Published on December 19, 2014
Angela,
Hi. Just wanted to let you know I featured your book 90+ Days of
Promoting Your Book Online on my author’s blog. It was a saving grace resource tool for me
and I wanted to share its importance to new authors with my readers.
I also mention Abuzz Press and WritersWeekly.
It’s here:
https://jenniferdeese.wordpress.com/2014/12/09/markwting-and-promotion-newbie/
Jennifer Deese
The Orchid Keeper (Abuzz Press)
https://jenniferdeese.wordpress.com
Published on December 19, 2014
book marketing, writing career advice
Every author needs an audience, and there’s no reason why you can’t start building one right now in your own backyard. What follows are five easy steps to get you started…
Published on December 19, 2014
Several years ago, in the “Paying Market Section” of WritersWeekly.com, I noticed a German magazine seeking articles. I’d published one for our local paper about independently operated Saturday language schools, so called because they meet on Saturday mornings throughout the school year. I pitched them my idea, but narrowed my focus to German schools. In turn, they sent me a contract. Last year, another German magazine requested a similar version of this article. I freshened it up and it, too, was published…
Published on December 10, 2014
I am almost completely ready for Christmas. I just have a bit more wrapping to do. So, it’ll be nice to take a small breather before all the Christmas company starts arriving in a couple of weeks…
Published on December 10, 2014
This Week:
- WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest Entry Evolves!
- Is That Free Ebook Site REALLY Violating Your Copyright? Maybe Not…
Published on December 10, 2014
diversify your writing income
You’ve seen them lining the shelves in the kids’ section of your local library. Perhaps your own children read them. Simple books that teach, explain, examine, and enthusiastically describe the world to children one simple subject at a time are everywhere. Luckily for us, someone needs to write them…
Published on December 10, 2014
Will my children’s chapter book make a good EPUB and/or MOBI (ebook) candidate? It has lots of pictures. I’d like to try to get some Christmas sales.
Published on December 10, 2014
Whether writing advertising copy, novels, articles, essays, or poems, it is essential to paint word pictures by wringing the last drop of creative juice from the sponge of your brain. Adjectives, verbs and adverbs make butterflies of less-than-colorful nouns and verbs. Yet, apply a too-heavy coat of description and the reader’s mind will never take flight. As in mixing colors, precision coaxes the loveliest of hues to appear; in writing, excessive verbiage results in a muddy mess…
Published on December 3, 2014
Our elf, Christopher, returned on Friday and Mason and Max are SOOOOO excited! So far, Christopher has turned my entire inventory of LED “candles” on (so I had to buy more batteries!), has almost started a fire by roasting marshmallows in the middle of the night, took a ride on our ceiling fan, and used Mason’s toy bulldozer to bulldoze an entire (brand new!) bag of gourmet (expensive!) chocolate chips…
Published on December 3, 2014
worst book proposals and query letters
Thanks for once again publishing your “world’s worst queries and book proposals.” It’s hard to believe that people are really that stupid. But…I guess truth IS stranger than fiction.
JM
