldn’t even read it and had to have my step-daughter translate it for me. This was a totally unsolicited article and I thank the writer for it. Also, now that it’s over, the free book promo on Kindle is resulting in paid sales. Quite a few I might add. The way I understand…

Blog Talk Radio’s World of Ink Network Show: Stories for Children with host VS Grenier and co-producers Kris Quinn Christopherson and Irene Roth will be chatting with debut author Maryann B. Sawka about her nonfiction picture book Good Table Manners Made Easy, which was born from her etiquette workshops and curriculum, a collection of tips for diners of all…

By: Sheila L. Jackson

Be careful¾watch out for attacks from Satan, your great enemy. He prowls around like a hungry, roaring lion, looking for some victim to tear apart. Stand firm when he attacks. Trust the Lord;…

Another incredible week of guests is coming at you this week! Here is the list of guests :

Monday-Jan. 16- James Winter-11am EST

Tuesday-Jan. 17- Whit Howland/Heath Lowrance- 4pm EST

Weds.-Jan. 18- Richard Lutman-12pm EST

Thurs. - Jan. 19-D.P. Lyle- 4pm EST

Friday-Jan. 20- Great Minds Think Aloud -4pm EST          …

Amazon Kindle Best-Selling and trailblazing author Paul D. Brazill has decided to drop the price of his legendary “Brit Grit Too” to $.99 for one day, Monday, January 16, 2012. If you purchase “Brit Grit Too” Trestle Press will match that with any title up to the full purchase price of $4.99 as part of the BOGO sale.

Just email Paul D. Brazill or find him at his…