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February 2008 Blog Posts (176)

Return of the Sword Fantasy Anthology

Return of the Sword, An Anthology of Heroic Adventure is almost here! Mark your calendars for Mar. 15th so you can be one of the first to get your copy.

While waiting stop by Flashing Swords and enjoy the latest issue.

Added by Jean Lauzier on February 15, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Readings

Today's stop on my booktour is at: www.storycrafters.blogspot.com

It's a guest post about my recent experience at a Barnes & Noble reading I did for The River, By Moonlight. If you'd like to tell me your experiences, I'd love to hear them. I'm always eager to learn from my friends.

Added by Camille Marchetta on February 15, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Blog Talk Radio

This morning I was interviewed by The Story Lady. It was a pretty wide-ranging interview, and I really enjoyed doing it. You can hear it at: blogradio.com/innerspace.

Added by Camille Marchetta on February 15, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

the wheels are starting

I started this week working on my marketing. publicity campaign. My publisher, I love him, told me that hehad started doing a few things but I knew from all the things I.ve read on this writing businessm is that even the big boys require their authors to get involved in publizing thier books. It was just a matter of how nd where.

A friend from a former writing group I belonged to informed me that the group was thinking of doing a local radio station reading for their anthologe they… Continue

Added by deborah thomas on February 15, 2008 at 11:44am — No Comments

Romance and Illness - Who Knew it Was a Hot Topic?

I blog for my ministry, Rest Ministries; it's more of a way of having a casual voice with my audience. As the ministry has grown, I've become more of someone in the background-- marketing, writing books, promotions, etc. and so I use my blog to still stay in touch with people.

So I haven't really looked at my statistics. I am not a "hot blogger" and though it would be nice to get some fabulous…

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Added by Lisa Copen on February 15, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Living Waters is hosting its 12th Book Marketing webinar

Living Waters Publishing Company is pleased to announce that we are sponsoring our 12th Book Marketing seminar, but this time, due to popular demand and to make it more affordable for our participants, we will have it online!

From February 19-21, we will host more than 12,000 participants in our exclusive marketing webinar. Each session will be one hour.

Our topics include:

*Preparing your book for marketing before it's published (red)

*How to create or… Continue

Added by Lacresha Hayes on February 15, 2008 at 8:56am — No Comments

Cool Book of the Day Love's Secret

Love's Secret featured on Cool Book of the Day. Check out this interview and podcast for Love's Secret.

Added by Annie B Lawrence on February 14, 2008 at 10:18pm — No Comments

Best Selling Fantays Writer, Jeffrey Redmond, Joins Amazon Kindle Program

Best Selling Romance Fantasy Writer, Jeffrey Redmond, Joins Amazon Kindle Program

By

Theresa Chaze

Best selling ebook author, Jeffrey Redmond has released his popular fantasy romance "The Islands of Mak-Naw" in the Amazon Kindle collection. Originally released exclusively through Double Dragon ebooks April 2007, "The Islands of Mak-Naw" has joined the growing list of best selling novels available through the Amazon Kindle program. This ground breaking release appeals not… Continue

Added by Theresa Chaze on February 14, 2008 at 6:13pm — No Comments

For Valentine's Day, he brought me roses...again!

Ungrateful, pitifully so…that’s what I am. Hubby walked in this morning and on my desk, he placed a large vase filled with long-stem roses. (I forgot to ask what color they were.)

"Here, to the beautiful girl in my life. Happy Valentine’s Day." He gave me a kiss.

Sweet, isn’t he? The only thing is that I’ve told him, very gently, I might add, that roses are great, but since I can’t see them, it’s kind of a waste of money.

I hinted, suggested and down right told… Continue

Added by Janet Perez Eckles on February 14, 2008 at 6:12pm — 1 Comment

Diva JC Presents Women in Jazz in NYC

WOMEN IN JAZZ Concert/Lecture with Diva Joan Cartwright FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008 Workshop @ 2 pm

Concert @ 7 pm

YORK COLLEGE, JAMAICA, NY…

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Added by Diva Joan Cartwright on February 14, 2008 at 5:56pm — No Comments

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day, Everyone!

I hope you are celebrating today with some wonderful fun, sweets, and hugs from friends! This Valentines Day I received a surprise of my own. The Reading Tub decided to post my interview and biography early, in time for St. Patrick’s Day! I couldn’t be happier. If you would like to check it out, it is now posted on their website at… Continue

Added by Amber T. Kingston on February 14, 2008 at 1:11pm — No Comments

Sunshine

The sun is shining, and what a relief after that dismal day yesterday. It's not even that cold, 30 degrees, practically spring. And I'm going to go out in a few minutes and run all the errands I've been putting off, not wanting to stick my nose out the door when it was so awful. But before I do, I'm going to visit my stop on today's book tour:

http://www.virtualwordsmith.blogspot.com/

It's a followup to that very wonderful review I got earlier in the week.

I'll… Continue

Added by Camille Marchetta on February 14, 2008 at 9:35am — No Comments

Raise Your Hands if You Care

So the latest news today is...

Britney in Psych Ward for Two More Weeks...Though the 72-hour hold on Britney Spears is up, the pop star will be remaining in the psych...
More proof Angelina Jolie is pregnant
Eva Mendes enters rehab

[I won't do these headlines justice by giving you the links to the stories. You will have to do your own homework.]

This week as I watched the evening news I heard various stories that were…

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Added by Lisa Copen on February 14, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Win a free "September Dawn" movie poster

With proof of purchase of Carole Whang Schutter's book September Dawn, Carole is not only offering a free eBook of the screenplay and the dbl blue one line shooting schedule--which is the daily shooting schedule for the movie; she is offering to three lucky winners a free movie poster!

Just tell Carole what you liked best about the book and movie, presently one of the top DVD rentals in the country, and one of the investors in the movie, Carole, and one other person will pick… Continue

Added by Cheryl C. Malandrinos on February 14, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

My Special February Newsletter, with a cover model, romance, and love--

I invite you to read my Love's Enchantment Newsletter this month. It's filled with romance, and an awesome interview with C.J. Hollenbach, Romance Cover Model, and Fantasy Hunk of the Year 2001. C.J. was so kind to do this , and you won't want to miss it! Please stop by today, and feel free to leave comments for C.J.

http://www.maryjdresselsnewsletters.blogspot.com

While you're at it, swing on over to my… Continue

Added by Mary J. Dressel on February 13, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The New Feminized Majority "Feminized Values" Contest!

Democrats Have Values Too!

We are watching the first true 21st century election.

It radiates Oprah-style celebrity, electric grass roots energy, and the rise of a new values voter. America is moving from the old masculinized morality of "Alone, I Will," to the new feminized world view of "Together We Can." Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's success shows the ascension of the New Feminized Majority, a multitude… Continue

Added by Cheryl C. Malandrinos on February 13, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Rainy Wednesday

It snowed here most of yesterday and, at some point overnight, the snow turned to rain, heavy rain, delaying flights at airports this morning, snarling traffic, causing accidents. There's a flood warning in effect until 9 tonight. So what could be better than sitting comfortably at home, in my desk chair, traveling the internet on my virtual book tour?

Today's stop is at : http://beyondthebooks.wordpress.com/ where I talk about my publishing experiences for all three of my novels. If… Continue

Added by Camille Marchetta on February 13, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Is Your Marketing on Fire?

One of the best marketing books I've read is Pyro Marketing.

Author Greg Stielstra says,

I believe the best way to understand the marketing process, the way messages are sent, received, acted upon, and spread, is to think of it as fire. I explain the process in PyroMarketing: The Four-Step Strategy to Ignite Customer Evangelists and Keep Them for Life.

PyroMarketing is a new way to think about…

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Added by Lisa Copen on February 13, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Mystery & Romance

Stop by Reece's for a review of Lady of the Roses. Then head over to StoryCrafters and get some tips for writing mysteries by author Marilyn Meredith.

Added by Jean Lauzier on February 12, 2008 at 2:05pm — No Comments

Heaving Bosoms by Ashlyn Chase

Take a break and join Ashlyn on her Virtual Blog tour. Get to know about Ashlyn and her writing at PaperBack Writer and learn about writing loves scenes at StoryCrafters You can also find a guest post by Ashlyn at The Romance Studio.

Remember leave a comment for her and be entered to win that Versace bag.

Added by Jean Lauzier on February 12, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments