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January 14, 2013

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 - - 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 booboos. 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

Special Edition: Free How - To Booklet on Book Proposals and Media List Template for Cross Promotion

Join me
For more writers’ resources on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/FrugalBkProm
For resources and more personal fun on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/carolynhowardjohnson
For special help for fiction writers:
www.fictionmarketing.com
For writers’ resources of all kinds:
www.HowToDoItFrugally.com
For a fun way to get our cover images on Pinterest, trade pins with me: www.Pinterest.com/chowardjohnson


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Note from Carolyn

Dear Subscribers:

I thought I’d do a special edition of SharingwithWriters so you could get your free e - copy of my Great First Impression Book Proposal and download a copy of my husband’s new book, too. We’re both passionate about his new reference/how - to book because we think that it could help with many misunderstandings in the world, particularly for foreigners who must (or actually wants to! ( - ; ) work with Americans.

His book is What Foreigners Need To Know About Americans From A to Z by Lance Johnson (http://amzn.to/12JoVsa). It will be f r ~ ~ on Amazon from January 14th to 17th. It is serious stuff, but it reads light and easy sparing none of his dry humor about his own beloved US and the quirks of the English language.

My Great First Impression Book Proposal (http://bit.ly/BkPropKind) has been around a while. Even if you already have it, you will want to get the updated version and/or get it as an e - book.

They’re both available for almost any reader you prefer to read your e - books on—PC, iPhone, Android, Mac. You can download the appropriate free app at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000426311

Take our collaborative effort as a sample of the kind of promotion that you might use even if you write in a hard - to - promote genre. Here is the basic media release that will serve as an example of how cross - promotion (the sharing of effort and files) can help you with your own book campaign. Scroll down for the release that you can use as a template for your own cross - promotion releases.

Won’t you please download and help us give my little booklet and my husband's truly amazing reference a chance at greater exposure and a shot at making Kindle’s bestseller list?

Sample Media Release for Cross Promotion, KDP Promo
Multi award - winning poet, novelist, and author of the famed HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers Carolyn Howard - Johnson and award - winning playwright and actor Lance Johnson have been married for far longer than the average couple worldwide and are still doing things together—in this case joining with Amazon’s Kindle Select program to give away e - copies of their books.

Ta Da! Two books for your Kindle (or your computer if you don’t have a Kindle—see the link for doing that below) with only a couple clicks. All you do is go to http://amzn.to/12JoVsa on Jan 14, 15, 16 or 17th, and click. Then go to http://amzn.to/UabAn7 and click. Both e - books will come directly to your computer or your Kindle.

Feel free to share this link with anyone you'd like to have a thoughtful—and fast—gift. Send Lance’s to a foreign student you know, an emigrant, or anyone who cut more high school civics (or English!) classes than they should have. Send the link to Carolyn’s book to any author you know. Every nonfiction author and even most fiction writers can use it, as it is becoming common for publishers to ask for proposals from writers of genre fiction.

Lance Johnson is an actor with national commercials, plays, and movies to his credit. He has also visited more than 90 countries and taught English and American culture abroad. His book has been endorsed by ambassadors to the US and ambassadors from the US to other countries.

Carolyn Howard - Johnson's HowToDoItFrugally series for writers has won multiple awards. She has studied writing at universities in the Czech Republic, Russia and UK, UCLA, and USC. And she has been an instructor for the world renowned UCLA Extension Writers' Program for nearly a decade.

For more information on these books or the authors visit:

http://AmericaZtoZ.com for Lance’s work and
http://HowToDoItFrugally.com for Carolyn’s.

PS: Free Kindle books are available for almost any format or reader you prefer. PC, iPhone, Android, Mac, etc. Just download the appropriate free app at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000426311
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Support material available electronically or by post on request.

Joy, Happy Writing, Editing, and Promoting in the New Year!

Carolyn

PS: Triple your f r ~ ~bie fun. Magdalena Ball and I are using the same Kindle Program (KDP Select) to offer our Valentine chapbook Cherished Pulse in plenty of time for Valentine's Day. A chapbook of poetry is just right for tucking into an envelope or sending off as an e - mail attachment to loved ones. All you do to get it f r ~ ~ is go to http://bit.ly/Vs07hV on Jan 14 and 15th and click. Did I mention that it's f r ~ ~?
PPS: My longtime writing and publishing friend Glenda Ivey sends this link every year for the new year. I think you'll love the inspiration directly from Elvis, especially in these days when there is much insanity in the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKbSCP5cSLA&feature=youtu.be


Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
New Info!  I will be doing a Webinar on January 18 at 11 AM PST 12 PM MST 1 PM CST 2 PM EST 11 with the National Association of Memoir Writers (http://namw.org ) president, Linda Joy Myers. It is Magic Marketing for Memoir: It's Never Too Late or Too Early to Do Right by Your Book. Too many memoirists and others who write in literary genres like poetry have come to believe that marketing or promotion won't work for them. Worse, they believe it can't be done. Worse still, that it is counter to their artistic intent. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Some of our greatest writers and artists have been master marketers. Think Mark Twain, Dickens, Andy Warhol, Peter Max. Think, too, how many more people they reached and inspired because they were. Won't you join us?

 I will be speaking on several panels at the Book ‘Em Book Fair in North Carolina Feb. 23, 2013. Go to http://www.bookemnc.org/. Panel #1: Getting Published: What Do Publishers Want? 10:00 am in the Lewis Auditorium at Robeson Community College with Jason Huddle, publisher Comfort Publishing, Andrew Rickis, Terrie Wolfe, AKA Literary, and Barbara Casey, Barbara Casey Literary.
Panel #2: Book Promotion: The Name of the Game
2:00 pm in the Blue Room at Robeson Community College with Susan Sloate and Linda Morelli, authors.
Panel #3. Publishing Superpower: The Team 12:00 noon in the Lewis Auditorium at Robeson Community College with Kristi Huddle, publisher, Susan Sloate and Chris Roerden, authors; Terrie Wolf, and Barbara Casey, agents.

And they're all free.

It is headed by mystery writer p.m. terrell. The purpose of The Book 'Em Foundation and this event is to raise public awareness of the link between high crime rates and high illiteracy rates. Proceeds from the Book 'Em North Carolina book fairs go directly to increasing literacy in Robeson County, North Carolina, and to reducing crime in the area.


Cancelled!  Unfortunately the 2013 Catholic Online Writers’ Conference (http://www.catholicwritersconference.com/) has been cancelled.


 Carve out time for a panel on great book marketing on Sunday, June 23, from 3:30 to 4:45 at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel in Pasadena, CA. I'll also be signing books. Of course the entire conference will be a winner for writers, too. Hosts are CCWC members Patty Smiley and Dianne Emley. Learn more about the organization and the conference at http://www.ccwconference.org/
New!  Thought you’d like listening to the podcast from my Blog Talk Radio appearance with Debra Eckerling’s Write On Online program. http://writeononline.com/2013/01/14/january - meeting - 2/
Please contact Debra Eckerling at deckerling@cs.com with questions you may have about her meetings, podcasts, and broadcasts.


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Wordstuff ™

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


SELFISH: What the owner of a seafood store does.



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Ordering Information

The HowToDoItFrugally Series for Writers

Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't http://budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo
The e - book at http://budurl.com/FrugalBkProKindle




The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success
E - book: http://budurl.com/FrugalEditorKindle
Paperback: http://budurl.com/TheFrugalEditor

The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less
Paperback: http://budurl.com/BookProposals
E - book: http://budurl.com/bookproposalskindle

Great Little Last - Minute Editing Tips for Writers: The Ultimate Frugal Booklet for Avoiding Word Trippers and Crafting Gatekeeper - Perfect Copy
Paperback: http://budurl.com/WordtrippersPB
E - book: http://budurl.com/WordtrippersKindle


The Survive and Thrive Series for Retailers (Authors need to know about retailing, too!)

A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In - Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques
Paperback: http://budurl.com/RetailersGuide
For Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H1TACC
Frugal and Focused Tweeting for Retailers: Tweaking Your Tweets and Other Tips for Integrating Your Social Media
Order in paperback direct from Amazon: http://budurl.com/Tweeting4Retailers
Order for Kindle Reader: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H4XCCS
Order an e - book from the publisher: http://www.createspace.com/3439623.

Your Blog, Your Business: A Retailer’s Frugal Guide to Getting Customer Loyalty and Sales—Both In - Store and Online
Sponsored by Gift Shop Magazine
To Order: http://budurl.com/Blogging4Retailers
To Order for Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H1TACC
Carolyn’s Fiction and Creative Nonfiction

This Is the Place: http://budurl.com/ThisIsthePlace

Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered: http://budurl.com/TrueShortStories

Carolyn’s Poetry

Find Magdalena Ball's and my poetry fanpage at http://facebook.com/CelebrationSeriesPoetryChapbooks




Cherished Pulse: Unconventional Love Poetry. Coauthored with Magdalena Ball
For Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GXB4AW
In print to be used as a greeting card or booklet: www.budurl.com/CherishedPulse
For e - books:

She Wore Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood, a chapbook of poetry. Coauthored with Magdalena Ball.
Paperback and Kindle: http://budurl.com/MotherChapbook
For e - books:
For Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GXB4AW

Imagining the Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions. Coauthored with Magdalena Ball
To order as an e - book: https://www.createspace.com/3419505
To order as a paperback or for Kindle: http://bururl.com/Imagining
Deeper into the Pond: A Celebration of Femininity, Co - Authored with Magdalena Ball. Artwork by Jacquie Schmall
To order as an e - book: https://www.createspace.com/3608866
To order as a paperback: http://budurl.com/DeeperPond
Blooming Red: Christmas Poetry for the Rational
Coauthored with Magdalena Ball. Artwork by Vicki Thomas
USA Book News finalist, Silver Award from Military Writers’ Society of America
To order e - book: https://www.createspace.com/dr16064
To order paperback: http://budurl.com/BloomingRed
Part of the Celebration Series by Carolyn Howard - Johnson, this little $6.95 book was written with passion and love for those who understand all the ramifications of the holiday that dominates celebrations throughout most of the English - speaking world. It is a lovely tuck - in gift that goes beyond the typical greeting card and is available in quantity discounts to use as a holiday greeting by contacting the authors at HoJoNews@aol.com.

Tracings, a chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press)
http://budurl.com/CarolynsTracings

Contact Information

Websites
http://HowToDoItFrugally.com
For special help for fiction writers
http://www.fictionmarketing.com


Blogs:
http://www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com, a blog on all things publishing
http://www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com, all things grammatical and ungrammatical. On editing, formatting, and craft.
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.

Pinterest: Repin one of my book covers, I’ll pin yours to one of my boards. http://pinterest.com/chowardjohnson

Tweeting at:
www.twitter.com/frugalbookpromo
www.twitter.com/frugalretailing