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You overwhelm me with your grief

Your skeleton cries to be put to rest

They’ve found sanction in the…

Book Marketing is so important! As an author, a bookseller and owner of a small publishing company I am challenged continually about marketing books. I find myself watching other ads for other products to get inspired. I noticed the other day that the local airline is changing their approach in marketing: Turkish Airlines (THY) is definitely working hard to expand and attract passengers, becoming very…

Hello All!!!

I have not had a moment to add anything to this blog until now. I am anxious to network and get to know all of you. Also to visit each of your blogs.

I am currently working on two fiction projects, both with religious themes, although, they are probably not parallel to traditonal Christian fiction. I tend to have a wild imagination. I like to call my work " Christian Thrillers ". I do, however, endeavor to stay true to scripture and my faith.

I also write…

I read a lot on the internet about book marketing. And I'm game to try anything that makes sense. So I was reading something lately that said to pull out little bits from the fiction to sell it. Fiction is really hard to promote through non-traditional channels but dealing with the reality of how good a sale on your website is versus one that has gone through many hands, well...a person has to keep at it.

So as some of you know, I am promoting others novels. We are a publishing…

My sister, who is a realtor, often makes the comment: "I need to feed the pipeline." This is how she looks at her business - she puts something in - then something comes out. She "feeds" this pipeline with her marketing, and what comes from that is her business and income. "If you don't put it in, it's not going to come out," she reminds me.

Well, for the past two months I have not fed my pipeline - and it's showing! I'm not being hard on myself though, the reason for it is…

Jack Cole's left hand held a tight grip on the front of the man's shirt. In Cole's right hand was a Glock 45 Automatic, the hammer pulled back.

"You're about as smart as a bag of wet hair," Cole hissed.

"Nobody told me you had a book out," the man answered, his voice quivering slightly.

"You went and bought somebody else's book. Why is that?" Cole asked, his voice still reflecting his anger.

The man winced, fully expecting to hear the hammer drop.

"You…

One…

THE SMOKING POET

Poem Found Running Naked through a Southern Rock Garden…

I am interested in finding out which publishers are the most popular. Anyone willing to share that information would be very helpful to me. Has anyone done any self-publishing like with Lulu,etc?

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Famous Turkish author Buket Uzuner would give this question a resounding YES. She once wrote an essay entitled "My soul-mate İstanbul, ex-husband Paris and lover New York."

This emotional relationship with the city is encapsulated in "İstanbul Blues", the subject of my Turkish book review this week:

http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=1942

Today I was writing at my new haunt--the Denny's on 50th St and 25th Ave. My usual writing place--the Cappuccino Affair--may be sold soon and the owner has kind of lost interest, which means that the menu has dwindled to next to nothing and sometimes he isn't even open. Since I like to write for 6+ hours, I need a place where I have a few things to choose from for lunch or supper.

A few weeks ago, I went into Denny's Restaurant and spoke with the…

Wow i got my page proofs yesturday and i am so excited to see what the book will look like. This is truly an amazing feeling to see my writing being published. Anyways i have also made a book trailer please let me know what you think.

I have marketed to libraries through email and fax before. But not a whole lot came of it, though I did get orders through library distributors. The first time I received a purchase order and I was a bit stupified and phoned them right away to ask what it was. It looked odd because it didn't have prices. This was on the first book we had ever published so that was great but still, I asked if I had to give a discount. They said no. They mark up the books they buy for libraries. So ever since…

Today is the LAST DAY of the early-bird special bonus for the "Publishing Insider's Guide to Choosing Your Best-Selling Title" 5-module telecourse.

If you're one of the first 7 people to sign up TODAY you will also receive the "…

Hubby is a blessed man…if I say so myself.

Before I tell you why, here’s a story someone sent to…