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June 2009 Blog Posts (224)

The Wonderful and Fabulous Debby Allen Is On My Blog Today!!

Happy Friday!!

Come check out Debby Allen! She's dishing on promoting and writing. Hope to see you there! Have a great weekend!

http://thelovestrucknovice.blogspot.com/

Smile!,
Sarah

Added by Sarah Simas on June 19, 2009 at 7:23am — No Comments

ReWrite

I'm in the throes of the first rewrite of my new novel. It took almost a year to do the first draft. I'm hoping that the rewrite goes a bit faster...

Added by Gene Alvin aka "Aelf" on June 19, 2009 at 6:31am — No Comments

It's Summer and whereas in the US that means Baseball in the UK it signifies time for cricket. So here's a little piece of doggerel to celebrate both.

The Summer Game

Fine tooled leather branch of willow

Village pitch deck chair and pillow

Sleepy pastoral summer scene

Tea and draught beer on the green

Lords and Oval Tests and Ashes

TV millions gripped by matches

Players international stars

Gossip columns fancy cars

Both… Continue

Added by Simon Marshland on June 19, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Simon & Schuster's eBook Venture will Fail

By Anthony S. Policastro

Simon & Schuster will now sell its most popular titles as eBooks on Scribd.com. Great news! A major publishing house is going digital.

But they are doomed to failure.

They think readers will pay 20% off the list price of a book's most recent… Continue

Added by Anthony S. Policastro on June 18, 2009 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Win a Copy of Irene Watson's THE SITTING SWING

Irene Watson, author of the memoir, The Sitting Swing: Finding Wisdom to Know the Difference (Loving Healing Press), will be stopping at The Writer’s Life with a contest! Guess where she was born and leave your answer in the comments. The first one who guesses the right answer wins a free copy of her latest book, The Sitting Swing!

The Sitting Swing shows us how… Continue

Added by Dorothy Thompson on June 18, 2009 at 9:44pm — No Comments

Dalliance questions for book clubs and terms for readers by Diana Burg

Diana Burg, author of Dalliance, has developed a series of questions designed for book clubs and a list of terms she used in researching this very special pre-civil war novel. These questions and terms will add to your understanding after reading this historical novel. Dalliance is based on the true story of a divorce trial which kept the United States on the "edge of its seat" before and even during the civil war.

Dalliance, by Diana Burg,… Continue

Added by H. Court Young on June 18, 2009 at 9:19pm — No Comments

What Does Your Voice-mail Message Say About You?

The other day I needed to call someone. When no one picked up the phone, I was transferred to voice-mail and heard the following: ‘Sorry I didn’t pick up the phone. Leave a message and I’ll get back to you. ‘ I left a message, and when I didn’t hear back the following day, called and left another message, and yet another message the day after that, only to eventually realize the individual I was trying to reach was out of the office on vacation.

When it comes to service, it's the… Continue

Added by Susan Hoekstra on June 18, 2009 at 3:15pm — No Comments

Pete interviewed

INTERVIEW WITH THE WRITER PETE KLEIN

WHAT DID YOU FIRST READ? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote?

Probably Dick and Jane. Maybe before Dick and Jane was comics. I don't recall any early desire to write, certainly not before high school. Reading came first. Listening to the radio, watching TV and movies. In grade school, I advanced to Classic Comics. The first major novel in High School was "Great Expectations."

My first… Continue

Added by Peter F. Klein on June 18, 2009 at 2:29pm — No Comments

Have You Heard of Horrid Henry?

The publisher of the “Horrid Henry” books asked me to do a review, since my blog, Books for Boys, has a high ranking on Google. You can find that review at http://booksandboys.blogspot.com

Max Elliot Anderson

Added by Max Elliot Anderson on June 18, 2009 at 11:28am — No Comments

Across The Pond by Barry Eva

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Added by Vikram Narayan on June 18, 2009 at 7:35am — No Comments

American Anthem by BJ Hoff

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Added by Vikram Narayan on June 18, 2009 at 7:32am — No Comments

Of Aztecs and Conquistadors Nominated for The New Covey Cover Awards

I'd like to ask for your votes my friends. 'Of Aztecs and Conquistadors' written by my alter ego Juan Pablo Jalisco and with a superb cover design by Graeme S Houston, has been nominated for this month's New Covey Cover Award. I'd really appreciate it if my friends would visit http://thenewcoveycoverawards.blogspot.com/ vote for the entry at #6, 'Of Aztecs and Conquistadors'.

As always, I really appreciate every vote that… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on June 18, 2009 at 7:14am — No Comments

Melissa M. Williams featured LIVE on The Bobby Ozuna Show

I will feature children's author and public speaker, Melissa M. Williams of LongTale Publishing tonight @ 7PM CST via Artist First Radio Network.

You can get updates on her writing and illustration camp for kids, the release of her second book in the Iggy the Iguana chapter-book series and learn how she has established her brand in the literary community and thereby is creating HUGE sales.

Follow this… Continue

Added by Bobby Ozuna on June 17, 2009 at 4:59pm — No Comments

Is it hot in here or is that Adele DuBois' hero?

I'm still Down Under at Royal Reviews and I hope you'll pop down there and leave a comment for a chance to win one of my books. But over at my blog, things can't get much hotter! Please join me and welcome Adele DuBois, erotic romance author who's bringing… Continue

Added by Emily Bryan on June 17, 2009 at 3:12pm — No Comments

How To Become A Total Failure: The Ten Rules Of Highly Unsuccessful People by Philip Davis

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Added by Vikram Narayan on June 16, 2009 at 11:07pm — No Comments

Murder In Old Blood by Toni V. Sweeney

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Added by Vikram Narayan on June 16, 2009 at 11:04pm — No Comments

A Book and a Chat with "I heart monster"

On tonight's "Book and a Chat" my very special guest "Iheartmonster"

Listen and enjoy thirty minutes of enjoyable chat as Storyheart and Shesten better known as "Iheartmonster" discuss about her blog, YA writing, authors, Zumba and even her own language.…

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Added by Storyheart on June 16, 2009 at 6:15pm — No Comments

Why You Need a Global Business Model Using Social Media

Social media websites are a modern phenomenon. They have become a force in global marketing. Two sites, www.twitter.com and www.ning.com, are part of this revolution. They form an easy to implement, and use business model which you can use to market and sell your product or service.

There are three reasons to use the Twitter and Ning business model to promote and sell your product or service:

Inexpensive to setup – This model is completely free to setup and… Continue

Added by H. Court Young on June 16, 2009 at 5:32pm — No Comments

Vineyard Sound Books-An Alternative to Traditional Publishing

Greetings,

To all you would be authors, Vineyard Sound Book offers an alternative to traditional publishing. Visit www.StephenCaravana.com to learn more about how to put your stories in print, retain control over the rights and production costs of your books, while still delivering a state of the art, finished product to your readers.

Publishing your book has never been easier, using our proven strategies for partnering with the author to efficiently produce that… Continue

Added by Stephen F. Caravana on June 16, 2009 at 4:50am — No Comments

Preparing to launch an online information product: Day 1 of the pre-launch

I’ve been studying online information product launches for a year now, and I’m finally ready to launch my own online information product – the Miller Mosaic Internet Marketing Program.

(FYI: An information “product” can be an ebook, a webinar series, a teleseminar series, a membership program – whatever uses the Internet to provide information.)

The Miller Mosaic program will launch July 1st, and I’m going to take the… Continue

Added by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on June 16, 2009 at 12:18am — No Comments