August 20, 2006: Sharing with Writers:
From the Desks
Of Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Authors' Coalition Friends
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"Sharing with Writers" is the official newsletter of Authors' Coalition,

http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com

an organization of writers who help writers.

To read this newsletter at Authors Den go to:

http://www.AuthorsDen.com/adstorage/1713/Newsletter_Aug_FourthWeek_2006.doc
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Note from Carolyn:

Dear Authors' Coalition Members and Subscribers:

Sometimes something that has happened to you over and over again happens again -- only this time it is a standout. One of SWW subscribers has been reading this newsletter since its inception but apparently never got around to reading The Frugal Book Promoter. (I know because he says so in his review. (-: )

Bill is the president of the Military Writers' Society of America. I qualify for membership on about a dozen different levels not least of which my grandson is serving in Iraq near Baghdad at this very moment. You may qualify, too, and if you do, Bill reviews the books written by members and he does an admirable job of balancing honesty with praise. I know because I have seen his many reviews.

Back to the original topic. When this review came through (Frugal has been reviewed at least three dozen times), I was both touched and amazed. For one thing he mentions what I have been trying to get over to authors--that this book born of practical book promoting experience as well as book-learning and on-the-street marketing expertise will help even those who consider themselves experts, even those who are beginners, even those who have read from the Web and from other books on promotion until they are blue in the face. That's because it isn't general, it is full of honest opinion like my opinion that taking book signings stink unless you use the occasion for a lot of value-added promotion and appear in one of your own ponds. It is also full of resources, actual Web addresses and books and contacts that will help you get done whatever it is you are about promotion wise.

Here is the link to Bill's review.
http://www.militarywriters.com/Resource%20&%20Reference%20Book%20Reviews.htm.

While you're at the site, see if you qualify to be a member. Newbie writers will find this an excellent entrée to getting even that first review.


Best,

Carolyn Howard-Johnson
HoJoNews@aol.com
http://carolynhoward-johnson.com
http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com
And a blog focused on book fairs at http://redenginepress.com/chjohnson

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No part of this newsletter is paid advertising.
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Tip: Google has a partner program that may help you sell books. Learn more about it here.
http://books.google.com/googlebooks/publisher.html
Remember, even fiction can be sold using key words but you have to know how to find the angles in your work. There are guidelines to help you do this in The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't. Hint: Is your book built around a holiday? Is there a scene in it that is?


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Letters to the Editor:

Carolyn,

You have done it again. I am now doing book reviews for Brenda Weeaks for Myshelf.com. Following your advice about doing them and using the tag line at the end to generate traffic to my web site and possibly book sales. Reading a book is a no brainer for me. Good easy, free publicity!

Best,
Sylvia McClain, Author, Writer, Teacher, Speaker, sylmcclain@juno.com The Write Life is now available. Visit the website at http://www.scribalpress.com/ and her blog at http://sylviaspeaks.blogspot.com/

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Fun and F r * *: If you purchased The Frugal Book Promoter in the past, I'd love for you to review it on Amazon or BN.com, perhaps just tell what part of it you found most valuable. If you do, send me the review link (URL) and I will send you an excerpt from my soon-to-be-released The Frugal Editor that includes some sidebars from the book that will help you with some tricky grammar. As a thank you, of course. HoJoNews@aol.com
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Patrika's Tips:

Marketing to Libraries: Titles that work for public libraries may not work for school libraries, so the process of marketing to them is different. For example, schools may purchase independently or the school system may have a centralized purchasing system. Find out the proper procedure for each school system. Because they vary from system to system, it may be beneficial to market to them through distribution partners. For information on finding local libraries in the U.S., go to http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/librarysearch
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Write Better-Get Published
with your Author's Advocate
A Cappela Publishing http://www.acappela.com/

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New members will help Authors' Coalition serve all its members better! Ask your writing friends to join at http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com. Paid members get a favorite review posted, consideration for an interview or review in Yarnspinners and Wordweavers. Membership is reasonable, too. We're even planning a speakers' bureau.

Tell friends to visit our blog, too. There they'll learn how to spark generally insipid book fairs by using value-added promotions: http://redenginepress.com/chjohnson. http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com
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Author Successes

(Note from Editor: If you aren't letting me know about your successes, you're not utilizing this newsletter -- your newsletter -- to its fullest. I can't publish book signings and some other events (there would be too many of them) but if you have a bookstore recommendation to share, that might work. At any rate, send me stuff. I'll see if I can include it the letter in a way your fellow subscribers can glean information that would be useful to them.)

Kathe Gogolewski launched a TRI-Studio newsletter, "The Fiction Flyer." It includes articles for writers and the first issue has a piece on the current state of publishing in China. Here's the link to the e-zine:
http://www.TRI-Studio.com/NEWSLETTER1.html
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Reciprocal Links:

For expert and up-to-date advice for writers from writers go to http://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.
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Book Exclusives! Find insider news from authors, publishers, agents, editors and others involved in the book biz. Read excerpts, interviews and get in on the latest in promotions, sales and contests. http://pubproauthors.bravehost.com/
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The Shy Writer: An Introvert's Guide to Writing Success - Author C. Hope Clark advises you how to "sell your words, not your soul" when you promote your work. http://www.theshywriter.com/
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The Reading Tub is a charity that promotes family and children's literacy. They read every children's book that is sent to them to be reviewed. The books 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 and conservatives.
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The Scribal Press News Calendar. The news calendar of writer events around the world, no matter where you live. Find it at: http://www.scribalpress.com/thisnthat.html?
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Star Publish offers near self-publish profits on your paperback; it is an alternative to unapproachable publishers. http://starpublish.com.
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Do you want to hone your skills? Writer to Writer features tips on writing, marketing, submitting, selling and more. Regular no-f e e contests.
www.writer2writer.com
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Authors' Coalition is for writers. Find support for authors--both emotional and material--at
http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com.
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Gather at QueenPower.com where women promote, support and encourage women. Start living your best life now! http://www.queenpower.com/

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Please pass this letter on to others. Unlike many others, I do not mind if you use only portions of it as long as you credit the writers and include this subscribe information. "To subscribe to 'Sharing with Writers' send an e-mail to HoJoNews@aol.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line."
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Feature:

Lessons Learned from My Launch of This is the Place

How to Fill a Theater for your First Book Launch
In Ten Tortured Steps

(Note: Many of you assume I only wrote The Frugal Book Promoter. I learned to do what I advocate in it by promoting my own books including a literary novel and a chapbook of poetry--neither the easiest books to promote. This article outlines a few things I learned early on!)

Your first launch will not be easy. The groundwork must be laid. The work you do will be well worth it, for this launch will be the foundation for any publicity you do for your book in the future, or for your next book. This isn’t about sales. It is about good will and making your first step one you and others will remember forever.

1. Invitation list: Start building e-mail and mail lists early. Early in life, if possible.
Include people you’ve met on trips, in classes (especially writing classes because they understand what you’re going through and tend to be supportive), teachers, fellow club members. Throw in distant relatives, graduating class lists, business contacts. Collect fax numbers, too. Someday you may be glad you did.

2. Publicity List: Building a publicity list requires the ability to weed thistle from the bedding plants. Scour e-groups, phone books, websites, reading material, junk mail. Pick up throw-aways at local restaurants. Don’t be tempted to trust your memory. Write ideas down on scratch paper, bring them home and plop them into your database. Record e-mail addresses, fax numbers and the names of contacts and their titles. If you’ve had personal contact with the person—like a photographer who took your picture for the newspaper, or a producer who helped you ready for an interview on your local cable channel, make a note of it. Include anything that might offer even a remote spark of hope. Don’t include anything that is so off-the-wall you’ll be wasting your time and postage stamp.

3. Celebrity List: This list includes local and state politicians, authors, actors—especially those who might sympathize with whatever you are passionate about. Think about how much cache the attendance of just one of these people can add to your launch. When the time comes, call them to see if you can count on their support and if they agree, ask if you can use their name in media releases.

4. Arrange for a location of interest, one that ties in with the theme of your book if you can. My first launch was at the Gene Autrey Museum of Western Heritage because This is the Place is based on real history, real western history.

5. Arrange for a tie-in with a charity—preferably something that is associated in some way with your book. Mine Autry launch benefited the museum. That, in turn, interested the local press.

6. Offer Something Free: I gave away thimbles because of the sewing imagery in the book. If I had thought about it, a chapbook of recipes or a chapter edited into a story that would stand by itself would have been a better choice because it might not only be kept but passed along to others. Keepability and viral marketing are both vital considerations in the selection of your favor. Let people know about it (and the refreshments!) when you invite them.

7. Use Prior Events to Promote: If you teach classes, speak, do book signings or even pay bills before the event, use those contacts to promote the launch. I tucked invitations the size of business cards into anything I could find.

8. Repetition: Coordinate all your lists. Send your initial media release (preferably your entire kit) one month before the launch. One week after the kit goes out, phone to see if your contacts received the material. Use the occasion to discuss angles that might be useful to the editor, not what you think will sell your book. The next week send faxes and one or two days before, send out e-mail reminders. Try to emphasize something different with each contact. The final e-mail should be personal enough to include an invitation to attend. Your invitation list for personal contacts should be sent by post two weeks in advance with an e-mail reminder just a few days before.

9. Use the Occasion to Update Lists: Have a drawing for something appealing or rare or personal. You might use a guest book. Ask someone to attend to it so that it includes complete information. If someone forgets their zip, as an example, the caretaker would ask them for it.

10. Thank yous. Use the information you have gleaned from your drawing or guestbook to send thank you notes. This is another reminder for sales as well as a sincere expression of your appreciation for their support. Send a small gift to those who helped with food, book sales, your guest book, etc.

If you follow these steps for your first launch, your next will be sweet and easy. Lists are like tulip bulbs, they proliferate with hardly any effort once they’ve been planted.
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Carolyn's novel, This is the Place, is still available on Amazon.com and some bookstores because of steady, careful promotion. The Amazon link is: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193299310X/ref=cm_arms_pdp_dp/002-3692730-7456014?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155
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Francine Silverman, publisher of Book Promotion Newsletter, serves authors by e-mailing Expert Sheets to the media. Contact Fran at franalive@optonline.net for more information. www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com
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Read author interviews, market information, and more in WriterAdvice, www.writeradvice.com. To subscribe or to submit material for consideration, E-mail LGood67334@comcast.net Put "subscribe" in the subject box.
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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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Thank Yous:

(Note: Each thank you may be set with a jewel of a resource for you to plumb for your book. Watch for them! Adapt them to your own publishing and promotion needs!)

To Philip F. Harris, co-author Waking God (http://www.wakinggod.com/)
for the five-star review he posted on Amazon for The Frugal Book Promoter. As promised, I sent him excerpts from the coming The Frugal Editor that I used in my last UCLA class. Phil is also a Nationally Syndicated Writer, http://www.americanchronicle.com/
PS: That offer is still open.
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Gregory Kompes for publishing a quickie interview in his "Fabulist Flash" newsletter. You can find it here and research how to participate in a similar interview: http://www.fabulistflash.com/fabulistflash/ffarchives/ff060817.html
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To Military Writers Society of America, for reviewing Support Our Troops, the book published by Andrews McMeel that I wrote the foreword for. Eric Dinyer is the author. The review can be accessed through the following link...
http://www.militarywriters.com/Short%20Stories%20&%20Anthologies%20bookreviews.htm
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To Bill McDonald for his lovely review of Tracings, a chapbook of poetry. The review can be accessed through the following link...
http://www.militarywriters.com/Poetry%20Book%20Reviews.htm

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Authors' Coalition members! For credibility, use the AC logo on your promotional materials. Ask for it by sending an e-mail to HoJoNews@aol.com or download it with a click from the AC site http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com.
Be sure to link it to the AC site, too!
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Opportunities:

Contribute Your Expertise: Francine Silverman is compiling a book on talk radio for authors. She would
like to hear from talk radio show hosts who interview authors and from
authors who have comments to share about their radio interview experiences
(to include the name of the show and website, if possible). Please email her
at franalive@optonline.net
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Boomer Women Speak's August Writing Contest
You've just been told by your family doctor that you have six months to live. Give a detailed account of those last days and how you spent them. Did you make up with lost loved ones? Write the world’s best seller? Look up old friends? Sail the ocean? Enter the August Writing Contest at http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com/! Click here for Guidelines: http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com/august-contest.htm
PRIZES: The winner will have their story placed in the "Our Voices Section" at www.boomerwomenspeak.com, and receive lots of other gifts including a BN gift certificate!
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Invitation:

(Editor's Note: Frugal Book Promoters often use chats and blogs to expose their book titles while they help others with their own promotion and writing.)

Join the horror professional group (IOHP) to chat with Authors' Coalition member, Marilyn Meredith on Sunday, August 27, 2006 at 6 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Mountain, 8 p.m. Central and 9 p.m. Eastern time.

Marilyn is a multipublished author who specializes in Christian and psychological horror. She will be answering questions and chatting about writing and the sub-genres in horror that are her specialty.

To get into the chat room, visit this URL:
http://scribequill.com/IOHPchat.html

If you have difficulties getting in, e-mail Bev Walton-Porter at horrorprofessionals@gmail.com or scribequill@adelphia.net

The chat room will open 15 minutes before the hour-long chat begins.

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Opportunity: Watch for an all-tips newsletter sometime in August. If you would like your favorite writing or promotion tip to be included along with your name, book title and URL, e-mail be NOW at HoJoNews@aol.com!
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Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching


NEW!Carolyn will appear as guest speaker for UCLA Extension Writers' Program instructor, Eve Caram's class. She will speak on the subject of her soon-to-be released book, editing, as well as book promotion. Those interested in learning more about Eve's classes and others should contact Marcus Hennessey at writers@uclaextension.edu or (310) 825-9415, Ask him to sign you up for the Writers' Program's Fr * * "Writers' Program Quarterly."
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The Muse Online Writing Conference: Lea Schizas, editor of "The Muse on Writing," and Carolyn Howard-Johnson are sponsoring this first annual virtual writers' conference October 9 - 13. This conference lets writers -- published or not -- mingle with some of the publishing world's personalities. Choose from a huge selection of free online workshops.
Bookmark this site

http://www.freewebs.com/themuseonlinewritersconference/

Go back often to see the newest presenters and workshops. Subscriber and website guru Peggi Ridgway will be one of the presenters. Carolyn will be presenting on both book promotion and the craft of writing, specifically "Writing Sparkling Dialogue in 10 Easy Steps."

To check on the growing faculty and workshop session, go to:

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Carolyn will present at the Sinclair Lewis Writers' Conference on Saturday, October 14 in Minnesota. Registration information is available at http://www.saukherald.com/ftp/lewis/conference.html and if you would like more details about this exceptional one-day event, e-mail me (HoJoNews@aol.com) or Jim Umhoefer, conference director, at jim@candidperceptions.com
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I will speaking on promotion at the AML Writers Conference to be held on the Utah Valley State College campus in Orem, UT, November 4, 2006. Preregister on the AML website at http://www.aml-online.org/events/aml2006wcprereg.html

Tracy and Laura Hickman will be keynote speakers and J. Scott Bronson, actor and playwright, will do a workshop on "Acting Principles for Writers."
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NEW! Carolyn will judge the national newsletter competition for American Business Women Association. A winner will be selected from regional finalists at the organization's national convention at the Anaheim Hilton International Hotel, Anaheim, CA. on Sept. 28.
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NEW! Carolyn will read from her chapbook Tracings, for Delta Gamma fraternity at a meeting to benefit their charity, the Blind Children's Center on Nov. 13, at 7 pm. Contact her if you are interested in attending. HoJoNews@aol.com .
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Paulette Ensign, board member of Publishers and Writers of San Diego, a SPAN and PMA affiliate, has invited Carolyn to speak on Marketing Your Book or Published Product from Unknown to Best-Seller Sat., Jan 27, 2007 in Encinitas, CA. Learn more about the organization and their programs at: http://www.publisherswriters.org/

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Reciprocal Links: Many subscribers are in a position to cross-promote. Let me know if you would like to trade some recommendation or promotion 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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Book News or Political News?

What do we blame or praise for this publishing news from Time magazine?

It depends on our political viewpoint, of course, but I'm thinking that because alternative publishing has made writing books so popular we now have the likes of Mexico's Zapatista spokesman Subcommandante Marcos cowriting a noir mystery novel. It's called The Uncomfortable Dead. His co-author is Spanish crime author Paco Ignacio Taibo II.

What do you think? Apparently there isn't enough to keep the leftist revolutionary and his pal busy these days so there is plenty of time for literary pursuits.
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To subscribe go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/publishingandpromoting/ .
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If you enjoy "Sharing with Writers" please nominate it for Writer's Digest's 101 Best Newsletters for Writers. We aren't big, we aren't old. So it would take a huge outpouring from subscribers to make a dent. Send an e-mail to writersdig@fwpubs.com with subject line, "101 Best Newsletters for Authors" and let them know what this newsletter does for you!
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"AC is the current that propels your career."
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Authors' Coalition Founder
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Tip: Before you write your book, choose your audience. Then use the Flesch Readability Score available on your word processor to slant your work to the comfort and educational level of the people you have defined as your readers. To learn how to use the Flesch Readability Score, check out Audio Classes for Writers, Flesch Readability Score: A Rarely Used Tool for Tweaking Manuscripts and Targeting Your Audience led by Joyce Faulkner, Kathe Gogolewski and Carolyn Howard-Johnson. Allyn Evan moderates. Download and listen on your computer or your iPod. Or buy a CD for listening as you drive. Go to:
http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.asp?ISBN=DDP00006QP

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When was the last time you bought a book from an author you know? "Tracings" my new chapbook of poetry is available for that honor at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599240173/qid=1141623936/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-4692447-2218401?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
but any book mentioned in any one of your "Sharing with Writers" newsletters would be a nice gesture. If all of us directed more of our reading to newer authors who write in genres we love or genres we need to stretch into, we would do ourselves and the publishing industry a great favor.
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Metaphors and Similes to Make You Smile:

(Every year English teachers from across the country submit their collections of analogies and metaphors actually found in high school essays. I can't acknowledge the resource but I thought they might not mind if I published them one at a time. I also thought some of you might have some favorites you could contribute.)

Here is one of the teachers' favorites:

"The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because
of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM machine."


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Essential Book and Record Keeping:

This letter is an entity of Authors' Coalition

http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com.

Edited and distributed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson,

http://carolynhoward-johnson.com .

author of This is the Place, Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, Tracings, and The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't, this newsletter lets authors share with each other.

Sharing with Writers does not guarantee entities or information in this newsletter. Subscribers should research resources though I do attempt to verify information used within its pages.

To submit information for consideration in this letter, e-mail Carolyn at

HoJoNews@aol.com

If you do not care to receive this letter, unsubscribe at

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Include "Unsubscribe" in the subject line but please, please don't tell me you've given up writing or promoting!

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Please pass this newsletter on to friends or e-groups. It needn't be pasted in its complete form, but please credit this newsletter, Authors' Coalition and the individual contributors with anything you snip and paste.

Order the Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't
at stores like UCLA, Dayton University and San Diego State University's bookstores. Order it as an e-book or paperback at Amazon where it is discounted:

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193299310X/qid=1149015406/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-4692447-2218401?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Tracings, a chapbook of poetry, may be ordered at

http://finishinglinepress.com

and at,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599240173/qid=1139084827/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-7824821-4156653?s=books&v=glance&n=283155