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July 15, 2011
Sharing with Writers
A newsletter that is also a community. Share your ideas. Learn from theirs! Associated with the multi award - winning series of HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers, www.howtodoitfrugally.com


From the Desks of
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
and Sharing with Writers Subscribers

In the spirit of the advice I give in the Frugal Editor - - that is to use an extra pair of eyes whenever possible - - this newsletter is voluntarily copyedited by Mindy Phillips Lawrence ~ mplcreative1@aol.com ~ www.freewebs.com/mplcreative. I also tell writers to be patient with other writers when they make editing boo - boos. We're all human. This letter comes out weekly (except when I'm traveling or on deadline) and it's long!
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Contents

Regular Features

~Note from Carolyn
~Letters - to - the - Editor
~Thank Yous (where you also find leads and great resources!)
~Tips and News Galore! (They're scattered, you'll just have to find
them!)
~Opportunities (Find them in a couple places this issue.)
~On Poetry
~Author Successes
~Mindy Lawrence's Itty Bitty Column: What Does PUBLISHED Mean?
~Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching
~Wordstuff ™

This Issue
~Feature: What About This Fan Fiction?
~A Little Humor: Reprise of a Peanuts Comic Strip


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Note from Carolyn

Dear Subscribers:

I’m a little late with this issue of Sharing with Writers this week. Sometimes that’s a good thing. Now it can include this announcement:

Maggie Ball and I just received news that the newest chapbook in our Celebration Series is up on Amazon.
Deeper Into the Pond: A Celebration of Femininity is proudly self - published, a precedent set long ago by poets everywhere in the world. Only now the process is much faster. We used Createspace and it was faster than it has ever been before! It took only eight days from the day it was submitted to the day we received our paperback copies and saw it appear on Amazon’s page where it is available in paperback at www.budurl.com/DeeperPond for only $6.95. The low price is part of our using - chapbooks - as - greeting - cards idea.

Imagine the possibilities for publishing promotion material.

Learn more about our greeting card/chapbook concept at www.howtodoitfrugally.com/more_on_deeper_into_the_pond.htm.

You can also get it as an e - book directly from Createspace at https://www.createspace.com/3608866

Happy Writing, Editing and Promoting
Carolyn

PS: Maggie and I would love to have you review our booklet on Amazon and, perhaps, on your blog. Please consider it! Send me an e - mail with DEEPER INTO THE POND in the subject line and I’ll send you an e - copy. I know women will love this book, but so will men!

PPS: Forgot to mention that Jacquie Schmall won our cover art contest for this chapbook. Don’t you think it is gor—gee—ous? (In order to see the images in this newsletter, you must use the link to access the pdf file.)


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Needing something more meaningful for the celebrations in your life? Something that stays within your budget? Check out Cherished Pulse (www.budurl.com/CherishedPulse) ($6.95) for someone you love. Try Imagining the Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions for the men in your life. Sure, they like fusses made over them, too! (www.budurl.com/Imagining) ($6.95). She Wore Emerald Then (www.budurl.com/MotherChapbook) ($12.95), for mothers and other women, and Blooming Red (www.budurl.com/BloomingRed ), to use as Christmas cards or incidental holiday gifts. Plan next Christmas early. And ask about my special price on chapbook/cards purchased in bulk! All these chapbooks are from the Celebration Series of poetry from Magdalena Ball and me.
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In the News: Amazon is introducing a new kink in its business model. Recently they instituted a Kindle lending policy which was covered in this newsletter. Now they are launching a college textbook rental program. It appears they want to be bookstore to the world but also lending library to the world.

I could see many benefits to their Kindle lending policy, both to the author and to the publisher. As far as the lending of textbooks, go, I see only benefits for students. None for authors or publishers. It does seem to be a nice, passive income for textbook publishers—one that requires little or no expense for distribution and materials. But at what loss compared to actual sales? Am I missing something?

Oh, and by the way. Amazon will let students keep highlighted material and notes they make on their borrowed copy in Amazon’s cloud indefinitely. As I say, no downside at all for students. And—because of that—I’m glad to see it happen.


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My review blog is my gift to authors. It’s a place for you to honor authors and books you’ve loved with a review. It’s a place to recycle the review of your own book, the one you love most. It’s f r ^ ^. Submission guidelines are in the left column at www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com. =============================================


Tip: I know that sometimes we just forget to type a subject into our e - mail windows, but tons of phishing and spam are going around and many of them have nothing in the window (or just have “RE:” in the window.). Many of these addresses have been stolen (hacked) and they are familiar to me. They are fake distress calls that a friend (remember, you think it is someone you know because of the e - mail address!) has been stranded in Timbuktu and needs money wired. If they have no subject line, I won’t open them. And you shouldn’t either. So, if you want your e - mails read, put something in the subject window that can easily be identified as coming from YOU.


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Please paste this little blurb - - perhaps with a little endorsement - - in your newsletter or Web site: To subscribe to Sharing with Writers send an e - mail with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line to HoJoNews@aol.com or go to www.howtodoitfrugally.com for an auto subscribe box. Let me know you did it so I can do something similar for you on my Resources for Readers page at www.howtodoitfrugally.com.
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A Little Humor: I love Peanuts, even now Schultz the elder is gone. I especially love them when Charles M. does the Snoopy - at - a - typewriter scripts. Here’s one that tickled my funny bone. (I’d scan it for you but there is such a thing as copyright law! Ahem!)

So, Snoopy is busy typing up a storm and Lucy interrupts (don’t you love it when people do that?!). She says, “I’ve been reading Thomas Wolfe’s You Can’t Go Home Again.”

Then she says, “Maybe you should write something like that.” Snoopy pauses to think.

Finally Snoopy starts to type again. He types, “You Can Go Home Again if You Want To.”

I guess the moral is, don’t give me or Snoopy any dumb ideas for stuff we couldn’t possibly do anyway!


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How many media releases are you sending out a year? How do you do it? Find a list of media release disseminators at www.howtodoitfrugally.com/media_release_disseminators1.htm and learn how to build a list of your own media in The Frugal Book Promoter, www.budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo.
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Tip: Mindy Lawrence, longtime subscriber and line editor of this newsletter sent this along with the comment, “Nice selection of contests!” http://www.suite101.com/content/third - quarter - 2011 - short - story - contests - and - awards - for - writers - a326445


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My blog, War, Peace, Tolerance and Our Soldiers is where I get to nag and rag and try to make things better for our troops and maybe for the world. It includes a segment of frugal ways to help our troops and veterans. I'd love to have you leave a comment. www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com
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Author Successes

Rules for this Section: Only subscribers’ successes are listed in this section.
Thus, I do not pick up news of new releases or awards from general media releases for
there is usually no way for me to know those releases come from subscribers.
If you have an Author Success, please identify yourself as a subscriber in the subject line
of your e - mail. Something like: MEDIA RELEASE: Subscriber’s Success

Author Shares Success and Resources!
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Brandon Wilson’s latest book, Over the Top & Back Again: Hiking X the Alps, just received the 2010 Book of the Year Bronze Award (travel essay category) from ForeWord Reviews
(http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/winners/2010/category/travel - essays/).

The announcement was made at the ALA Conference in
New Orleans.

Also, all his travel adventure books were digitized and are available from Amazon in Kindle and he has a new Face Book author page and 4 book pages with recent articles, interviews, photos, video book trailers, reviews, excerpts and updates (see below). Whew!

Here are the addresses for each page. (See what he has done.
Get ideas for your pages!)

Brandon Wilson, Adventure Travel Author
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brandon - Wilson - Adventure - Travel - Author/
156521417709244?ref=ts
Over the Top & Back Again
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Over - the - Top - Back - Again - by - Brandon - Wilson/
116646675091112
Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Along - the - Templar - Trail - by - Brandon - Wilson/
207145049320999
Dead Men Don't Leave Tips
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dead - Men - Dont - Leave - Tips - Adventures
- X - Africa - by - Brandon - Wilson/130022933744982
Yak Butter Blues
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yak - Butter - Blues - by - Brandon - Wilson/
230046483687733


Yvonne Perry Extends Reach with MP3s!
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Yvonne says, “Ever since I published the paperback and e - books to The Sid Series ~ A Collection of Holistic Stories for Children, I have wanted to create mp3 audios for children to listen to as they read along in the text. I’ve finally done it! The mp3 file
of each individual story, as well as the entire collection, is now available as The Sid Series Audio Story Book! Listen to a sample at http://dld.bz/AudioStories These stories help kids learn about inner guidance, being true to one’s self, caring for the body, overcoming fear, recycling, and other health - conscious topics.”

V.S. Grenier Pubbing Children’s Book on Kindle!
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Grenier says, “My book, "Babysitting SugarPaw" is now available on Kindle! I'm really excited since children's books are just now starting to become available on e - Readers. You can go here

http://www.amazon.com/Babysitting - SugarPaw - ebook/dp/B0054SI1EU/ref=sr_1_1
?ie=UTF8&m=A3E7N7CJV8GS51&s=digital - text&qid=1309380336&sr=1 - 1

to download your copy. Learn more about me and my book at http://vsgrenier.com.”

VS is founder of Stories for Children Publishing,
LLC, http://storiesforchildrenpublishing.com. Subscribe to her newsletter
on that site.


Walter Brasch Mixes Tip With Success!
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Walter Brasch's latest book, Before the First Snow (www.greeleyandstone.com), journalistic fiction that looks at the counterculture, as seen through the story of a Flower Child who was a teen in the mid - 60s, and the reporter who covered her story for several decades. Now, decades older, she still hasn’t lost her principles in a culture that wants it all and is willing to do whatever it takes to become rich and famous. The book has received strong reviews from Dan Rather; Michael Blake, the Oscar® - winning scriptwriter of Dances With Wolves; and Heidi Prescott, senior VP of the Humane Society of the United States; and Profs. Tom Berner (Penn State), Donald Bird (LIU), and Ron Primeau (Central Michigan). The book was released July 1, and includes a special deal: Buy it on the website (either www.walterbrasch.com or www.greeleyandstone.com ), use PayPal and get a 20% discount, AND receive a copy of his previous book, 'Unacceptable': The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina at no cost.


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Book Proposal Help: The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything
You Need To Know To Sell Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less is now an
e - book or paperback booklet (Only $6.95). Find it at
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Tip: Read my article on how to make writers’ conferences work for you on Tony Eldridge’s Marketing Tips for Writers blog. http://blog.marketingtipsforauthors.com/2011/07/writers - conferences - are - more - than - giant.htm


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Editing Tip: Euphemisms can be deadly for writing. They evade rather than communicate. They can also desensitize us to concepts we may be better off recognizing full force. On the other hand, they can lighten language, push it out of the humdrum into something more humorous or more colloquial. The trick is to be aware of when you’re using them and how. “Love handles,” anyone?


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I’ve reworked my Web site. Please use the huge Resources for Writers section http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/links_for_writers.htm. And please let me know if you find broken links. I need your help! =================================================

Tip: Have you used one of these? At the swipe of an iPhone camera, it takes you to my resources for writers pages on my Web site:

[You'll need to access the pdf file to see this image.]


So. Do you have your QR code yet?

PS: Thanks to Joan Stewart’s Publicity Hound newsletter, Sharing with Writers has a ton of new subscribers. So for those who didn’t see the article on QR codes last week, I posted it on the Sharing with Writers blog. Get more details at http://sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com/2011/07/cracking - qr - code - for - iphones.html


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I am journalist in residence at Book in Sync, which means you can find my articles in their newsletter each month and even access old ones in the archives. Go to http://www.booksinsync.com/booksinsyncjournalist.html.
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Opportunity

Free Posters and Glimpse at Book Cover Artist’s Talents
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My friend (and the designer of the new book cover for 2nd Edition of The Frugal Book Promoter!) has a new kind of club going. It is marketing genius, a way to introduce people to his graphic talents. He is Chaz DeSimone, www.chazdesimone.com.

His typographic design project features what he considers the most interesting and beautiful character, the ampersand. He says,

• “Did you know that the ampersand used to be the last letter in the English alphabet?
• “And do you know how it got its name?
• “In fact, did you ever wonder why it is the shape it is, and why it has been designed in so many different configurations, most of which are valid and express exactly the same meaning? (Some are not true ampersands, probably because the "designer" did not know what the symbol is supposed to represent.)

“I will be explaining (and maybe surprising) you with the answers to the above questions, as I send you each AmperArt poster in the series. You'll also get some creative ideas from other subscribers on how they display their AmperArt pieces.

Right now, however, let's start your AmperArt collection with the first poster in the series, "Art & Design."

After you’ve signed up, your art comes to you with printing suggestions, etc. I can see this one in the office where I writer (it has yellow furniture!). Subscribe here:

http://forms.aweber.com/form/91/119176491.htm

Visit his blog to see how he publicizes his clients and a little more on this poster project: http://chazdesimone.wordpress.com

~Chaz DeSimone, Chaz DeSimone Graphic Design, 12228 Venice Blvd. #156, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA

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Subscribers who have websites or newsletters of their own may be interested
in the F r ^^ Articles 4 Readers and Writers on my site, http://howtodoitfrugally.com/free_content.htm . I try to add new articles to it frequently. If you don't see what you need for your blog or newsletter, just ask. HoJoNews@aol.com.
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On Poetry
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This is a running feature for the poets among us and those who would like to try writing poetry but feel . . . well, inadequate about the writing or the promotion. Please send in your poetry tips and resources for this section.

You WANT To Know Jendi Reiter . . .
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. . . and a good place to get to know more about her is her blog where she recently featured the new poetry journal that published one of my poems and my New Book Review blog which has spread the word for many poets. Find the blog entry and the published poem at: http://jendireiter.com/2011/07/01/carolyn - howard - johnson - inevitably - walls.aspx?ref=rss By the way, she’s also one of the shakers behind the famous www.winningwriters.blogspot.com.


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Endorsement: 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. http://storiesforchildrenmagazine.org.
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Editing Tip: This is a punctuation concept I sometimes have trouble explaining to my clients. I tell them one thing then they see it used by a perfectly respectable publication some other way. I call it a style choice, but generally, it’s not a choice when you publish books. Wondering what it is? It’s called the serial comma. The Chicago Tribune clarifies for us! http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011 - 07 - 18/news/ct - perspec - 0717 - things - 20110714_1_rudimentary - punctuation - semicolon - punctuation - marks


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A general marketing rule is that a product must be seen seven times before it is purchased. That is just as true for books (because they are products, like it or not!). Let people see that book cover image! To do that, you are invited to advertise as a site sponsor at www.howtodoitfrugally.com/advertising.htm for only $35 a year. Yep, the frugal way! Click on the Advertising tab at the top of the page or contact me personally at hojonews@aol.com.
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Tip: Subscribe to Joan Stewart’s Publicity Hound at http://www.publicityhound.com/ and receive by e - mail the handy cheat sheet "89 Reasons to Send a Press Release." And thanks to Joan for publishing my current event (on marketing, of course!) about KFC and their $250,000 charity offer. (Keep scrolling for more details!)


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Ta Da! E - books are great tools for promotion
http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/book - marketing/ta - da - e - books - are - great - tools - for - promotion/
The Anatomy of a Free (Read that Promotional!) E - Book
http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/book - marketing/the - anatomy - of - a - free - read - that - promotional - e - book/
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Tip: This is from the New 2nd Edition of The Frugal Book Promoter: Yep, it’s coming. Reexamine the keywords you use when you market on the Web. Some work better than others. You may be missing one that doesn’t have much competition so when someone uses it, your blog, Web site, article, or book will appear nearer the top of a reader’s search page. To do that, use Google’s Keyword tool. You’ll find it on the list of your free Google Account’s homepage.


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Are you confused about how to credit facts or quotes when you write articles or nonfiction? Check out my Frugal, Smart and Tuned - In Editor blog: http://thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/2010/10/q - la - ann - landers - academic - accreditation.html
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In the News: Holy moley. Talk about a smart marketing move. In The Frugal Book Promoter (www.budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo), I advocated watching current events and hooking them to anything in one’s book that might relate to one of them. Kentucky Fried Chicken just showed us how to do that! They paid attention to one of Wade Dwyane’s tweets asking if anyone was hiring after the NBA lockout. Dwyane used to work for KFC, so they offered him his old job back. If he’d lead a team filling KFC buckets fast (instead of NBA baskets), they’d donate $250,000 to charity. Geesh! That is cheap advertising when they figure how much publicity they’ll get with this masterstroke of publicity - getting! Here is the link to read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2011 - 07 - 11/kfc - offers - dwyane - wade - a - job - during - lockout?icid=main%7Chtmlws - main - n%7Cdl10%7Csec1_lnk3%7C218968 . So you don’t have $250,000 to do something similar. You don’t need to. You just need to keep your marketing bonnet on so that when the opportunity arises, you will be there. Maybe it will cost you $5. Maybe it will be free. But when it comes, you don’t want to miss it!



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Yes, I do consult. I tailor my fees to your needs - - everything from coaching to full edits (sorry no partial edits) to hour consultations to help you with your marketing campaign or your path to publishing. http://budurl.com/carolynsconsulting
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Formatting Tip: If you are publishing your book yourself or self - publishing books or booklets for promotion purposes (and you should be at least self - publishing for promotion!), save your indexing for the VERY last thing you do before you, as we used to say in the newspaper business, “put it to bed.” I’m frugal of time, too, and you can’t even imagine the time this will save you if you haven’t tried to do it some other way!


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Recent guest blog posts: BookBuzzr.com’s regular blog for writers: http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/book - marketing/your - stepping - stones - to - credibility/
Recent podcast links: Elemental Musings from Bev Walton - Porter of Scribe and Quill: http://budurl.com/waltonporter
Talking with Funky Writer Rob Batista about starting a career, promoting the hard - to - promote genres:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thefunkywriter/2010/07/30/the - funky - writer - radio - show - episode - 74
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Feature

What About this Fan Fiction? . . .
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Time magazine ran an article on fan fiction in its July 18, 2011 edition. It’s a lot bigger than I thought it was. There were 526,085 entries of this alternative kind of writing in the Harry Potter category alone. These people are giving their creativity away.

Giving away your work is a hallmark of fan fiction, though some would argue that it isn’t creative because it uses characters created and developed by others. It sounds to me as if it is, though. Shakespeare did the same thing and no one would argue that he wasn’t creative or a great writer. Fan fiction writers also aren’t plagiarists. Experts think that most of the work is written by women. And they aren’t all amateurs. Still I have trouble understanding their motivation. If there are any fan fiction writers who are subscribers to this newsletter, I’d be interested in what they think makes them tick.

One thing for sure. If your book is popular enough to have fans avid enough to be inspired to write stories about your characters, they only serve to spread the interest and the word about your writing. Time makes it clear that this isn’t a copyright issue, even though some authors like Orson Scott Card and Ann Rice are more than a little annoyed by it. Others see the advantages and—really—according to time, there doesn’t seem to be much authors can do about it anyway.
I’d love to know your views on whether fan fiction is a positive or negative for authors. I’ll publish the best responses in my Letters - to - the - Editor section.
CHJ

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Here is a list of small publishers for your consideration: www.howtodoitfrugally.com/small_publishers.htm
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Thank Yous


Thanks to Sassy Brit…. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
. . . for including information on Maggie Ball’s and my bookcover art contest. You’ll find a picture of the beautiful new cover and see a way that even those who write in the so - called hard - to - promote genres can use contests to promote.
http://tjbook - list.blogspot.com/2011/07/press - release - actorproducer - wins.html

Thanks to Subscriber Joyce White . . .
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Thanks to Tony Eldridge . . .
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. . . for reprinting my article on publishing ads in your book that you find in this Sharing with Writers.
http://blog.marketingtipsforauthors.com/2011/06/run - ads - to - help - finance - your - books - by.html


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Fun and F r ~ ~: If you purchased the Frugal Book Promoter or the Frugal Editor, I'd love you to review it on Amazon or BN.com. Make it simple; just tell what part of it you found most valuable. If you do, send me the review link (URL) and I will send you a 35 - page handout from one of my UCLA classes. As a thank you, of course. HoJoNews@aol.com
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Just Because: This may be a first in all the years I’ve done a newsletter, but it fits so well with my sub brand—that is people getting along—and especially authors - helping - authors. So here is a heart - warmer for the day. You know you want to click! ( - : http://www.slothster.com/2352 - Cat - On - Boat - Plays - With - Dolphins.html


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Unsolicited endorsement from Chaz DeSimone, book cover designer extraordinaire (www.chazdesimone.com): “Carolyn, the Frugal Book Promoter is amazingly comprehensive, understandable, and is using up all my highlighter ink.” Heidi (one of his clients): “Start reading! It'll get you excited about promoting, and getting your promotion all ready ahead of time.” ================================================

Opportunities


Sassy Brit Wants You To Share. . . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
. . . your book trailer with her An Alternative on her Monday "Movie" Book Trailer swap f r ^ ^. This is the direct link to all Monday Movie posts: http://tjbook - list.blogspot.com/search/label/Monday%20Movie. I think it would be a great way to view others’ trailers and see what works and what doesn’t, too!


Cold Coffee and Books ‘n Sync Opportunities… ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Authors who are finding it hard to build a footprint on search engines might start here. Books In Sync, http://www.booksinsync.com/ Author - Directory, http://www.author - directory.com/ Book - Ebook Directory http://book - ebookdirectory.com/ and Cold Coffee http://coldcoffee.ning.com/ were created to bring extra online exposure to authors and their books. They use the power of four interconnected Web sites to bring authors and readers to the sites.. They bring this additional online exposure through six separate directories (four connected websites).
To use this power, authors must join Author - Directory, Book - Ebook Directory, or Books In Sync for a ten dollars annual subscription and you’ll You get one book listing and an author listing and a welcoming membership to Cold Coffee. To submit go to http://www.booksinsync.com/submissions.html
They send this exciting news: “We Are Working On A New Issue Of Cold Coffee (Hard Copy) Magazine. We plan to produce one every four months, if time allows and authors who join Books In Sync/Cold Coffee can participate. This writer’s magazine will feature our Authors Of The Month and compete for the Visitor’s Choice Award (family, friends and visitors to BIS Vote from Author’s Page) as well as Book Cover And Book Trailer Recognition awards.”
http://www.booksinsync.com
http://www.author - directory.com/
http://book - ebookdirectory.com/
http://coldcoffee.ning.com/
http://www.booksinsync.com/freecontests.html

Gene Cartwright of iFOGO Fame...
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…offers a new all 99 Cent e - book site. What a great way to promote. I’ve long recommended authors give away or sell inexpensively e - book copies of their early books and to give away promotional e - books to encourage readership. Gene is giving us another avenue to do so. Here are some of the details he sent me:

Our plan is to provide a very focused site where the photos are of
book jackets, not random images. Genre i.d., brief description, and buy links will be provided.

Since most authors have books on Smashwords, Amazon, etc., we can vet the quality of books very quickly. Our goal, by the approval process, as on iFOGO Village, is to weed out spammers. [Note, even Kindle is having trouble with spammy “no - books.” This problem was addressed in another issue of Sharing with Writers.]

Promo material will be channeled. Authors will create a group in their name, this will give their buyers/followers an easy way to connect with them. They will have a "My Page," within their group and authors may post promotional material to folks within their group. The idea is to encourage readers to follow you, thus creating a direct connection for future sales.

Of course, eBooks99cents.com will provide for blogs, discussions, videos, calendars, events, etc.

The eBook revolution is here to stay.
Where are you?
See: eBooks99Cents.com.
then...


[Image available in the pdf version of this newsletter.]

Read His Story http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/67961?ref=ifogo

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Cartoons for Your Book or Your Promotions...
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A free book from my marketing friend Dana Lynn Smith:
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Inspiration: I thought this from the daily zodiac I read would inspire you all: “If you have a song in your heart, you have to sing it. A song unsung turns into excess baggage.” ~ Holiday Mathis



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I know. I am a glutton for punishment and everyone hates me for my zero - tolerance rule on italics. But I was inoculated with it during UCLA’s Writers’ Program classes and I know anyone would be hard put to find a major writers’ program that doesn’t agree with them. So why risk the ire of exacting agents and publishers. Know the guidelines! http://thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/2010/10/lets - talk - italics - again.html . Learn other publishing - friendly editing ideas in The Frugal Editor, www.budurl.com/TheFrugalEditor. =================================================


An Itty - Bitty Column on Writing

What Does PUBLISHED Mean?
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By Mindy Phillips Lawrence
Merriam - Webster Dictionary shows the meaning of PUBLISHED as a transitive verb meaning to make generally known, make public announcement of, disseminate to the public, produce or release for distribution or issue the work of an author. It also shows PUBLISHED as an intransitive verb meaning to put out an edition or to have one's work accepted for publication. Now we know what the dictionary says but what about submission sites and contests? Their definition can be a bit more tricky.
Some contests and publishers want your work to be “virgin,” that means not published on any Web site (including your own), not published on your friend Lucy’s blog, and not published anywhere in the known or unknown world by another publisher or self published.
Some markets will consider work that has been published somewhere else or that is simultaneously submitted to another contest or market. Others won’t. You need to consult the guidelines for each and every market to know for sure.

Also, you need to decide what you want to do with your work. Do you want to submit it to contests and for publication or do you want to impress your friends and family on FACEBOOK? If you place work there, it’s been published. Occasionally, you can UN - publish on sites and get away with submitting elsewhere. That’s a gamble, though.

I have a suggestion. Make a database of contests and submission guidelines with a field dedicated to what that particular market considers “published” to be. That way you won’t run into a snag when you submit.
Links

What Exactly Does Published Mean These Days Anyway?
http://www.abctales.com/forum/2006/09/13/what - exactly - does - published - mean - these - days - anyway

What Does Published Mean?
http://lizahl.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/what - does - published - mean - warning - many - parentheses - and - scare - quotes - follow/

Previously Published, What Does This Mean?
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/511068 - previously - published - poem - what - does - this - mean

~ Mindy Phillips Lawrence, www.freewebs.com/mplcreative, is the author of the poetry collections One Blue Star and Above and Below. She is co - author of The Complete Writer and a publicist. She is in the process of researching a novel titled Alone is Where We Begin. Blogging at: http://mplcreative.blogspot.com/.
Her specialty is helping writers with their media releases. Reach her at mplcreative1@aol.com.


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The New Book Review is a f r ^ ^ service of this newsletter. It allows authors to get more exposure from their favorite review and reviewers a chance to have more readers see their reviews - - with links, of course. Please check the guidelines on the blog site at www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com.
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Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching
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NEW! Carolyn Howard - Johnson will talk on book promotion on a Trissa Tismal’s panel on Sunday, August 7 at 8 am Pacific Time. The panel also features Steven A. Schmidt, www.bestsellerguru.com and others. Watch your inbox because I'll be dishing all the details soon on getting a full scholarship to this event where you’ll learn everything about being a successful author including writing and promoting a bestseller, getting a contract with an agent or a traditional publisher, getting publicity, getting into bookstores to selling millions of books and more. You’ll even get to ask any a panel of experts (that’s me and my fellow panelists!) any question your heart desires.
 Carolyn Howard - Johnson will talk with the famous Career Czar Paul Bruno on Friday, September 30, 2011. Tune in then or anytime thereafter at: http://www.careerczar.com/mp3/career093011B.mp3Air
NEW!  Carolyn Howard - Johnson will talk and read poetry with Connie Gotsch on her Write On radio program on real, live radio on December 14, 2011, probably at 10:30 am Pacific time or 2:30 Mountain time. Go to www.KSJE.com to confirm the date. If you miss the live program, pick up the
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NEW! Carolyn Howard - Johnson will talk about book marketing with Connie Gotsch on her Write On radio program on real, live radio on January 4, 2011, probably at 10:30 am Pacific time or 2:30 Mountain Time. Go to www.KSJE.com to confirm the date. If you miss the live program, pick up the f r ^ ^ podcast at. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksje/.jukebox?action=podcasts. Find the show date and download it to listen at your leisure.



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Wordstuff ™

Something to Make Writers Smile
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(Fun with language from The Washington Post and other publications.)

Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.



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Blogs:
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http://www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog focused on YOUR reviews
http://www.WarPeaceTolerance.blogspot.com War. Peace. Tolerance. And Our Soldiers.
http://www.sizzlingbookfairbooths.blogspot.com, a blog where you can learn to get some mojo behind your own booth by learning from the successes and mistakes of others. It is no longer active but there are lots of ideas you can use here, just the same.

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