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May 2008 Blog Posts (179)

Ten Million Eyeballs Event in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Denver, and Atlanta

I'm speaking at the Ten Million Eyeballs Event in Los Angeles, California on May 28th and 29th right before BookExpo America. The event will be in at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. I'll be teaching four incredible ways to get five to ten million eyeballs (impressions or visitors) for you, your book, or your website.

Even if you are attending the PMA University, you can walk down the hall to attend this as well. We are in the same hotel.

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Added by John Kremer on May 13, 2008 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

Radio Shows!

The Compulsive Reader Talks has 2 new shows -- one with Julie Mars, author of Anybody Any Minute, and one with Aaron Lazar, author of Tremolo. Drop by and hear both authors read from and talk about their latest novels. Speaking of radio shows, I just had the opportunity to sit in the other chair, and was interviewed by David Ewan at… Continue

Added by Magdalena Ball on May 13, 2008 at 9:48pm — No Comments

May newsletter

The May edition of Southern Mysteries with a Side of GRIT is now available. Friends and fans can submit their email address to receive the newsletter at my website, http://www.mkimsmith.com -- if you are looking for an informative fun writing zine, this one is for you!

I am considering a little change to make it more mystery -writer friendly, but that will be in issues yet to be created. This month, there is something for the freewriter! Check it out!

Added by Kim Smith on May 13, 2008 at 9:15pm — No Comments

End of the school year.

Hello readers:

With another school year coming to an end, this would be a great time to purchase a parting gift for teachers that will keep on giving year after year. Easy & Inexpensive Holiday Classroom Crafts For Teachers, ISBN:0-75960-681-1 has five years of testing in three schools, classes K-6. This book not only provides the amount of classroom time needed, but also what prep work may be needed according to grade level. A list of supplies will also include how you may substitute… Continue

Added by Doris Anne Beaulieu on May 13, 2008 at 1:21pm — No Comments

Special Offer to benefit the American Cancer Society

SPECIAL OFFER: Pre-order your autographed copy of Afterthoughts and use coupon code ACS2008 during the checkout process. With this coupon, you will receive $5.00 off your order and the American Cancer Society will get 10% of all the revenue from the sales. Please feel free to forward the coupon code to any one that may be interested in helping.

Added by Lynn Tincher, Author on May 13, 2008 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Rest In Peace, Rachel

It has been a very difficult few days, our worst fears confirmed. One of my son's college age friends went missing on Wednesday night, and her body was found this morning. She had been kidnapped, robbed and murdered. There are many stories circulating out there, and I'm not entirely sure what the whole truth is. But she had gotten into some trouble in the past year, and had…

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Added by Colleen Breuning on May 13, 2008 at 11:52am — No Comments

Author Interview: Bonnie Cuzzolino

Award winning author Bonnie Cuzzolino and her family live in New Jersey. Bonnie and her husband Ray are the parents to a beautiful daughter adopted from Hubei, China in November of 2001 at 12 months old. She and her husband are now waiting for a referral for their second daughter from China through Holt International Children's Services. Bonnie has had a lifelong… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on May 13, 2008 at 7:39am — No Comments

A Study in Red - Top 20 Best Seller!

'A Study in Red' has this morning reached the heady heights of #16 in the Amazon.co.uk JTR bestselling listings, it's highest position yet. Yesterday it was at #41, so some serious sales have taken place in the last 24 hours to cause such a meteoric rise up the chart. I never thought my book would ever appear in a Best Seller list of any sort, so I'm more than thrilled with it's performance.

I'm delighted and amazed at such a sudden surge in interest in the novel. I know my… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on May 13, 2008 at 3:30am — No Comments

Christian Writer's Cruise just for you!

Christian Writing Cruise

Are you wanting to take a cruise next Spring?

Well I know one you won't want to miss out on.

I'm going to speak, sharing my fun fruity life with you. Many of your friends will attend this week long vacation, learning, and spending time with those who are in the same field as you.

Ask me more? I'll tell you all about it!

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Added by Pam Kumpe on May 12, 2008 at 10:08pm — No Comments

I love his boldness...and his no-nonsense attitude.

I’m talking about Paul. Is he ever a type A personality! Driven, zealous, committed, tenacious, bold, and often forceful.

To his credit, he exercised all these qualities to win souls for Christ.

Often he moves me with his unwavering faith, and he wins my admiration for his endurance. But sometimes he baffles me with some statements he makes, like this one: “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why,… Continue

Added by Janet Perez Eckles on May 12, 2008 at 2:08pm — No Comments

Introducing Another Project Helping Military Personnel – Vacations for Veterans

I’m always on the look-out to learn about organizations or projects helping military personnel and their families. In fact, I include several of these on my website www.mrslieutenant.com in a section titled “Support Military Families.” And I blog about other organizations or projects I find.

In the coming weeks I’m looking forward to learning about several new groups as I have found a long list of such organizations on www.armywifetalkradio.com. Yet for now I want to tell you about a… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on May 12, 2008 at 1:03pm — No Comments

Middle Class Union: A Revolution to Create Real Change

Middle Class Union: A Revolution to Create Real Change

By

Theresa Chaze

Nearly everyone has read the "do not buy gas" or which gas companies uses which country's oil postings that have been circulated around the net since the price of gas has started to skyrocket. Neither of them are particular effective. The loss of revenue from one day will not hurt the oil companies, especially when they know it will be made up the next day.

Secondly, oil companies mix and match… Continue

Added by Theresa Chaze on May 12, 2008 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Troll Bridge Promotions Present...

Free Book Promotion – A new Ning group designed especially for promotion.. Join and start spreading the word. Post trailers, excerpts, covers and promote like crazy!

If Only by Celia Cooper – Love romance? Then you are going to love this book! Stop by Free Book Promotion and read an excerpt then order your own copy.

Tall Tales on the Iron… Continue

Added by Jean Lauzier on May 12, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

A Glowing Endorsement for A Study in Red

The following message has appeared on the forums at Casebook.com, one of the world's leading sites dealing with research and information on the Jack the Ripper crimes of 1888. The writer of the message is the subscriptions manager of The Whitechapel Scociety 1888, another prestigious organisation which holds regular meetings in London for the purpose of studying the Ripper crimes and Victorian London's history in general. What a wonderful review!

Hi Brian

I too have… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on May 12, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: NY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LISA JACKSON AT REVIEW YOUR BOOK

Lisa Jackson, author of romance suspense/thriller novel, Lost Souls, will be stopping off at Review Your Book today on her virtual book tour!

Missing women, students in thrall to evil, and a fiend after blood pull Kristi Bentz into an unimaginable confrontation with death in number one New York Times best selling author Lisa… Continue

Added by Dorothy Thompson on May 12, 2008 at 9:47am — No Comments

Is It Full or Half Empty, Your Event Calendar?

Keeping your event calendar

up to date can determine if

a website visitor purchase

your book or not.

Think about! You visit a

website and the calendar

displays holes and inactivity:

What comes to your mind?

Comment |…

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Added by C.F. Jackson on May 12, 2008 at 9:28am — No Comments

Photos from Bavaria

Hi there!

Well, I’m happy to say that I got many wonderful pictures while visiting Germany this season. I was able to get landscapes, and old castles, and hundreds of pictures of Laura! That should make it easier to illustrate the next book. Right now I’m completing the next story (book 2) and storyboarding at the same time—it’s how I prefer to work. I think I definitely have enough new material for my next two books which was my goal, so I’m glad for that. I also plan to do a little… Continue

Added by Amber T. Kingston on May 12, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Last Laugh Goes to Self-Published Humorist

The self-published winner of Canada's most prestigious literary humor award now has a publisher. (See "Self-Published Author Wins Prestigious National Award," May 1.)

Douglas Gibson Books, an imprint of McClelland & Stewart, beat out the two other Canadian publishers who had expressed interest in… Continue

Added by Mark David Gerson on May 12, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

Robin Jay Interviews John Kremer: On Book Marketing

Robin Jay recently interviewed me on new ways to market your books. It was a great interview. I've made the interview available on my Ning page. Check it out at: http://bookmarket.ning.com/profile/JohnKremer. Look at the audio listings in the left column.

I've also now featured the audio on the main page of BookMarket.ning.com. Check it out on the bottom right of the main page, under Music.

Added by John Kremer on May 11, 2008 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Who should die?

This past week we were summoned to a meeting at the Board of Education for what was to be a "Pandemic training." I have to admit, the e-mail didn't spark much interest and I only attended because the subject line said "mandatory." The presenter spoke about the possibility of a pandemic flu that may strike the world due to an increase of the bird flu. From the way she spoke, such a possibility appeared to be imminent. It was not a matter of if it would happen, she said, but when.

We… Continue

Added by Angela Joseph on May 11, 2008 at 11:40am — No Comments