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The 2005 Independent Newspaper "Best Foreign Book of the Year" - The Flea Palace by Elif Shafak - certainly doesn't have a compelling plot.
What it does have, though, is three clever styles of writing:
1. The whole book is a "story within a story" - a bit like peeling away the layers of the onion skin. Some call this style Kafkaesque.
2. Play on the names of characters. e.g. Injustice Pureturk suffers terrible injustices (a style most famously associated with allegories…
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The reviews for Haunted Richmond, Virginia are starting to trickle in. Just got an email about the one at Rambles.Net. Some of the review:…
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My review of Judgment Fire, Marilyn Meredith's latest installment in the Tempe Crabtree Mystery Series is now posted at Pump Up Your Book Promotion's Galleria of Books.
You can check it out here: http://pumpupbookreviews.blogspot.com/2007/09/judgment-fire-by-marilyn-meredith.html
You'll find instructions on how to submit your book for review at:…
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When trying to get word out on the street about a book signing or event, consider sending out online press releases. You'd think that people would read them and they do of course but ultimately, it makes you a searchable subject. Many allow you to put in keywords. It's a way for more links to come up with you in a typical search engine search.
But if you really want to get something out of your press releases, find the media around the book signing area or even in the State or a…
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If you're looking for a cheap way to get a website up, go to zoomshare.com . They give you several backgrounds. A promotional stratergy I use with websites in general is having one main website but individual websites that give some information and link back to the main one.
The interesting thing about zoomshare is that you can click in one of their sections to put yourself on google. Within a few days of doing so, your site does show up. In the photo section, you can put up…
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Pump Up Your Book Promotion September Virtual Book Tours - Day 15 & FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY…
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Stop by The Book Connection today and meet talented young author, Dwayne Anderson who is promoting his young adult science-fiction novel, "Partially Human".
"Partially Human" is the story of Joshua Plofhard, a teenage Good Samaritan from Los Angeles. Well-known and well-liked by the city, loved by his friends, and adored by his new girlfriend, Joshua has it all. But when he becomes the victim of a freak mugging, a shocking revelation about him is revealed, triggering a chain reaction…
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Der Buddhismus war ursprünglich eine philosophische Reformbewegung, eine von vielen, die aus der Krise der vedisch-brahmanischen Religion im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. resultierten. Der historische Buddha wurde um 563 v. Chr. in…
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Earlier this year I decided to "fire" Internet Explorer 7.0. It was crashing too often, hanging up too much, and I could never configure an interface that was most useful to me. I've been using Firefox as my browser and couldn't be happier -- it's everything a browser should be. The coolest thing about Firefox is the large number of plug-ins offered.…
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In Poland you could run into the Sriz - opinions differ on whether this is technically a vampire or "just" another type of paranormal monster, but you decide!
The Sriz climbs to the top of a church steeple at night and calls out the names of his victims - usually he/she/it is a serial killer that has gained power through unholy means and uses it now to feed his evil urges. The victims will pass away within days of the names being called out; through an accident or health reasons or…
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I've never had a problem figuring blogs out for my everyday life; blog quite a bit on myspace for my family and friends, even had one on blogger.com for a while there. But then I wanted to set one up that is professional, about writing, about books, publishing in general. My website comes with WordPress which seems ok but I'm definately not high tech enough to figure this stuff out on my own and could use a little help if there are any angels viewing this.
What am I looking for? A…
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Its a fact! Red Rose Publishing is back!
Don't forget that the 1 carat diamond tennis bracelet…
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I suspect I will be thanking my fellow authors Jerry P. Bolton and John Kremer forever for introducing me to Book Marketing Network. It has in fact led to many beautiful adventures, including the establishment of Creative Thinkers International, a growing network of creative souls interested in sharing positive creative empowerment with the world. Please accept this open invitation…
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Contest time!!!!!
In honor of release day for Red Rose Publishing (www.redrosepublishing.com), and the release of my first book Twists of Fate: Changing Fate I am having a…
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My fiancée and I were speaking recently about the ability to sit still in what we both refer to as a "boring" environment and just do nothing. It's a challenge for each of us, as we both tend to engage ourselves in something, whether we're reading, watching a movie, or playing an online game, and we always fight the urge to just sit there and do nothing (and be contemplative or meditative). I know that there's a great deal of value and power of sitting and doing…
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Honestly, no, I don't really love hurricanes. However, it's often better to laugh than to cry, and fortunately for us, Hurricane Humberto's bark was much worse than its bite. I guess it's always…
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