Should I hire this spammer to promote my book? NO!
I recently received an email from (a book marketing firm) asking me to use their service to promote my book. Do you know anything about them and do you have an evaluation of their service?
Whispers And Warnings For July 20th
Just 4 Her magazine / Holly Jones Cunningham, President and Editor – Sued by the Illinois attorney general for allegedly selling ads in a magazine that was never published.
Google – “…stopped its so-called boycott of the Copiepresse newspapers (that had sued it) after they agreed not to enforce copyright infringement fines.” Source: Liz Gannes / allthingsd.com
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We Made It to Florida!!
We made it to Florida…four days early! After all the mechanical problems we had in the RV last week, we decided to get down as here as soon as we could, driving many more hours per day than we originally planned…
Press Releases Are Boring – News is Not By Angela Hoy
Just about every journalist and periodical editor has received countless press releases by email, fax and mail. While at WritersWeekly.com we don’t publish press releases, and never have, we are still inundated with them on a daily basis for everything ranging from publishing services to insurance for the self-employed. But, we get far more “new book release” press releases than anything else. And, let me tell you, even though I’m an avid book reader and buy several books each month, it is very rare that I receive a new book press release that keeps me interested past the first sentence…
Making Lemonade: Embracing the Typo
Dear Angela,
Thank you for publishing “Making Lemonade: Embracing the Typo,” by Jill Pertler. Sometimes with things like that, you beat yourself up and feel like you’re the only person who’s ever done such. I love it when people are brave enough to prove you wrong and put their mistakes out there. I also love Ms. Pertler’s positive attitude and gumption. What a productive way to deal with a cringe moment. Thanks for the inspiration.
Leigh Ann Otte
Professional Writer
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When Your Muse Gets Mugged By Susan Sundwall
Death stops everything. And I don’t mean just in the person who’s died. It stops normal activity for however long it takes for those involved to recover. It’s especially hard on the creative mind because, like it or not, for those of us who count on imagination to survive, there’s often a high price to pay – like no productivity for months…
Making The Books By Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Somewhere, tucked away in a cedar chest or closet shelf, my mother still has the “School Days” scrapbooks she compiled for my school years. The small, bound book offers a page to record the details of each school year from kindergarten through high school. A picture of me graces each entry along with notations about who my friends were, what I liked, and what I wanted to grow up to be.
After the third grade on, the same career goal appears – author. At such a young age, I knew what I wanted to do – write stories and books…
Whispers And Warnings For July 13th
Whispers and Warnings will return next week.
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EXTREMELY ABBREVIATED ISSUE
Howdy, everybody!
Today’s issue is extremely abbreviated. We are on the road right now, moving from Maine to Florida, and we’re experiencing a few, um, delays. We got separated yesterday and it took a couple of hours to get back together because one of us (okay…me) had driven 50 miles past our campground. We had to stay at another campground that was pretty far off the beaten path.
Last night, I heard a funny noise and discovered the cat halfway out the bathroom window in the RV. Ack! I saved him and nobody has yet confessed to leaving that window open. While leaving that campground this morning on a dirt road, we got a flat tire, but didn’t realize it until we were on the highway and the RV starting jumping around like a bounce house ride, emitting a strong burnt rubber smell. We managed to crawl to a service station for a new tire but then the hydraulic jacks froze up while we were there. That’s where we are right now.
Needless to say, we’re starting to feel like we’re filming The Griswold Family’s Cross Country Move. 🙂
So, we have only a couple of goodies for you today.