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Wow. What more can I
say? [The Frugal Book Promoter is] interesting,
informative, readable and more. Easy to follow, quotes and technique
mixed in together wonderfully. This is an A-one job. Watch out world!
I’m going to have to put it under my pillow
~
Leora G. Krygier, author of First the
Raven and When She Sleeps
~~~
"I’m a writer who
would love to have someone else take over the editing and proofreading
stages of my manuscripts because I hate editing, proofreading, and
rewriting. Ms. Howard-Johnson’s techniques and her encouragement from
page to page of THE FRUGAL BOOK EDITOR lifts my spirits to the level
where I can approach these hated tasks in a better attitude and get the
job done. I advise all writers to obtain a copy of THE FRUGAL BOOK
EDITOR and keep it handy as your write."
~Lucille P. Robinson, reviewer for
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"You really made a
great contribution. Everybody loved your program."
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"As I knew it would be,
your 'Great First Impression Book Proposal' is terrific! I'm so
glad you suggested it yesterday. I know I'll incorporate many of
your tips into the proposal -- I already scurried to change "Table
of Contents" (yikes!)
~
Treacy Colbert,
Writer/Editor
Tip
Joining an organization only pays to the
extent that you work it. Hiring a professional only works to the extent
that you work as a partner with her or him. Snagging a TV appearance
only works to the extent that you know what to do once you're in front
of that red camera light. In other words, learn the ropes (Suggested
reading, of course, is The Frugal Book Promoter). Put out the
effort. Give back as much as you take. And watch your promotion efforts
grow.
Find at least one tip on writing,
promotion or tech on every page of this Web site.
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going online. Their brick and mortar store has always
supported authors based on the content of their books. In
other words, they don't judge a book by its cover or the
press it is printed on. Find reading there and connect with
authors, too!
Find at least one tip on writing,
promotion or tech on every page of this Web site.
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Book Publicists of Southern California's
Irwin Award
Military
Writers Award of
Excellence
for Tracings, A
Chapbook of Poetry.
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 shared her best tips and strategies for low-cost/zero-cost
marketing campaigns and also talked about what NOT to do to market your
books. She also talks about the value of editing and how it directly
controls how your proposals, books, and marketing are perceived in the
marketplace.
Listen to the interview on Authors Access
(visit link and click on the PODCAST button). Tune in each week as Irene
and Victor interview industry luminaries on marketing, writing, editing,
and publishing by
subscribing to the
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Find at least one tip on writing, promotion or
tech on every page of this Web site.
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Carolyn in a
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We talk about the PR business, about finding the right editor, and more.
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I recommend these social networks
for those involved with book marketing.
~~~
This is a tried and true
program developed by Anna Maria Prezio and Denise Cassino; it will teach
you to market your book to a Number One Bestseller as they have done for
dozens of other authors!
For
how-to books for writers, reference books and books of inspiration for writers only! Any one will
make a great companion to The Frugal Book Promoter and The
Frugal Editor! It includes a list of helpful free e-books and
some CDs you can learn tons from, too!
Let Carolyn tell you about her process
in writing and promoting her award-winning novel This Is
The Place in
a clip
from MaAnna Stephenson's
Just The
Faqs podcast series while you
browse these Resource for Writers pages. It takes only five
minutes!
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
to be able to create professional online press kits for our own clients.
So we understand what you need for yours.
Writing-Oriented Organizations
Led by Cheryl Wright and Sarah Cook,
Aussie Authors is creative
and overseas-friendly:
The
MuseItUp Club
is an award-winning and Writer's Digest Top 101
Best Sites of 2005& 2006 Writing Critique community, aimed towards the
serious writer who wants to hone their work and get published. For more
information, e-mail
museitupeditor@yahoo.ca
International Order of
Horror Professionals, founded by Bev Walton Porter, is for
publishers, writers and anyone else connected with creative horror
pursuits--including marketers!
Carolyn with
Pam Kelly after speaking about successful book fairs at the Book
Publicists of Southern California April meeting in 2008.
Sportsmen's Lodge.
Small Publishers Association of North
Americapublishes one of the best print newsletters for authors and
publishers in the business. SPAN helped me put my fashion publicist and
journalism expertise into book promotion mode.
The California Writers Club
is a great place to meet and network with other writers. The San
Fernando Valley branch meets the first Saturday of the month in Sherman
Oaks. See Web site for more details and speaker information.
Boomer Women Speak has a
writers' forum. I've met some lovely, supportive writers there. .
The Military Writers Society of
America is an association of more than five-hundred authors, poets,
and artists, drawn together by the common bond of military service or
those who write with a military focus. Here's a calendar of their
membership's events:
UCLA's Writers' Programhas a new Writers’
Program Web site where you can find just the right learning experience
both on campus and online! just went live!
I'm proud of
my instructor's page there, too.
Writers of Kern is
a chapter of the California Writers Club. They meet once a month,
on the third Saturday, at the Best Western Crystal Palace Inn & Suites,
2620 Buck Owens Blvd, Bakersfield, CA. at 10:30am. They feature a
speaker each month and a small critique group. They encourage membership
which is $65 for the first year and $45 for each continuous year of
membership thereafter. Detailed information can be obtained by calling
President Carol Black at 661-213-4391, or Vice-President Joe Tomasi at
661-391-9124.
Book
Publicists of Southern California is a great networking organization
and giver of the annual Irwin Award. Contact Irwin Zucker at
IrwinZuckerPR@aol.com.
Picture above taken by fellow member Chris Vaughn at a meeting. Note
author sales table in the back. Sales tables are open to all.
Women Writing the West
comes highly recommended
from a Sharing with Writers subscriber. Gail L. Fiorini-Jenner.
She says, "They have a great conference every year, too. Normally in
October, although the 2009 conference (a different venue this coming
year) will be held at UCLA and will be September 11-13, and will be
offering contacts, workshops,
etc, in screenwriting as well as the WILLA Literary Awards (wonderful
project, judged by librarians in 7 categories).
American
Society of Journalists and Authors
offers services including a newsletter that nonmembers can read:
http://www.asja.org/newspub/newspub.php
The issues go back each month to October
1999. Interviews with top editors and other publishing leaders.
The Frugal Book Promoter
is listed in the Dec. 2008 issue, page 11.
Ozark Romance Authors (ORA) is an active writers' group that
meets month, sends a newsletter out monthly and sponsors an annual
writers' conference. It includes men and women and those who do not
write traditional romance. Find them at
www.ozarkromanceauthors.com.
General
Writers' Services
Web for Authors is a
reasonably priced Web site service for authors owned by Marshall Turner.
“Creating exciting and dynamic Web sites for authors and speakers.”
This banner is double-sided (book cover
on the other side). The height adjusts so it can be seen over crowds. It
is portable in a roller back--easily portable. It lasts for a really
long time. And it's under $200. Restaurants are using them effectively,
why not authors?
Audios Rule! Multitaskers will want to learn more about writing with
Allyn Evans, Joyce Faulkner,Kathe Gogolewski and Carolyn
Howard-Johnson. Available n MP3 or CD ROM, they are published by
Tri-Studio
.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, marketing and promotion consulting/coaching.
"Careers that aren't fed die as readily as any living organism given no
sustenance."
http://carolynhoward-johnson.com or
send e-mail.
For book cover design, photography and graphic design contact
Eric Dinyer. He designed the
books I wrote the forewords for, Support Our Troops and Effort and
Surrender.
If you like
the cover of The Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor, you'll want to check out
T.C. McMullen
for inexpensive cover design or
e-mail her.
Jill
Ronsley of Sun Editing and Book
Design offers editing, interior book design, typesetting and cover
design services to publishers and authors for works of nonfiction,
fiction and children's writing. Also, promotional materials for authors
and their books.
Don't
buy your journals from anyone
else! This one features quotations from the famous and the newbie but
more than that, it can help you promote, increase your book fair profits
and more. Learn how at
Red Engine Press.
Learn more about tips booklets and how to make them work for you.
Paulette Ensign was one of the first master promoters I came in contact
with. She'll teach you to make promotional booklets work for you with a
variety of programs.
http://www.kickstartcart.com/app/?af=696843
Low-cost banners (animated, $15; static, $10). The editor of
MyShelf.com is flexible; tell her what you want. Ask to see her samples.
Cynthia Brian, media coach,
writer, author, speaker, TV/radio personality, spokesperson.
The
AndGor Toy Company will create a replica of you or a character in
your book for about $265.00. Use it for promotion or mass produce it for
sale (and promotion).
BooKcard is a gift box for a gift book and greeting card
all in the same package. Please go to
www.theBookcard.net for a
brief film. Offering a book in a BooKcard gives all publishers a new
dimension for sales. It recognizes that 67% of all books sold are
purchased as GIFTS. If a buyer wants to give a book away, then you also
have a new profit center because a BooKcard costs around $2.50
(depending on size, quantity and complication), but sells retail for
$4.95. Contact Godfrey Harris, The Americas Group, Tel: + (1) 310
476 6374,Fax: + (1) 310 471 3276,Mobile: + (1) 213 500 8037. EM:
hrmg@aol.com
Wordpix Solutions offers
design, production and book shepherding services for self- and
subsidy-published authors..
Need someone to lead you through the
publishing process? Try to get to Karla Olson of
BookStudio before your are
published.
Success Literary
Services
offers complete book manuscript services. They
were honored with twelve awards. References.
Need
help with your writing career? From coaching and ghostwriting to
publishing and marketing, contact your Author's Advocate,
Patrika Vaughn.
Erica Miner,
award-winning author of Travels With My Lovers,
is a ghostwriter par excellence. Professor of Medicine Sat
Sharma says: "Erica
Miner is a fine artist of the craft of writing and a master of creating
fiction. She will spin the words to bring any story or characters to
life. Her writing is spellbinding and will keep the reader enthralled."
Her specialties are romance, mystery,
and ‘based on a true story’ concepts. She also does expert copy
editing.
A
suggestion from Janet Elaine Smith. She says 'If
making a banner this way
is easy for me, it will be easy for anyone."
Janet Elaine Smith offers reasonable editing to make your
manuscript shine before you submit it. She has over 40 years
experience.
Write On! Creative Writing
Services
by Yvonne Perry. A
variety of services and time-savers.
I use Vista Print
for lots of my promotional materials. Use this
link.
Be aware that shipping prices may fluctuate, depending on
the deal of the moment. Even at that, the prices generally are
good, the products they offer excellent quality and they do
short runs. (I don't advise long runs on promotion material
because your needs can change very quickly.)
Mindy Hoffbauer
is the owner of Write Angle Consulting, Inc. (www.writeangle.biz),
a small technical communications firm specializing in technical
and professional writing, online help systems, research, web
content development, and professional communications training.
Kim Pearson
is an author, ghostwriter, and the owner of Primary Sources,
dedicated to helping others become authors of polished,
professional, and compelling books and articles. She has
ghostwritten more than 30 non-fiction books and memoirs, which
tell the stories of a wide variety of people and cover a broad
range of topics, from saxophones to finance, city histories to
hypnotherapy, psychic horses to constipation, and many points in
between.
www.primary-sources.com.
Best Selling Author Television,
hosted and produced by Rey Ybarra, offers new Television
programming service on location from the historic Brand
Bookshop in Glendale. Featuring local, independent,
national and international best selling authors, the show
provides much needed exposure for authors to reach their niche
markets quickly using the New Media, the social media
sites and blogs with a wonderfully produced 2 camera streaming
video shoot! Please click on the link
http://bestsellingauthortv.blogspot.com/2008/01/patricia-kokinos-and-bryon-katie-on.html to
see our latest program featuring independent author Patricia
Kokinos and mega author Byron Katie and me on Best Selling Author Television.
Brookes
Nohlgren takes your book from dream to reality.
Books by Brookes
offers full service book
production for authors and publishers. 818-783-0848.
Agents
Because agents and agents' needs vary
so widely, to list them individually seems futile. It is very important
that each name be researched for a match to your title.
Publishers Marketplace
is a site that Agent Lisa
Hagan(nonfiction only) recommends because, she says, "they
keep their information up to date."
You will find a list of
the agents who cared enough to help me help authors by contributing
to my book The Frugal Editor in that book. Purchase it at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/
It includes their suggestions for making your query letters truly
professional.
Legal Help
Leora Krygier, author of When She Sleeps,
and a lawyer in her own right says that
California Lawyers for the
Arts offers very inexpensive legal help to writers , often for under
$50. They also offer free workshops.
If anyone from other states knows of a similar service, let me know and
I will post it on this page.
E-mail.
Illustrators, Graphics Designers and Book Cover Designers
Need a
cartoonist to illustrate your book or perk up your promotion materials?
Jim Whitingto the rescue!
Lon Levin,
Levinland Studio. See his work at
www.picture-book.com. E-mail at
adlonlevin@yahoo.com.
His work would be especially suitable for children's literature, humor
books and light nonfiction..
C
HAZ
chaz
desimone specializes in
logos, books, type, and lettering.
"appreciate good design...especially god's design"
310-902-3913,
www.chazdesimone.com
Indexers
Clive Pyne Book
Indexing Services
Professional back-of-book indexing services for scholarly
and trade non-fiction and reference books. On time service;
to your specifications; at competitive rates. All subjects
considered. An index makes the difference between a good and
a very good book.
Madge
Walls of All Sky Indexing
is a trained, professional indexer who creates back-of-the-book
indexes for nonfiction books. A well-constructed index is a detailed
map to the content of a reference book, written with the anticipated
needs of the reader in mind. All subjects considered; all work done
via email. Contact Madge at
madge@allskyindexing.com
Event Planning
Chef Michelle-rene
Marmolejo will help authors plan their launches and events.
Personalized menu planning, diabetic friendly French pastries,
vegetarian and vegan cuisine and more. Peace from Cakes is Catering with a Conscience. 626 590 6686.
chef@peacefromcake.com
Audios Learn more about writing while you drive. CDs are
available from
Tri-Studio
.
I teach
at UCLA. So do several
other instructors I recommend for classes, editing and other services.
They include Eve LaSalle Caram, Phyllis
GeBauer, Suzanne Lummis and Carolyn Leavitt. If you need
recommendations,
e-mail me.
Writers
in the Sky is a podcast
where writers will find easily digested tips and topics on
everything from book promotion to editing and the craft of writing.
It is hosted by Yvonne Perry. You'll also find Writers in the Sky
at her blogsite.
Angela Watkins provides a
page of
tips and links for Christian writers.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson is
interviewed by Iris Fanning. It's a free seminar available
at
http://www.qtworldradio.com/qtradio/archives.html
. Scroll to the Iris Fanning Show
and Click on Do You Have a Book Inside? If you need help with the MP3
download there's a quick click for that too.
Explore your creative
side with
Online English and Writing Degrees
at ClassesAndCareers.com. Be the voice of any business, in any industry,
in any part of the world!
Dr. Bob Rich,
freelance editor, finds the good things in your book and makes
suggestions for improving it.
Trudy McMurrin, editor. Protect yourself against inadequate
publisher support by letting her help mold your book before you submit
it. With more than three decades experience as editor of several
university presses, Trudy's skills are exemplary.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the Frugal Editor, edits
poetry and fiction only. Learn more on
this site.
Roto-Writer to
the Rescue! Need help rooting out those pesky
problems clogging your writing? Do you find yourself blocked by
conflicting feedback? Receive a friendly and concise critique and
become flush with saleable works!
Visit
http://www.jennifer-turner.com
for details and to take advantage of Jenny's great prices.
Do you have a
wonderful story, but need a second pair of eyes to look it over?
VS Grenier will look
for grammar, spelling, setting, plot, character
development, and so much more. Critiques are designed to help us
become better writers. We all need our stories looked at by others who have experience in
the writing world. VS
Grenier was voted one of the Top Ten Editors ~Preditors & Editors
Readers Poll 2007. To find out more about VS Grenier's critique
services visit http://vsgrenier.com/critiques.aspx
Cindy Sherwood - Professional and affordable copyediting
and proofreading services available for all types of writing
projects. Please email Cindy Sherwood at cwillettsherwood@yahoo.com
or visit her website at www.secondsetofeyes.com for
more information. Cindy is the copyeditor for Stories for
Children Magazine, www.storiesforchildrenmagazine.org.
Author-Friendly Radio and TV
These
are all shows that I have been on and/or recommend.
Frugal Authors! Showcase your book and
your expertise in print and online with
www.Lisa.fm
, Leading Edge Talk Radio. Spring Special
Author Services Package includes: Radio interview on Lisa.fm (4,500
listeners per month), and audio copy of interview for use on your
Web site; ‘featured guest’ listing on
home page of Web site; archived bio in the featured
guests page of Lisa.fm; print story posted on the Web site of a major
Southern California newspaper (circulation 225,000). Check out
www.lisa.fm,
and contact Lisa Osborne for details at
leadingedgetalk@yahoo.com.
Fran Halpern hosts the lively, often funny,
Beyond Words, a show for
literary toilers and word lovers which airs Saturday at 2 P.M on KCLU in
Santa Barbara, CA. on KCLU 88.3 & 102.3, an NPR affiliate 88.3 Call
during and before the broadcast at 805-493-9200.
Connie
Martinson Talks Books is a syndicated TV interview show filmed
in LA. Here is a host who actually reads the books of the authors she
interview. (My This Is the Place and Harkening were tagged
and labeled and book marked like crazy).
Connie Gotsch'sWrite On covers
writers who are from the four corners area or write about it. I qualify
because I'm from Utah and my novel, This Is the Place, is set in
Utah. Utah, after all, is one of the four-corners states. She has also
featured some of my poetry from Tracings, which is also
influenced by that unique place and culture. See this site for more on
those books.
The Joe Mazza Show is a late
night syndicated show where you can reach insomniacs in small towns and
larger ones. Joe likes lots of subjects but you'll get to him if you'll
talk 50s, classic cars or his dog, Sebastian. Tell him I sent you.
The Jane Prince-Jones Showis
an early morning drive show. Jane loves the theater but she'll talk
about most anything on her KFYO radio show.
E-mail.
If you are good at marketing your
books, or if you need help, contact
Janet Elaine Smith to get "booked" on her weekly radio program "Marketing
for Fun and Profit." Over 80,000 listeners.
Nightengale Press publisher and author,
Valerie Connelly, hosts the popular internet radio program,
CALLING ALL AUTHORS on Tuesdays at 4PM Central
Time. Publishing and publicity experts as well as authors of all
genres and experience. Join Valerie for lively conversations
about their books, their businesses and their hopes and fears as
they promote their work. Valerie has had me on twice and is a
consummate interviewer. Listen
to the
archives. A must-listen and great place to give informative
interviews for authors seeking to inform, promote and entertain.
The Reverend Cherise Thorne
is host of an inspirational program called
Knowing Spirit.
Think of an angle, even if your book isn't specifically
inspirational. She is very accessible. Phone: 815-483-1141.
Her web address and podcast is at
www.knowingspirit.org/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html.
Here is a link where you'll find a
list
of other shows:
http://betsie.tripod.com/literary/id82.html.Do
be careful though. Some of them are interview shows that
authors must pay for. You probably already know that, in
the
Frugal Book Promoter
I advise against doing that, generally speaking. There
are, of course exceptions to every rule.
Promotion Tip:
In The Frugal Book Promoter I advise authors to
beware of paying for services that traditionally have have
been offered at no cost to authors. There are times when you
will want to make exceptions, but in general you will not
need to pay to be on the radio, to get your book reviewed,
to be the host of a radio or TV program or to get an agent
to read your manuscript.
Find at least one tip on writing, promotion or
tech on every page of this Web site.
The
Iris Fanning Show
on
Quiet Time Radio
features
Life Coach Iris Fanning
and her guests. Get coached, get inspired! Go to
www.qtworldradio.com
and click on the
Iris Fanning Show to schedule, details, Carolyn
Howard-Johnson's show "Everyone Has a Book Inside" and
to get ideas for how the subject of your book might fit
Iris's programming.
Jordana Ryan
(
http://jordanaryan.tripod.com ) hosts
Book Café,
www.blogtalkradio.com/Jordana-Ryan. iShe accepts
applications for her show at
purplepixiedustgir@sbcglobal.net. To hear a sample
show, please listen to our interview using the widget
below. We talk about how Preditors and Editors.com can
be misleading, book contracts, the best way to promote a
book and even a little poetry and craft.
Tune-in to Starstyle® --
Be the Star
You Are!
live, pod cast, and archived radio program on World Talk Radio featuring
Cynthia
Brian. Thursdays 3Pm PST/6pm EST:
You will be heard on these syndicated radio networks:
Philip F. Harris,
author of Waking God, hosts a dynamic talk
show at
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pharris
Here Phil, Nikki Leigh and Carolyn
Howard-Johnson weigh in on everything from branding to platforms to
blog tours.Phil
is open to queries for his show, mostly on inspirational topics.
The Mother Daughter Club Show, a segment of
By For and About Women Radio Network, crosses generations and cultures
to address topics that matter to us all. Whether we're talking about our
children, world affairs, or sharing the spirit of motivation, we speak
from the heart. Join host Kathe Gogolewski
www.tri-studio.com as she chats with authors and guest experts who
deliver messages that you can keep.
Learn while you drive or work! Audios
on writing craft, promotion and tech from the Audio Divas, l. to r., Carolyn
Howard-Johnson, Kathe Gogolewski, Joyce Faulkner and Allyn Evans. Learn more at
http://www.tri-studio.com/writers.html
A few samples of dozens of
my guest spots on streaming radio from 2009. These, of course, are both
resources and learning opportunities:
http://ow.ly/hUNMSeveral
learning opportunities with Yvonne Perry, owner of
WritersintheSky Creative Services, including one on editing where we
discuss everything from em dashes to what works on the Web but
doesn't work for you book's manuscript.
http://www.justthefaqs.net/podcast.shtmlJust the FAQs
MaAnna Stephenson and I recorded a couple of different podcasts.
One on marketing fiction (Part II) and another pair on marketing for
the hard-to-market genres like fiction and poetry.
4RV Publishing LLS:Their
motto is "One on One with Authors and Artists." Find them at
http://4rvpublishingllc.com .
Star Publish features several
levels of participation and some unique promotion support features.
Publisher is TC McMullen. Marketing Director is Janet Elaine
Smith.
Jada Press is a small,
independent publisher with a focus on the author. Glenda Ivey,
publisher, proudly recommends The Frugal Book Promoter to her
authors. They also sponsor an annual contest.
Trafford offers excellent
materials to help you decide if they are the ones to publish your book.
They do quality work.
Gorham Printinghas a free e-book with some neat guidelines on
publishing on their home page. Check it (and their services) out.
A Capella is one of
the few publishers who will really customize for the author.
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Sylvia McClain
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Alternative-Read accepts review
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Submit your query to this Brenda Weeaks at
MyShelf. Your review will be
considered by a whole catalog of expert reviews who write for the site.
You may also find the
Have You Heard page edited by Suzie Housley useful for promotion.
The Compulsive Reader
reviews books. Find interviews, literary
news, criticism, a no-cost e-zine, and more. Editor Magdalena Ball also
accepts applications for new reviewers.
Women on Writing is an
exceptionally author-friendly and useful site. You'll also find a lovely
page
they did for me that features one of my first-person essays.
Book Connector is a great site for helping writers find other sites
that are review friendly! Thanks to Janet Elaine Smith for contributing
this.
Children's authors should absolutely
try The Reading Tub for
reviews of their children's books.
C. Hope Clark's letter,
Funds for Writers isn't only about money. But getting tips on
grants, contests, freelance opportunities and more is definitely a good
thing.
http://www.ShowMeTheScreenplay.comwas
started by an entertainment industry veteran to give writers and
directors insider knowledge on everything in the business so that they
can be launched on their paths to success. It includes information on
using social media to create buzz for a film plus tips and info that
usually only Hollywood insiders know.
This site allows authors to post a page of their own. Click the
button-banner to see mine. If you're published, you can do the same
thing!
Explore
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seen by readers. They randomly pick up books from their
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For snappy marketing tips and the free report "How
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Dee Rimbaud's site features
free database details over
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Writers Advice is for expert
and up-to-date advice for writers
from writers go to
www.writeradvice.com
.You'll find author interviews,
reviews, contests and markets and more. The site, edited by B. Lynn
Goodwin is open to submissions.
Writer to Writer features
tips on writing, marketing, submitting, selling and more. Regular no-fee
contests.
Here is a
new resource
being built by librarians. It cites Web sites that are useful for
research and more, but not purely commercial. You can suggest
a site that might be useful to librarians (perhaps your own) at:
http://www.lii.org/cs/lii/create/todo
Acapella Publishing's
site will guide you from the time a concept for a book is born
through the successful publication and marketing of it.
Freelance Job Board
and Writer's Tips from E. Lucas-Taylor
provides publisher lists, freelance, how-to get started, book fairs,
conferences, a wealth of links for writing and promoting YOU.
Kim Wilson
edits Write From Home for
the benefit of those making a career from any corner in their house.
Published. comhas hundreds of links to book clubs for you
to select from and then utilize in your promotion campaign.
Research lots of
magazines for writers and other related topics at
www.burningvoid.com.
Learn
more about Carolyn
Howard-Johnson's blogs, including one that lets authors extend
the life of their favorite reviews at no cost.
UCLA Writers' Program's blog Find links to
many of that program's instructors' blogs there, too. One of Corey
Campbell's joyous blogs on collaborating is especially interesting. (-:
SubtleTea
is a
Pittsburgh-based
online art journal focusing on--not exclusively--the written word, including artist interviews,
fiction, poetry, essays, book/CD/film reviews,
visual art, links, and resources. Founded by editor
David Herrle.
Open
submissions from serious artists are welcome
year-round. SubtleTea encourages exposure of
diverse creators, and a new edition goes online
every 2 months.
Carolyn's
blog, The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor
(www.thefrugaledtior.blogspot.com)
is an interactive blog on all things publishing.
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It includes Reviews for Riters
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Don't forget to check out my
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and in the appendixes of The Frugal Book Promoter and
The Frugal Editor.
Promotion
Tip
Links can be a great way to build Web site traffic.
Trouble is there is a tendency to withhold a favor until
someone has reciprocated. Though I use the term
reciprocal links below, they are not truly
reciprocal because I do not demand a return link.
If I think a link will be useful to you, my Web site visitor,
I will post it whether or not it is reciprocated. Nor do I
expect links to be tit for tat.
Example, someone may mention my book or my site in their
newsletter rather than on their Web site and that makes me
just as happy. I suggest you do the same. It gives
your link page more credibility and it underscores what
pubic relations is supposed to be about -- ethics and a
willingness to help one another out when possible.
Find at least one tip on writing, promotion or
tech on every page of this Web site.
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Submit your query to this Brenda Weeaks at
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