(My apologies for this *generic wrap" newsletter. AOL was giving me fits this morning. I know the color and fonts are more fun! (-: )

October 3, 2005 Sharing with Writers:

From the Desks

Of Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Friends



Most recent issues of Sharing with Writers posted at FairgoeBooks: http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/fairgoebooks/literaryfour.htm and you will find the *Best of Sharing with Writers* at www.ApollosLyre.com. Sharing with Writers is the official newsletter of Authors* Coalition, an organization of writers who help writers.



Note: In order to cut down on computerese I do not use (or I substitute for) many punctuation marks. They seem to disagree with Yahoo and others. I hope it doesn*t drive you crazy



Included in This Newsletter:

I have discontinued the table of contents. If anyone finds this difficult, please let me know. I suspect, however, that it was more trouble than it was worth!(-:

No part of this newsletter is paid advertising.

Note from Carolyn:

Dear Subscribers:

Your Authors* Coalition Dream Team (Yes, a joke of sorts!) has added a page on the Authors* Coalition site for publishers! It*s in its infancy but will give presses/publishers exposure and a link (we*re hoping they will return the favor on their sites but it isn*t essential). We*d love it if you*d pass this invitation on to your publisher. He or she can check out the site at http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com.

We*re hoping to add other publisher/press perks to this membership as we go along. One of those perks, as an example, is the availability of The Frugal Book Promoter in small quantities (six) at a bookstore discount. That, of course, helps publishers help their authors to promote better. When their authors are promotion savvy, the publisher sees the difference in his or her bottom line. The same discount is available on The Complete Writer now and the The Complete Writer Publishes when it is released in 2006.

We have several presses who already distribute these helpful books to their authors so references are available.

Membership in Authors* Coalition is a good way for small presses to get in on the ground floor, get a bit of exposure and there is no charge. Please consider doing your publisher a favor by letting them know. As they say at the movies, *Pass it Forward.*

Carolyn Howard-Johnson
HoJoNews@aol.com
http://carolynhowardjohnson.com
http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com



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Letters-to-the-Editor



Dear Carolyn:
I know I*m a little nitpicker when it comes to grammar but I just looked at your authors coalition logo. Authors in the plural doesn*t require an apostrophe surely and if it*s the coalition belonging to the authors then the apostrophe should be before the s, not after it.

A Sharing with Writers Subscriber

Dear Sharing with Writers Subscriber:
Oh, I think we are helping each other here. If *authors* is plural (which it is in this case) then the apostrophe goes after the *s.* If it is singular, it goes before. Thus, UCLA*s Writers* Program is *Writers** because it refers to all of the writers who participate. Ditto for the possessive apostrophe in Authors* Coalition.

Thank you for giving me a chance to clarify a punctuation issue that confuses more than a few.

Your Sharing with Writers Editor



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Authors* Coalition Perks:

Joyce Faulkner, our Webmaster for our Authors* Coalition Website, has been working hard on support materials for you all. The first available is the calendar. These are intended for you to be use in your promotion any way you want them, now, before any event you are doing and ever after. There are more items to come! We chose a calendar because it is something many recipients will keep rather than toss into a junk drawer (per my own advice in The Frugal Book Promoter). They are as low-cost as we could make them and intended as a service for all Authors* Coalition members (that is YOU!) .Go to this page where an order form is provide to see the package offers and more: http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com/marketing_collateral.htm.

Then you can click on the blue calendar link or use this one to see the sample using Michael Wallach*s newly released How to Get Arrested in the format. (Yours would, of course, replace his!):

http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com/michaelwallachcalendar.pdf

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Kathe*s Kollection:
Website Tips You Can Use

Editor*s Note: Kathe will be contributing tips on a regular basis--many of them gleaned from her reading and conferences she attends:

Don*t confuse your readers with links all over the page. One thing should logically lead to another. Navigation and flow should be intuitive and easy to follow. Leave plenty of white space to allow the eye to breathe.
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Submitted by Kathe Gogolewski (http://www.tri-studio.com/), author of A Promise to Keep, writing as romance writer Ann Durand and Tato, a fantasy/adventure for readers 8 to 13, available Nov. 1, 2005 from Wings Press, http://www.wings-press.com/

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Tip: from Bev Walton-Porter, one of The Complete Writer contributors, on how to find time to write what you really WANT to write: *Go to bed an hour later or get up an hour earlier. I*m a late-nighter, so that works for me. ;) Take one day and let all phone calls go to voicemail and don*t check e-mail or do anything else for X number of hours. Put the world on hold part of one day a week.*

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Update on Tracings and a Gift:
Your Copy of Tracings should be in the mail October 17th. online or by mail. E-mail me (HoJoNews@aol.com) for directions or go to http://finishinglinepress.com and click on *New Releases for 2005.*

Here is a poem that didn*t make it into the book but was published by The Image Warehouse; it is a sort of mini-gift to all of you who found a way to support me. I think most of you, as writers, will relate to it.

Poetry be Damned
Damn poetry nags me in my sleep promises words,
pretty on the lining of my lids. They are fickle waifs.
When I put off their prattle until dawn, they disappear
like uncommitted lovers. Their loss reminds
me of a story so heinous I could not believe
it real, nor trust that such a tale could spring
from my fellows* heads even in the days before *politically incorrect* was a phrase that would have had been poured, molten, into a linotype,
rolled out, indelible upon our minds: Six blond,
button-down teens let loose an Ex-Laxed cat
in the car of our school*s only Jew, Richard,
who sat in the desk behind me, traced
his name on my shoulder. But I digress,
excepting that inspiration is seldom gentle
never ethical as I, disillusioned, envision. My nighttime visitor*s great talent is vanquishing
sleep, a male muse, surely, who assures me the words
he spillsinto my dozing mind are brilliant.
In my besotted state I am passionately converted. Later, like a magician*s disappearing ink,
his insight turns vile or void; for me empty and meaningless are earwigs meddling among sacred wafers. A tramp, this inspiration. To poets everywhere he bequeaths pristine lilies; his gifts to me wilt
in morning*s light. My restless writer*s brain
would rather sleep if this nighttime companion
can do no better than the insipid serum I find scrawled
on scratch paper when I arise at noon from a turgid night. He beguiles, offers words like talismans
much like the panda Richard won for me, I,
a child-Madonna, praying this toy would be a potent icon, wondering what others were saying, this black
and white plaything clutched between my friend
and me, fighting a battle that cannot be won.
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Tip: Christine Louise Hohlbaum recently released The Author*s Companion: A Self-Guided Course on Book Promotion, a turnkey marketing program to build your platform while boosting book sales. Cynthia Brian, best-selling co-author of Chicken Soup for the Gardener*s Soul, says: *When Christine Louise Hohlbaum offers PR suggestions, I heed her advice. She*s a fearless dynamo with artistic vision-the perfect Author*s Companion.* http://www.authorscompanion.com/

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Reciprocal Links:

The Reading Tub is a charity that promotes family and children*s literacy. They read every children*s book that is sent to them for a review. They are then donated to community organizations. Go to www.thereadingtub.com.
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Walter Brasch*s America*s Unpatriotic Acts: The Federal Government*s Violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights. ) is a look at the history and effects of the USA Patriot Act upon the erosion of our civil liberties and violations of at least five of the Bill of Rights. It has been endorsed by liberals (among them Noam Chomsky and Paul Krassner), and conservatives (among them Bob Barr and Alan Caruba) and may be ordered at Amazon.com or your favorite bookstore.
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Star Publish offers near self-publish profits on your paperback; it is an alternative to noncommunicative publishers. A different kind of publisher where the author is the Star. http://starpublish.com.
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Do you dream of becoming a published writer? Or maybe you want to hone your skills? Writer to Writer features tips on writing, marketing, submitting, selling and more. Regular no-fee contests. www.writer2writer.com

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The Easiest Contest Ever: You Already Promote: Tell Us About It

And Win Another Chance at Great Promotion!

Contest Title: Reach for the Stars: A Contest for the Best Frugal Promoter of 2005

Organization/Author: Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Star Publish

Contest link: http://starpublish.com/Contest.htm

Deadline: October 30

Entries: It*s easy! Tell us about a special approach you have used to promote or give us an outline of your entire campaign. You can do it in 500 words or less--way less.

Prize: Star Publish will publish the winners* entries in an e-book designed to help other writers hone their public relations skills and encourage those who are not promoting to better realize their publishing goals. As a service, the e-booklet will be given to any writer who would like a copy. Six winners will be chosen. The grand prize winner will also receive $50. Copies of, Successful Website Marketing, Book Marketing from A-Z, The Complete Writer and The Frugal Book Promoter will also be given.

Judges: The contest judges will be Kristie Leigh Maguire, publisher of Star Publish, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author, and Irwin Zucker, founder of Book Publicists of Southern California and President of Promotion in Motion

Brief Guidelines: A writer need not be published to enter. Writers may submit campaigns or ideas intended to build a package to present to agents and publishers before their work is published, or promotion plans used to promote a given work or body of work after it is in print. How a writer uses a promotion campaign will be considered in selecting the winning entry as well as the actual promotion process. Originality and thoroughness will also be considered. Complete guidelines and entry information are available at: http://starpublish.com/.

Cost of entering the contest: $5
Cost to Star to the cosponsors for editing and publishing the e-book, Reach for the Stars! 6 Award-Winning Promotional Plans to Jumpstart Your Branding Career: $200 (This promotional tool will be given away FREE by Star Publish)
Price of satisfaction in seeing your promotion campaign in lights: PRICELESS

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Carolyn*s Appearances:


Teleclass: Multiply your book marketing efforts! Networking is authors helping authors! It will help you get those coveted reviews, free publicity and more! This teleclass is powered by http://queenpower.com/ in collaboration with Authors* Coalition http://authorscoaltionandredenginepress.com/.

Topic: Radio: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Promoting Easy and Cheap! Be apprised! Radio show hosts NEED you! You may wish to hire a publicist to place you on the air but consider Marilyn Peake*s and Carolyn Howard-Johnson*s approaches before spending your promotion allowance on what you can do yourself! This teleclass is powered by http://QueenPower.com in collaboration with Authors* Coalition. These two authors have promoted their books ranging from poetry to young adult to self-help, on more than 400 radio and TV programs, nationwide.

DATE: Thursday, October 20

TIME:4 pm ET, 3 pm Central, 2 pm Mtn, 1 pm Pacific.

It*s easy! Just call: 319-256-0200. Then punch in the access code: 795382#.

Advance registration taken. E-mail maggie@queenpower.com.

Carolyn is the author of USA Book News* Best Professional Book of 2004, The Frugal Book Promoter and others. Marilyn is the author of three of her publishers* highly-acclaimed young adult novels, The Fisherman*s Son Trilogy.

Please note, you will be charged a long distance call. For some, that means you*ll not be charged at all; and for others, it usually means 3 to 6 cents a minute.
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Diamond Bar Festival, Sunday, Oct. 23, at Diamond Bar Center, 1600 S. Grand Ave, Diamond Bar, CA, Noon to 4 pm. I will sit on a panel that explores the pitfalls and promise of alternative publishing. Information: 626-256-1212.
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Time to Register! Come to LA for a weekend! My class, Creating a Promotion Package for Your Fiction or Nonfiction Book, Saturday, Nov. 5th, at UCLA. A one-day class, it is affordable in terms of time and tuition. Contact Marcus Hennessey at writers@uclaextension.edu or (310) 825-9415.
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Palm Springs Lovers unite! Circle December 3rd on your calendar for The Desert Woman*s annual authors* luncheon. I will be sharing my chapbook of poetry Tracings, and, of course, Frugal. One feeds the soul of writers, the other feeds their careers.
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I will be conducting a workshop on Jump-start Your Credibility and Salability: Publish a Book at the American Board of Hypnotherapy*s 2006 Convention: Newport Beach, CA, Radisson, Feb. 21, 2006, 3:30 pm. I will also be presenting a seminar on writing a book to establish credibility in the professional world on Sunday, Feb. 19th at 9 am. Visit their site at: www.hypnosis.com.
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Dayton University*s Erma Bombeck Writers* Workshop, March 23-25, 2006. Nearly a thousand writers have attended The Erma Bombeck Writers* Workshop since it started in 2000, they have learned from New York Times bestselling authors, Pulitzer prize-winning columnists, agents and editors. This year*s lineup includes Dave Barry, Susan Reinhardt, Gordon Kirkland, Craig Wilson, Jodie Lynn, Kristin Godsey, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Leigh Anne Jasheway Bryant, Mark Shatz and Richard Hunt. Learn more at http://www.humorwriters.org/
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Carolyn will present at the Las Vegas Writer*s Conference, Henderson, NV. March 30 to April 2, 2006. It is slated for Sam*s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, 5111 Boulder Highway, LV, NV. To learn more go to www.LasVegasWritersConference.com or contact Gregory Kompes, conference coordinator, at Gregory@kompes.com for more information.

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Reciprocal Links: Many subscribers are in a position to cross-promote. Let me know if you would like to trade something (almost anything!) for a permanent spot (or as my list grows, semi-permanent) spot in this newsletter. I use only links that benefit writers

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Grammar Tip:

The New Split Infinitive Rule: There is no such thing! One of my youngest students, Sci-Fi writer Abel Pena, might argue that Star Wars* easily remembered introduction *…to boldly go…* changed all that but people (and, yes, that includes grammarians!) probably accepted split infinitives long before that. One trusted source notes that the ban against splitting infinitives became the darling of teachers and others from about 1850 to 1925. Since then, Associated Press and Chicago Stylebook both recognize that there are times when a perfectly split infinitive is clearer than one that is not. So split away--just be sure that your infinitive is more picturesque or accurate split than not.

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More Reciprocal Links:

Gather at QueenPower.com where women promote, support and encourage women. Don*t wait till you*re ready, have more time, or are a little older. Start living your best life now! http://www.queenpower.com/
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Sun Signs for Writers: Learn how astrology can benefit (and entertain!) writers with a new Writers* Digest book: http://www.writersigns.info
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Judith Woolcock Colombo: Author of The Fablesinger and Night Crimes: Learn more at: http://odin.prohosting.com/~night01
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Discover love, laughter, romance, and eccentric, meddling neighbors among other things... Discover a novel by Cynthianna Appel and receive your choice of another e-book at no cost. Go to http://pages.sbcglobal.net/cynthianna/promo.html today!
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Read Joyce Faulkner*s Celebrity Cafe.com column to learn about anything from aging feet to her favorite books on writing: http://thecelebritycafe.com/features/Columnists/The_Weekly_Shriek/
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Fr** Publicity Resource: Let this site send your media release to book trade professionals including Associated Press, Reuters, Dow Jones, and more! http://press.heliographica.com/
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Milli Thornton, created a clinic to help promote her book, Fear of Writing. She is also the author of an e-book called Become a Workshop Presenter. Learn more at: http://www.fearofwriting.com/
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Has writing lost some of its spontaneity? Find a fun remedy in the online writing course at Fear of Writing: http://www.fearofwriting.com/course
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Discover a true-life philosophy about making marriages last a lifetime in Choose Love For Life, by Joe and Edwina Roady (http://www.chooseloveforlife.com/.)

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Please forward Sharing with Writers to other writers. Unlike many others, I do not mind if you send only part of it. I do ask that you paste the subscribe information I have provided at the end of this newsletter in bold and credit individual authors as well.

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Authors* Coalition: Thank You:

Star Publish (http://starpublish.com) is Authors* Coalition*s first publisher who added our AC log to their site and signed up for the AC *Featured Publishers* page at: http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com . Check it out. Suggest it to your own publisher. If you are a publisher, please follow suit!
http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com

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Grammar Tip:

From Joyce Faulkner, author of Losing Patience (see http://redenginepress.com) comes this suggestion for using SMS (Google*s Short Message Service) to get more focused info from your Google searches. It should prove useful to those trying to target local businesses (say bookstores or service organizations) for promotion: http://www.google.com/sms/howtouse.html#business. It should be useful in other ways, too! You can use Google SMS to find publicly listed phone numbers and addresses for residences in the US, as an example.

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Thank Yous:

Noel Alumnit for asking me to appear on a panel at the West Hollywood Book Fair last Sunday. He is a fellow UCLA Instructor and a rising literary star. Why not Google his name and see what he is doing (including his classes at UCLA) and check out this fair for opportunities next year.
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To Betty Dobson who publishes a newsletter for those who write about their heritage for running one of my excerpts in it and for supplying me with samples for a reading I did in Utah (Utah is big heritage country!). She offers one free sample issue and, if you specifically want one with my excerpt, mention that I referred you. Send your request to Betty at betty@inksportter.com. Check out what she does at http://inkspotter.com.
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To Magdalena Ball, editor of The Compulsive Reader for including her beautiful review of Tracings on her home page and including it in her newsletter. Sign up for the letter on her site: http://www.compulsivereader.com/html
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To Patrika Vaughn and Reagan Reichart, who included a recommendation for The Frugal Book Promoter on her website*s resources page: http://www.acappela.com/Resources.htm. As a service to her readers she is also mentioning it in her newsletter which you can subscribe to at www.acappela.com
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To Gregory Kompes author of 50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Places to Live for his review of Frugal in his weekly newsletter at http://www.fabulistflash.com/fabulistflash/ffarchives/ff050929.html. Lesson here: reviews might appear in places other than The New York Times or review sites. Don*t neglect the other possibilities.
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To Star News for including my Irwin Award news in their newsletter. This newsletter almost always includes an excellent article on writing or promotion; this edition*s is by Laura Peters, co-author of Pilgrim Girl: Diary and Recipes of her First Year in the New World. And thanks to Laura for mentioning Frugal in this excellent piece on how to utilize Amazon for book promotion. To subscribe to the newsletter go to http://starpublish.com.
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Janet Elaine Smith, www.janetelainesmith.com, for including me in her America*s Unwanted spot! Let*s face it, poetry is sort of *unwanted,* relatively speaking! PS, this site has other good stuff for writers and Janet has a great sense of humor.
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To Lynn Good, editor of http://www.writeradvice.com/ (a journal writers should know about), for publishing my reviews on a regular basis. She also publishes articles on writing including a new feature, Slices of Life and The Writing Life which ruminates on New Orleans this month.
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To Pauline Field and the Glendale Commission on the Status of Women for including Frugal on their list of merchandise that may be purchased from their site. That way a portion of each purchase (my book as well as other items) benefits a worthwhile cause. Contact Pauline at pfield@pfield.org for more information on the commission and on her 50-50 Leadership program.

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Carolyn*s The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won*t is USA Book News* Best Professional Book 2004. Ordering information is at the end of this newsletter. Her This is the Place and Harkening are both multiple award winners. Learn more about her work and download her fr** promotional e-books at http://carolynhowardjohnson.com

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Reciprocal Links You Can Use:

The Complete Writer offers advice on writing, editing, proofreading, publishing and design. Published by Red Engine Press, it offers writing services. A traditional press, it publishes fiction, nonfiction and children*s titles. http://www.redenginepress.com/
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Dr. Bob Rich is a freelance editor. He finds the good things in your book and makes suggestions for improving it. His clients include independent publishers, and a long list of writers. Find him at http://bobswriting.com/editing.html
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The Compulsive Reader reviews books by some of the hottest writers working today. Find author interviews, literary news, criticism, a free e-zine, giveaways, and more. http://www.compulsivereader.com/html.
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Do bookstores owe you money? Michelle Dunn*s books How to Make Money Collecting Money: Starting a Collection Agency and Become the Squeaky Wheel, A Credit and Collections Guide for Everyone will help you get your checks in full and on time. http://www.michelledunn.com/
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Erica Miner, queenpower.com*s Queen of Journaling, has a monthly e-mail newsletter that rocks. News and tips for writers, with an emphasis on journaling will enrich your writing. Subscribe at: http://www.ericaminer.com/newsletter.php
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A Cappela Publishing*s very successful audiobook, How to Write Your Own Life Story (or Your Family*s Saga) is now also available as a CD set. The American Library Association*s Booklist highly recommends it, for both professionals and those who have never before written anything beyond a letter. It takes you step by step through the process, even discussing your publishing options and which is best for you. A great gift for that reluctant parent or favorite aunt or uncle. www.acappela.com

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Featured Article:

Want to Be Columnist?

Editor*s Note: In this article, Joan Stewart confirms what I say in The Frugal Book Promoter: Giving away articles and columns can be advantageous to the health of your promotion campaign.

Every week, it seems, a Publicity Hound® asks me for advice on how to get a column in their daily newspaper, or local business journal, or even in a national magazine.

I don*t mind sharing advice, but when I get to the part about how they must offer their columns for f~ree, they suddenly lose interest.

When Shannon Seip called me a few years ago asking about a column, I told her the same thing. Write several columns, offer them to the publications that would be the best fit, then if the column takes off, consider asking for money.

She and her partner, Kelly Parthen, followed my advice to the letter. Today, they write a monthly column called *Cinematters,* which shows families how to have fun with movies. They sell it for $30 a month to 30 regional parenting magazines, newspapers and to select parenting websites, capturing a readership of almost 3 million every month.

Smart Publicity Hounds don*t intend to get rich off a column. And you shouldn*t either. Rather, Shannon and Kelly use the column as a springboard to establish credibility and create a platform for what they hope will be a much more profitable venture--*Film Fun* parties in cities throughout the United States. They*re fun events where the entire family can watch movies, eat film-inspired food and participate in movie-related activities.

The lead article in the September/October issue of The Publicity Hound® subscription newsletter explains how Shannon and Kelly created the column, and all the steps they had to take to get it into print. The newsletter also includes:
1. advice on how to approach newspapers and magazines if you want a column
2. a fun contest you can sponsor in your PR department that will result in more creative pitches
3. a website where self-published authors can get advice on any aspect of book marketing,
4. a website where bloggers can get advice on topics dealing with libel
5. how to create publicity at trade shows
more than a dozen ways to get a magazine editor*s attention
6. a website where you can find vendors that specialize in everything from accounting to techie services
7. where to publicize author events
a f~ree clipping service
8. how to get onto the Life, Love and Health® radio show
September and October story ideas

All for only $10. Order at http://www.marketerschoice.com/app/javanof.asp?MerchantID=20214&ProductID=2508353
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From Joan Stewart*s The Publicity Hound Newsletter. Sign up for it at www.publicityhound.com.

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To receive a copy prologue of the award-winning This is the Place in your e-mail box F#R#E, send an e-mail to carolynhowardjohnson@sendfree.com. If for no other reason, do it so you can see how well a no-cost autoresponder can work for your promotion campaign. _________________________________________
Essential Book and Record Keeping

This letter is an occasional and informal way for me to share with my writing and publishing friends and for them to share with each other. Please send me your tips and news and I will try to pass them on for the benefit of others. If you do not care to receive this letter, just let me know but please, please don*t tell me you*ve given up writing or promoting!

To submit information for consideration, e-mail me at HoJoNews@aol.com. Include *Submission* in the subject line.

You are encouraged to pass this newsletter on to friends or e-groups who may have an interest. It needn*t be pasted in its complete form, but please include this credit of anything you snip and paste:

To subscribe to Sharing with Writers send an e-mail with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line to: HoJoNews@aol.com. It is edited and distributed sporadically by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, http://carolynhowardjohnson.com, author of THIS IS THE PLACE, HARKENING: A COLLECTION OF STORIES REMEMBERED and THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER: HOW TO DO WHAT YOUR PUBLISHER WON*T and is an entity of Authors* Coalition, http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com.

Ordering Information for The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won*t:

Order FRUGAL in e-book form for only $9. at: http://starpublish.com/starbooks.htm

Paperback copies may be ordered at Amazon where it is discounted: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-0672916-9668863 This is the Place and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered may also be ordered there.

And at Barnes and Noble by clicking on this link: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=the+frugal+book+promoter&userid=Rt39vFn9pM&sourceid=00393694016245851818&bfdate=12%2D30%2D2004+19%3A13%3A56&cds2Pid=946 This is the Place and Harkening are also available there and if you order more than $25. in product, you get free shipping, no tax.

Tracings, a chapbook of poetry, may be ordered at http://finishinglinepress.com.