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June 2009 Blog Posts (224)

Free Monthly Newsletter!

Yvonne Perry, the owner of Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services, produces a free monthly newsletter filled with articles, announcements, and information about the craft and business of writing, publishing, and book marketing. Subscribe or read more at http://www.writersinthesky.com/writing-newsletter.html.

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Added by Yvonne Perry on June 21, 2009 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Book Reader Statistics

The average age of today's book reader is 44, but 50 is the average age of the most frequent book buyer.

Source: Business Intelligence for R.R. Bowker.

Added by Bill Frank on June 21, 2009 at 9:31am — No Comments

Read YGOR for FREE on line!

Just follow the link and ENJOY!

http://www.freado.com/book/1465/YGOR

Added by Lee Murphy on June 20, 2009 at 10:48pm — No Comments

One Thought Provoking Perspective on Twitter

Just because I'm uneducated about the emergence of social media such as Twitter doesn't mean everyone is.

Here's a link to Clay Shirky speaking at the TED Conference. His talk is great.

http://www.marketingshift.com/2009/6/clay-shirky-explains-how-twitter.cfm

Added by Bill Frank on June 20, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

"The Pond" By Author Tamera E Lawrence

Welcome to my new blog which will give you information on my current book "The Pond" and other books that will be published in the near future.

Many people ask me how I came up with the idea for "The Pond"…

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Added by Tamera E Lawrence on June 20, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Program is Done!

We finished the writing program and it was a blast! We created a book of the kids' short stories that will be in the school library. As we conducted the class, we developed a teacher's guide, student workbook, and PowerPoint slides. Now we are polishing these into a creative writing course that we can sell to homeschool parents.

Carol

Added by Carol J. Amato on June 20, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

A Book and a Chat with "Joan Early"

On today's "Book and a Chat" my very special guest is award winning author "Joan Early"

http://joanearly.com

Listen and enjoy thirty minutes of enjoyable chat with Storyheart and author Joan Early, as we discuss about her… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 20, 2009 at 10:08am — No Comments

A Wonderful Testament to 'Of Aztecs and Conquistadors'

I received a wonderful message from a lady called Darlene Campbell on Outsider Writers yesterday. Darlene is from Kentucky but has roots in the Aztec Culture and her words moved and touched me deeply. I'm so grateful that my book could engender such feelings. She has given me her permission to reproduce her words here, and this is what she had to say.

First of all, I honestly DO think this cover is awesome, and secondly, I just discovered your work and can hardly wait to read it!… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on June 20, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

How to sell that brand that is "you"

What do these leaders have in common: Lee Iacocca, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and Michael Dell? According to a recent survey of sales professionals, these are the greatest salespeople of our time. Their very selection reinforces the concept that each of us must sell to survive. Whether you’re selling a promise to the federal government, faith to the American people, or a computer to quality-conscious consumers; whether you’re selling the importance of learning to schoolchildren,… Continue

Added by Marlene Caroselli on June 20, 2009 at 7:33am — 2 Comments

To Russian with Love!

One of the joys of writing has been watching my stories visit lots of interesting places in the world! MAIDENSONG was my debut title (written under my real name Diana Groe!) So far it's been translated into German and Dutch. I just learned today that foreign rights have been sold to a Russian… Continue

Added by Emily Bryan on June 20, 2009 at 5:55am — No Comments

Spammers Are Deleted as Soon as I Become Aware of Them. Dina the porn queen is now banned from this network. Thanks for alerting me.

I ban anyone who is a porn, sex, or other spammer from this network. I want to keep this network clean and usable by those of us who want to talk about books, publishing, marketing books, etc.

If you ever discover someone who joins this network to spam, let me know. I'll ban them as soon as I come to the network. I check at least once a day on most days.

Added by John Kremer on June 19, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Enter Cheryl's deadly 'Create a Corpse Contest'

Ever want to kill someone off--fictitiously, of course? Maybe your school bully, ex-boyfriend, co-worker, boss, teacher etc? Now you can! :-)

From now until July 30th, 2009, you can submit a name (first & last) of someone you know (boss, husband, school bully, ex-friend or yourself), or a fictitious name.

I am looking for a male name, suitable for a 50-ish cigar-smoking man.

On August 1st, 2009, I will select one winner from all the entries… Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on June 19, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Top 3

Marketing and Promoting

Top 3 Select Picks For The Week

Should be no surprise that I love to read.

Ever feel frustrated when there’s not enough time in the day to read everything?

Now this is an impossible expectation to lay on myself, but there are times when I just cannot keep my eyes open any longer…and darn it, I really wanted to finish what I started reading.

To gain knowledge about… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on June 19, 2009 at 5:12pm — No Comments

Marketing Advice Database for Writers

Go to: Conquer All Obstacles for all the links.

Marketing and Promoting

Learn from the Best

So You Want Your Book To Sell

The Secret To Promotion

Target The Audience

Turning Nightmares Into Pleasant Dreams

Creating A BUZZzzzz…

Who Likes To Get Naked?

How Can A Writer Stand Out From The… Continue

Added by Jo-Anne Vandermeulen on June 19, 2009 at 5:08pm — No Comments

free fantasy book give away

I'm giving 15 copies of my book, The Prophecy of the Kings trilogy, away on Goodreads.com for anyone who is a member. If you are not - sign up.

The web address is http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway?all_countries=true

Have a look at some ofthe reviews on http://www.librarything.com/work/6600779/reviews

My website for sample… Continue

Added by David Burrows on June 19, 2009 at 11:20am — No Comments

Martketing idea

Are you a published author? Do you belong to a group? Do other published authors belong to the same group? Does your local news media pay any attention to their local authors or just the ones on the best seller list?

Here is what we did in Las Vegas to get some local recognition.

Our paper listed the top ten best sellers in fiction and non-fiction. They did special reports on books by the authors with name recognition such as Bill Clinton; John McCain; you get the idea. First we had a… Continue

Added by Jack Miller on June 19, 2009 at 10:57am — 1 Comment

Self-motivation

My last Gotham Short Story writing class was this past Tuesday, 6/16 and in looking back I see I've made some friends, had an excellent teacher, learned a lot from everyone in the class and, the cherry on the cake, I've gotten some budding stories well underway.

Now that I won't be spurred on by meeting weekly with my class, I've found that I still have momentum and motivation to continue. I need to ensure that motivation is maintained for the weeks and months ahead. In part, I know… Continue

Added by Carol on June 19, 2009 at 9:13am — No Comments