Tj O’Connor is the 2015 Gold Medal Winner of the Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY) for mysteries and the author of Dying To Know, Dying For The Past, and Dying To Tell. Tj is an international security consultant specializing in anti-terrorism, investigations, and threat…

Title: KARMA’S A KILLER

Genre: Mystery

Author: Tracy Weber

Website: www.tracyweberauthor.com

Publisher: Midnight Ink

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A Tool Kit For Young Writers:

• Creative ideas and tips
• Practical pointers to improve writing skills
• Analysis of student written essays and stories
• Explore different writing techniques
• Recognize…

Title:  BUTTERFLY WALTZ

Genre:  Fantasy

Author:  Jane Tesh

Website:  http://www.janetesh.com

Publisher:  Silver Leaf Books

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Having dropped out of a fiction-writing program to attend medical school 30 years ago, Jim Bailey has returned to storytelling. The End of Healing combines his life-long love for literature, history, and ethics with his deep knowledge of the experiences of patients and physicians within our broken healthcare system. Jim is professor of medicine and…

I have one? http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2014/10/my-writing-process.html

Hello New Friends here at BMN,



I'm excited to share that my current book has had a fantastic week and 1/2! LOL. After hours, days, and months of book promoting, social media marketing on loads of book promo sites, press releases, and more, my book is finally doing well! My current book has been out over a year in print, and the e-book has been out less then that, but the work is starting to pay off.



I share this…

Two weeks ago was the author interview I did on Central Valley Talk.com’s show called “Let’s Talk Business” hosted by Mike Scott. I realize that many either could not watch it on a normal work day at 1:00 PM Pacific Time, and “live,” or had other difficulty finding the site.

Here it is on You Tube, with no headline, no ads, and the book’s cover at the…

PIONEERING OVER FIVE EPOCHS

A. MY TYPE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

1. Everything I do with other people online is part of my particular type of social networking. My social networking is associated with three basic activities: (a) the creation of a personal webpage that serves as a home base, a central hub, for my writing, for teaching and consolidation, that is, community building, for service and…

So, you've decided you want to be an author. The only problem now is knowing what to write about.

Let me share my own experience of finding what to write about...

In July 2013, newly recovered from a serious bout of depression, I was struck one day with a Eureka moment - I wanted to be an author. I'd been writing blogs on and off for a few years and had seen my writing skills and confidence steadily improve. Then, a few weeks later, the idea for my first novel came to me; My…

It has been a while, but I haven’t seen recently a blog post on MEDIA PACKET as part of the tools for author promotions and self marketing. It should a part of the author’s Marketing Plan in the first place. It has been called many things…

  Wards of the State - Data Collection v. Privacy – November 4, 2013

       As an author of fiction revolving around the premise of government abuse, the recent fodder supplied by the daily news is astounding. In conjunction with researching for conspiracy theories, there seems to be no end. Using the theories as a story basis is hardly new, but one wonders if it is…

Whenever I find myself sitting in front of the computer with a dumb look on my face (okay, dumber than usual) for several minutes, there aren’t many things that snap me out of it and prod me back into the writing. This morning, October 23rd, I believe I’ve found two such cures for the torpor that’s otherwise known as writer’s block. The first cure for changing my mood was a…

One older blog began with one sentence and was not finished. “Much of the latest focus on author promotions is weeding out “time wasting” exercises in ego stroking endeavors.” That was in may.  I had written about it in a blog in last June titled Vanity Event.  I wasn’t sure if book signings were that much a waste of time, as was being suggested. The other one, blog, got sidetracked for a number of reasons, but one reason was that I was trying to research the origin of that terms for…

http://stevedownesauthor.webs.com/ 

Author's website up and running, kindly check it out for snippets from the books, poetry, info. and pics and lots more.

Akira Okihu on a blog, discusses the quest for followers.  Maybe I am late in replying to this piece on "quest for followers" but it is something, the topic, which so many of us are in the middle of these days. It isn't really meeting others in person, but one is developing an audience at this level. I realize there are pros and cons to the entire concept of "social…

The layout of your book is very important. The average paperback book size is six inches wide and nine inches tall, which is much smaller than the average size of a sheet of an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper. This means that if you are submitting a book for printing, you will need to select the proper page setup.

Your page layout can be designed with any word processing software if your book is for a small audience of friends or family. Any serious work, however, should be…

I realize I'm not on this site much, but with writing 3 books, editing to help pay bills, 2 online art galleries and... well... please excuse me.

A few months ago, I put out a submission call for articles to be included in the mega-Volume II of my reference book, Write It Right - Tips for Authors. From submissions from a wide array of writer's sites, I have chosen 6 top articles. One of them was by a Book Marketing Network author. Congratulate her, she is:

Monica M.…

Rachel Madorsky, internationally published award-winning author, invites you to the largest event in Chicago land: The Printers Row Lit Fest. Rachel will be signing books under the tent of IWPA from 10:00am to 6:00 pm, June 9.

The Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to…

Are you --

• a novice writer wanting to learn more about the publishing industry?

• or a seasoned author wanting to know more about ebooks and how they differ from printed books?

• baffled or intimidated by social media?

• the author of a new book who needs marketing help for your title?

• clueless about where to start when it comes to mobile web, apps and interactive…