The Flu Bug Has Arrived!
Last Thursday, Mason woke up with a sore throat, a fever, and a sick tummy. A day later, Max got it, and then Frank and Chelce, and then Richard. The entire house is sniffling, and sneezing, and coughing EXCEPT…
Another Shocking Reason to NEVER Accept Book Returns! by Angela Hoy
Losing money on your book because it is returnable? Changing it to non-returnable takes six months.
You’re a Bulldog
I loved the advice you gave last week about articles held for ransom. You are a bulldog, and I mean that with the utmost respect. You paid me for my article long before publishing. Thank you very much.
How Do I Get Magazine Editors To Respond To Me?!
Over the last two months I’ve sent out close to fifty emails to different magazines, pitching ideas for articles and features and, to date, only three have responded. One declined my idea. Another said they would consider it late. A third said they already had something similar planned for their own in-house staff to write.
I’m a good writer. I know my ideas have merit and are entertaining, topical and newsworthy. Yet, I feel like a complete non-entity when magazines can’t even be bothered to reply to me. As heart breaking as it can be to be met with a ‘no,’ at least saying ‘no’ means that someone at least took the time to read your email and reply.
Complete silence time after time after time is just soul destroying. Is there a way to address such problems?
Make Money Reviving Stale Company Blogs! By Eliana Osborn
When a chance to blog regularly for a respected education site fell into my lap, I realized how nice it is to have a steady income stream instead of having to hustle for every piece. I took it for granted for two lovely years but made the mistake of not realizing that all good things must come to an end. When the gig ended, I was left with experience, confidence, lots of clips, and no long term backup client. Yikes…
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Apparently, We Live In Peyton Place!
Well, it took a couple of years of living at this house in Florida, but we have finally met enough neighbors, and done enough socializing, to truly feel at home, and also feel like our neighbors are family.
Of course, once you REALLY get to know someone, they might let you look in their closet…and see some scandalous skeletons…
How to Test Your POD Publisher’s Sales Reports By Angela Hoy
On occasion, we hear from authors who are accusing their distributor of theft because their Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com “ranking” moved…but their actual sales numbers did not. Several years ago, one author claimed she was owed millions because her Amazon ranking was…in the millions. As you’ve probably guessed, this is a common problem. New authors often try to use bookstore rankings to estimate their sales and that doesn’t always work…especially if those authors don’t understand how the rankings are calculated…
“I Have Booklocker.Com, Inc. To Thank For Producing A First-Rate, Quality Book For Me!”
Hey, Angela!
I’m excited to let you know that A God for All Seasons just won the Feathered Quill Book Awards Program Bronze Medal for Best Inspirational! The judging criteria includes Layout and Design and Production Quality. Once again, I have BookLocker.com, Inc. to thank for producing a first-rate, quality book for me!
Thank you!!!
Patti Tingen
A GOD FOR ALL SEASONS: Inspiration and Reflection for All Times
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How To Use “Comment Marketing” To Land Clients! By Jennifer Brown Banks
Comment marketing. That’s right. You see this “dream client” materialized as a result of a simple, thoughtful comment I placed a while back at another blogger’s site. Impressed and intrigued, he followed my link and the rest is history…