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Reviewers' Choice Award: This is the Place
was named first place, Sime-Gen’s mainstream
category, spring 2001.
Red Sky Press Award:
2001, judged by Rose A. O. Kleidon, Prof. Emeritus of English at
University of Akron.
Masters Literary Award:
Finalist 2000.
New Millennium Literary Award:
Semifinalist, 1400 entries, June,
2001.
Mille Club:
Honored by AmErica House, Baltimore, Md. for sales
and
promotion.
Preditors and Editors Readers Poll:
This is the
Place
was named
Top 10 Novels for 2001 and Top 10 novels for 2002. Harkening
was named Top 10 literary books for 2003.
NUW’s Award of Excellence: Editor: Kristie Leigh Maguire.
MyShelf.com:
Ten Best Reads: This is the Place,
2002. Also
The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What
Your Publisher Won't was featured in 2005.
Women WritingOnLine Award: Honorable Mention, first person essay “Life Begins at 60.”
Read it on this site, too.
Zino.com:
Award for
Outstanding Article, May, 2003: “Taking a Dose of What’s Good for You.”
Book Crazy Radio Network: Award celebrating 100 review broadcasts.
Long Story Short: Poem of the Month, “Shelf Life,” March 2204.
#1 Best Sellers:
EBookAd.com, The Frugal Book
Promoter, Aug. 2004. Also the
#1 bestseller at Starbooks for
2005, 2006.
Reviewer’s Choice Masterpiece:
selected by reviewer Lori Soard for WordMuseum.
Readers’ Award: Sponsored by The
Pedestal Magazine for poem, “Olvera Street Tutorial.” Editor,
John Amen.
The Compulsive Reader,
The
Year's 10 Best Reads of 2004, for Tracings.
The Military Writers'
Society of America,
Silver Award of Excellence, 2006, for Tracings.
Readers Views
Literary Award, winner in the publishing category for The Frugal
Editor.
New Generations
Indie Book Award -- Finalist -- for The
Frugal
Editor.
Winner New
Generations Indie Marketing Award -- for The Frugal Editor.'s
marketing campaign.
http://www.indiebookawards.com/2008_winners_and_finalists.php ,
Carolyn's blog,
Sharing with Writers (www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com),
was named to Writer's Digest
101 Best Websites in 2008. See the June, 2008, Issue, p. 52.
Carolyn's blog, The Frugal Smart and Tuned-In Editor
won
The Best Blog of The Day Award.
Dawn Colclasure
named Tracings one of her 50 Favorite Books in her Palms to
Pines blog
http://palmstopines.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-50-favorite-books.html.
The
Brilliante WeBlog Premio award for
The New Book Review
blog. Nominated by
Nikki Leigh.
Carolyn
A Retailer's
Guide and her chapbook of poetry with Magdalena Ball (She
Wore Emerald Then) were named finalists in their
categories by USA Book News.
A Retailer's
Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions won Military Writers
Society of America Gold Medal.
Carolyn's podcasts at
Authors Access made the top 10 for the third year in
row. In 2009 her podcast was 4th, in previous years in took top
place for listeners. Here's the 2009 list, a great resource for
writers:
http://www.authorsaccess.com/podcasts/top-10-podcasts-of-2009
She Wore Emerald Then
named to
MyShelf.com's 10 Best
Reads
by Jennifer Akers.
She Wore Emerald Then was
given honorable mention in the poetry category by Military Writer's
Society of America.
Blooming Red: Christmas Poetry for the Rational was a USA Book News
Finalist, 2011.
Blooming Red: Christmas Poetry
for the Rational was honored
with a Military Writers Society of America Silver Award.
USA Best Books Winner in
Business/Writing category for The
Frugal Book Promoter, Second Edition.
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Author-of-the-Month and Book-of-the-Month
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Tomrbooks:
Calley Moore, Editor.
Aspiring Authors: Diana Redman, Editor.
Word Thunder: Sarah Mankowski, Editor.
My Shelf: Brenda Weeaks, Editor.
Authors’ Cove: First Featured Writer of the Month. Erika Michell, Editor.
Queen Jaw Jaw: Featured Author, Georgia Richardson, Editor.
MichelleDunn.com:
The Frugal Book Promoter is her Writers' Resource Book-of-the-Month for June 2005
Featured
poet, with poems from Tracings. in Speechless, The
Magazine.
Tracings was a featured Book of Poetry on Poems for You, Kristin Johnson, Editor.
Writing News:
"Sharing with Writers" newsletter honored. Editor Belinda Hughes.
Military Writers Society of America: Author of the Month, March
2010
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Frugal Editor
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The Frugal Editor
is
USA Book News Best Writing/Publishing Book of 2007
Reader Views Choice Award, 2008
Finalist in the
New Generation
Book Awards,
2008
Carolyn's promotion campaign for The Frugal Editor garnered New
Generation's Marketing Award, 2008
The Frugal Editor reached top ten in sales at Amazon.com.
The Frugal Editor won
USA Book News
Best Book award for its category, publishing and writing and the
ReaderViews award for best publishing book.
Carolyn is featured on San Diego's
Who's Who
as an honorary member the San Diego writers' group.
www.wordsd.com.
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Frugal Book
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USA Book News
Best Professional Book, 2004
Book Publicist of Southern California's
Coveted Irwin Award
for its marketing campaign
USA Book
News Award Business/Writing for the
Second Edition of The Frugal Book Promoter, 2011)
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Tip:
How, in a bookstores full of thousands of titles, does a
reader choose yours?
Maybe a little medal that lives on
your book cover tells a browser that there's a good
reason to expect your book may be better than the average
bear.
How do you convince an
editor that you are newsworthy, that you are credible?
Perhaps they'll be impressed because of the awards by your
name.
Now, here's the big
secret. It often makes no difference how prestigious the
award is. Casual readers may not understand the difference
between a Pulitzer and a Pushcart or a Preditor and Editor's
Poll. Editors (other than book editors) don't either.
All they know is they have eight column inches to fill and
your award may convince them to fill them with something
about you.
Find at least one tip on writing, promotion or
tech on every page of this
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Leon Mayer, longtime
officer of Friends of the Glendale Library,
presents Carolyn with
California Assembly Certificate of Recognition
at an event in which she
introduced two emerging poets,
Sona Ovasapyan and Christine Alexanians.
She holds several other certificates of recognition from various state
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Blog
Awards |
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Carolyn's
Sharing with Writers
blog was named to
Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites
in 2008.
See the June, 2008, Issue, p.
52.
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Carolyn's New Book Review
blog:
This is where authors extend the usefulness of their
favorite reviews.
It was given the Brilliant Weblog Premio award.
For
The New Book
Review blog.
Nominated by
Nikki Leigh.
Carolyn is proud of all of her blog awards
given by her peers. |
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Buy Links for
Carolyn's Books |
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Important
Resources
Book Proposal
Help
Former book
acquisitions editor Terry Whalin says, "editors and publishers
don't read manuscripts. They read book proposals. In
Book
Proposals That Sell: 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success, you
learn the inside scoop to achieve your dreams." I highly
recommend it.
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Promotion Services
You'll find
direction in the Frugal Book Promoter for building your own media
kit; if you choose not to build your own, the information there will
make you a better partner for a publicist you might hire to help you. I
recommend
PressKit 24/7, the brainchild of publicists with over forty
years' experience. We know the speed at which you need to work, and we
know what it takes to get the media's attention. It was critical for us
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So we understand what you need for yours.
Learn more about the classes offered by
UCLA Extension
Writers' Program,
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Carolyn sponsors the Noble
(Not Nobel!) Prize for literary efforts that explore the human
condition, use exemplary English or experiment with it. She eschews
titles that have already won prestigious prizes or appear on bestseller
lists. In other words, she wants to build lists each year that feature
works that deserve more attention than they're getting. Contact Carolyn
for information on submitting a nomination. Go to
MyShelf
to read her
Back to Literature column where she
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I wanted to tell you how
your workshops, reading your newsletter, and just chatting with you has
been a great help to me. I have a background in marketing from the
fashion world and even though it has helped me get my foot in the door,
I honestly have to say that after getting to know you, reading your
books, and everything else I just said has truly helped me put Stories
for Children Magazine on the map.
~ VS Grenier, Founder and
Editor-in-Chief Stories for Children Magazine
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Find at least one
promotion, writing or tech tip on every page on this site.
Sometimes you'll find, two or three! Happy browsing and
collecting!
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www.wrwa.net
ABWA is a group of highly
skilled networkering women in business.
Military Writers' Society of America
Honorary member of
Publishers and
Writers of San Diego.
Book Publicists of
Southern California
(BPSC) Pix: Proud Irwin Award Winners
Carolyn and Janet
Goliger, l. to r.
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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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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
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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Carolyn's Speaking Engagements |
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Presenter 2009, 2010
Presenter, 2008, 09, 10
Presenter, 2007
National Span College, 2002
Fellows presenter, 2007, 08
Co-sponsor and presenter, 2007, 08, 09,
10
University of Dayton Erma Bombeck Writers' Conference, 2006,
2008
Sisters in Crime,
Pasadena, 2009
Wisconsin Regional
Writers Association 2010
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