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June 2008 Blog Posts (178)

Big thank you to everyone - now please can we do it again?

I wanted to say a big thank you to eveyone on the Ning network who placed a vote for my novel 'A Study in Red - the Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' in the recent Authors Lounge Cover Illustration Award Poll. Thanks to the wonderful response I received after showing the cover here, the book was successful in winning the May award.

Now I have to ask if we can please do it again, as my cover for 'Purple Death' has been nominated for the June award in the same contest. If anyone is… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on June 6, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Mayra Calvani Virtual Tour Stops at In The Pages

Hello and welcome to day six of Mayra Calvani’s virtual tour around the blogsphere!

Join Mayra as she tours with her children’s picture book ‘Crash!’

Today Mayra will be stopping at In The Pages. Show her your support by leaving a comment!

Remember, if you leave a comment on any of Mayra’s tour stops, you will be eligible to win a free gift certificate from Almost Heaven Golden… Continue

Added by JM on June 6, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

Is It November Yet???

Thinking About Politics...

Here we are in the middle of a presidential election, and I find myself ready to vote for none of the above. There are 100 U.S. Senators, 435 Congressmen and women, 9 members of the United States Supreme Court, and one president, all of whom have vowed to defend and uphold the constitution of the United States of America, all of whom make themselves exempt from the laws that they pass “for our welfare.”

We have become, not a nation of laws, but a… Continue

Added by Ron Adams on June 5, 2008 at 7:41pm — No Comments

Virtual Book Tour Day 4: Let’s Start a “Conversation”

Today I’m stopping at http://bookfoolery.blogspot.com/. I’m particularly pleased with the comments added to the review on Bookfoolery because these “conversations” are what Web 2.0 is all about.

And as a special promotion for my book MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL -- Pump Up Your Book Promotion is giving away a FREE virtual book tour or $25 Amazon gift certificate to one lucky person… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on June 5, 2008 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Fantasy Free For All

Love heroic fantasy? Then you'll love what I have to share with you today.

First...

Read the synopsis of The Legend of Aezubah: The Crimson General by Slawomir Rapala at Buzz the Book. Click the Bewildering Press link for purchase info and author bio.

Next, click on over to Flashing Swords… Continue

Added by Jean Lauzier on June 5, 2008 at 12:26pm — No Comments

The Critics Have Their Say

Following its official launch at the Telfair Museum Jepson Center for the Arts in Savannah, Georgia, on May 29, 2008, critics have started to weigh in on ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love (ISBN 0972114270) a coffee table gift book that showcases the work of acclaimed artist Luther E. Vann and poetry by noted author Aberjhani.

Writing in the June 4, 2008 edition of the weekly news entertainment magazine CONNECT Savannah, news… Continue

Added by Author-Poet Aberjhani on June 5, 2008 at 12:15pm — No Comments

What's Next for Readers & Writers?

Associated Content held an Ultimate Call for Content Contest where everyone who enters submits one 500-word article on a topic of their choice, that had a few other specifications, and then the winner is going to get a $5000 prize.

I thought long and hard on a topic, and I wanted one I just KNEW would be a winner, but you what really kept calling to me was an issue near and dear to my heart: the changing of the publishing industry - how PODs are affecting publishing in general - bad… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on June 5, 2008 at 3:44am — No Comments

Am I in the write place ?

Hello Ladles and Jellyspoons.

I stumbled across BMN when commenting on a book cover and decided to join.

I wrote my first (demand) book Inn Keeping with Mr Fawlty which is an anecdotal humorous memoir of my time in the hotel / hospitality trade. The book has sold well in the UK and has had some success in the States. I am told that Americans love Fawlty Towers on which the book is based.

I have just finished my first draft of the follow up book on the… Continue

Added by The Innkeeper on June 5, 2008 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

A Study in Red - The Award

I'd like to say another big thank you to everyone who voted for the book in the recent awards. Your support was greaty appreciated.

If anyone who isn't fed up of hearing from me would care to vote in the current design awards, 'Purple Death' has been nominated for the June award and can be found at http://www.talauthors.com/TAL/RomanceandMoreAwards.htm

Regards to…

Added by Brian L Porter on June 5, 2008 at 1:12am — No Comments

Mayra Calvani Virtual Tour Stops at Beverly McClure’s Livejournal

Hello and welcome to day five of Mayra Calvani’s virtual tour around the blogsphere!

Join Mayra as she tours with her children’s picture book ‘Crash!’

Today Mayra will be stopping at Beverly McClure’s Livejournal. Show her your support by leaving a comment!

Remember, if you leave a comment on any of Mayra’s tour stops, you will be eligible to win a free gift certificate from Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and… Continue

Added by JM on June 5, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

Featured Artist Tantra-zawati in my June 15th edition of the eZine.

Visit www. lynntincher. com and sign up for the eZine so you can receive the article being published about Tantra-zawadi! Phenomenal lady! I was honored to write a feature on her. She's a performing poet and very inspirational person.

Added by Lynn Tincher, Author on June 4, 2008 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Virtual Book Tour; Lifetime’s ARMY WIVES; Ft. Knox Reporter

Check out the backstory of MRS. LIEUTENANT at http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/backstory and also my guest blog at www.thewriterslife.blogspot.com on this Day 3 of the MRS. LIEUTENANT virtual book tour.

Leave a comment at www.thewriterslife.blogspot.com to be entered into a drawing sponsored by Pump… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on June 4, 2008 at 3:04pm — No Comments

Would anyone like to ask Peter Bowerman about self-publishing?

I've got a great guest today at Book Excerpts from Bestselling Authors. I have self-publishing guru Peter Bowerman stopping by on his virtual book tour and he has agreed to answer whatever questions you may have for him about self-publishing. You may even win a FREE virtual book tour yourself or if you're not a published author, a $25 Amazon gift certificate! Visit… Continue

Added by Dorothy Thompson on June 4, 2008 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Afterthoughts book cover...

Let me know what you think!

Added by Lynn Tincher, Author on June 4, 2008 at 10:59am — 16 Comments

Financial Expert James Burns at Pump Up Your Book Promotion Social Network's Author Day - Win a free e-course based on his book!

I would like to invite all of you to James Burns' question and answer chat at Pump Up Your Book Promotion Social Network's Author Day! James is the author if the financial book, THE 3 SECRET PILLARS OF WEALTH: HOW TO CRACK YOUR WEALTH CODE USING THE TOOLS OF SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRES. Want to know what to invest in in the future? Want to know how the future is looking for… Continue

Added by Dorothy Thompson on June 4, 2008 at 9:43am — No Comments

Mayra Calvani Virtual Tour Stops at The Writing Jungle

Hello and welcome to day four of Mayra Calvani’s virtual tour around the blogsphere!

Join Mayra as she tours with her children’s picture book ‘Crash!’

Today Mayra will be stopping at The Writing Jungle. Show her your support by leaving a comment!

Remember, if you leave a comment on any of Mayra’s tour stops, you will be eligible to win a free gift certificate from Almost Heaven Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary… Continue

Added by JM on June 4, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

Virtual Book Tours and Internet Marketing Promotion

As announced yesterday, I’ve started on a month-long virtual book tour (organized by www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com) for MRS. LIEUTENANT. In actuality this is a blog tour, because – without leaving my own computer – I get “interviewed” on people’s blogs or I get to write a guest post for other people’s blogs. This is a great co-promotional opportunity because the author promotes the guest blogger and the guest blogger promotes the… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on June 3, 2008 at 5:41pm — 2 Comments

Virtual Book Tour: Day 2 Stop for MRS. LIEUTENANT at Boomer Chick Blog

The moral of today’s boomer chick guest post (www.overthehillchick.blogspot.com) is: If you’re waiting for someone to say yes to you for whatever it is, at this age look around and see if, instead, you can say yes to yourself!

And I share the saga of the long journey to publication for MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL in order to encourage other boomer chicks. Here’s an excerpt from the guest post:

“Almost 20 years… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on June 3, 2008 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Featured Artists!

As you all know, I have been publishing my eZine with a Featured Artist section. It reaches hundreds of people across the US, Canada and the UK. You can visit my website and look at my calendar to see who is coming up in the Featured Artist section. This is free publicity for the artists.

If you would like to receive the eZine, please visit my website (www. lynntincher. com) and sign up. Help spread the publicity for the featured artist! Also if you are interested in becoming a featured… Continue

Added by Lynn Tincher, Author on June 3, 2008 at 1:54pm — 1 Comment

Office Space meets Cinderella?

Got 60 seconds? That's the amount of time it would take to read the daily installments of CORPORELLA: An Office Space meets Cinderella tale set in the tough-as-(manicured)-nails Texas cosmetics industry.

This is one of many of my screenplays and I though I would serialize it on my blog throughout the month of June.

It's not Tolstoy, but if you've ever worked in a cubicle, this story has something for you.

Stop by… Continue

Added by Karen Harrington on June 3, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments