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Carolyn Howard-Johnson's
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Here you will find
Carolyn's two different multi award-winning
HowToDoItFrugally series of books,
her award-winning poetry, and tons of resource
helps for readers of all her genres.
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Terrie
Wolfe, agent extraordinaire,
is shopping Carolyn's new memoir, Here's How I Don't Cook.
If you are interested in seeing it for publication
please contact her at
www.AKALiteraryLLC.com
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Multi Award-Winning
How To do It Frugally Series
of Books and Booklets for Writers |
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"Howard-Johnson has the comforting tone of a mentor and writes with the precision of a surgeon."
~ Francine Silverman, author, editor, author's advocate
The Frugal Book Promoter is on
Penny C Sansevieri's self-publishing class at New York
University's and Dan Poynter's recommendation lists.
[Carolyn's] the author of
The Frugal Book Promoter: How to do What Your Publisher
Won’t, one of my very favorite books on how to build the
buzz for your book. You could spend the rest of your life
following all her tips. If you do, you’ll sell lots of
books. ~ Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound
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Multi Award-Winning
How To do It Frugally Series
of Books for Retailers
“In thirty-five years in the
industry, there are only a handful of retailers
I have observed
reach the success level of Carolyn Howard-Johnson.
There is
only one thing
you need to learn
from her to succeed . . . everything she says!”
~ Randy H. Eller, industry speaker, business consultant,
and President Eller Enterprises, LLC
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Award-Winning
Literary Works
"[Carolyn's] books are strengthened
with
behind-the-scenes details of Mormon life and history
in a book suitable for all collections, particularly those
where . . .
Orson Scott Card's religious books are popular"
~ Library Journal
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Multi-Award-Winning
Chapbooks of Poetry
"...profound and unique...True magic."
~ Darcia Helle for Book Addict
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Services
A Few
of the Organizations that Have Benefited
from Carolyn's Speaking and Teaching
Presenter 2009, 2010 |
Presenter, 2008, 09, 10, ll |
Presenter, 2007 |
University of Dayton Erma Bombeck Writers'
Conference, 2006, 2008 |
Sisters in Crime, Pasadena, 2009 |
Co-sponsor and presenter, 2007, 08, 09, 10,
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National Span College, 2002 |
Fellows presenter, 2007, 08 |
Wisconsin Regional
Writers Conference |
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See more of Carolyn's Speaking Engagements |
[Carolyn is] what I describe as an energy-giver.
So many
people today are energy-drainers."
~
Dorothea Helms, Dayton University
workshop attendee |
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Buy Links for
Carolyn's Books |
"Careers
that are not fed die as readily
as any living organism
given no sustenance."
~
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Studio photography by
Uriah Carr
Logo by
Lloyd King
All Carolyn's Frugal Books Are
Available on Kindle
As Well as Paperback
Helpful Books for Writers
Helpful
Books for Retailers
P oetry: The perfect inspirational gift
Fiction and Short Stories
To
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Learn more about Carolyn's
newsletter and blog.
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Subscribe to
Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Free Sharing with Writers Newsletter
and get a FREE copy of
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Carolyn's Blogs |
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Sharing with Writers
All things publishing with
an emphasis on book
promotion. Named to
Writer's Digest
101 Best Website list.
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The New Book Review
Great way for readers, authors, reviewers
and publicists to get more
mileage out of
a great review.
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The Frugal Editor
Blog
This is the Frugal, Smart
and Tuned-In Editor blog.
Covers editing, grammar, formatting and
more.
Get the answers you need.
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Easy
Access to Resources for Writers |
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Carolyn's Shopping Plaza |
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Please visit Carolyn's
Shopping Plaza
for autographed copies and occasional special offers.
Order two or more books and get Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers free!
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Carolyn's Awards |
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Awards for Carolyn's Books, Blogs and More The New Book Review
Named to
Online Universities'
101 Book Blogs
You Need to Read
Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites
for Sharing with Writers blog.
Best Book Award for The Frugal Book Promoter (2004) and The Frugal Editor (2008)
and the Second Edition of The Frugal Book Promoter
(2011).
Reader Views Literary Award for The Frugal Editor
New Generation Award for Marketing and Finalist for The Frugal Editor
Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award
Military Writers Award of Excellence for
Tracings, A Chapbook of Poetry.
A Retailer's Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotion wins author Military
Writers Society of America's Author of the Month award for March, 2010
Gold Medal
Award from Military Writers Society of America, 2010.
MWSA also gave a nod to
She
Wore Emerald Then,
a chapbook of poetry honoring mothers.
The Frugal
Editor
Named #! on Top Ten
Editing Books list.
The Oxford Award
recognizes
the
alumna who exemplifies the Delta Gamma precept of
service to her community and who, through the years,
devotes her talents to improve the quality of life
around her.
The Frugal
Book Promoter is runner-up in the how-to category for
the Los
Angeles Book Festival 2012 awards.
And more than a dozen other awards for Carolyn's novel, short story collection and poetry.
See the awards page on this site.
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Resources |
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Carolyn's favorite page of resources for writers
(among more than a dozen) is the page of recommended
books (of course!) that will
help writers.
Watch
for the new Resources for Retailers pages coming in
2010. |
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Find
Carolyn on Pinterest |
Authors! I repin your
books to my boards when you repin mine to yours!
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