December 17, 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/Sharingwithwriters_Dec_SecondWeek_2006.doc

Learn about an opportunity to participate in the LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books -- whether you live in LA or not -- by going to my blog at http://redenginepress.com/chjohnson

The LA fair is one of the nation's biggest and most prestigious with more than 130,000 visitors and the power of the LA Times behind it.

Find pictures of last year's booth at http://tri-studio.com/kathegogolewskiPHOTOSfair06.html

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Note from Carolyn:

Dear Subscribers and Authors' Coalition Members:

Some of you may remember my big HowToDoItFrugally.com fiasco. I now have a blog that I thought might substitute until I get the other one in shape. What do you think? Please go and comment. I need guidance from you, advice on how to polish it as well as comments. It is http://sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com/.

I'm keeping this short--it is holiday time. But I want you to know developing this blog was lots easier than doing a website with FrontPage! As if you didn't know!

Best,

Carolyn Howard-Johnson
HoJoNews@aol.com
http://carolynhoward-johnson.com
http://authorscoalitionandredenginepess.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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Editorial Page: Op-Ed

POD Presses and Other Matters
In the continuing saga of the stumbling blocks (and advantages!) created by publishing on a POD press, ISBNs, creating POD printed best sellers and more. Copied to Carolyn from Chris Meeks.

Richard:

Re: Last Week's Letter-to-the-Editor

We do not disagree as much as you think. I did not mean to imply that iUniverse, Lulu and other POD companies do not offer the ability to print books with ISBNs and barcodes. They do, but those are an extra cost, and most people who go the POD route do not elect to get an ISBN. To give you a sense of what I mean, Lulu Press presently publishes over 1500 titles per week, and only about 5% of the titles get ISBN numbers, according to David Spain, who goes around the country promoting Lulu Press. This equals more than 78,000 titles per year, 3900 of which might have ISBNs and are available through Amazon.com. To get into Lulu's all-time top 100 bestsellers takes less than 300 sales.

In order for someone to order a book from a bookstore requires the book to have an ISBN. Bookstores will gladly order books this way for people, but bookstores are reluctant to stock POD titles because the bookstore cannot return the book if it doesn't sell. To take your delightful title as an example, how is someone going to find your book by browsing? People can't do that in a bookstore. They have to know your title and its contents to order it versus finding it by chance in a bookstore, lifting it up, reading the back cover, and opening the book to read the first page. Because your book has an ISBN, people might stumble upon it on Amazon, however. They might hear about it through your marketing efforts.

According to the New York Times in an article by Gayle Feldman, the average POD book title sells just 150 to 175 copies. Lulu's David Spain thinks it's really less than a hundred, and I've heard as low as fifty. This can disillusion an author, but, hey, you're up against the marketing arms of major companies. Print ads can cost thousands of dollars. Traveling around the country costs thousands more—and to what adoring lines of fans are you flying?

There are certainly people who are good at marketing--perhaps spurred on by Carolyn's delightful book--and they will be the exception to the above facts. I hope to be the exception to the above facts. I hope you are, too. I certainly don't hate POD, as I've embraced it. In fact, I have a new title appearing this month, "Who Lives?", a play that was produced in Los Angeles to great reviews. It's about the perfection of the kidney dialysis machine in the early sixties, and a hospital committee that had to choose the first dozen people to try it. They might live--so who gets to try it? Take a peak at it on Lulu or Amazon.com.

I write more about POD in a longer article at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Print_On_Demand_Books_3979.html.

Cheers,
Christopher Meeks

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Tip: Recycle Out of Print Books for a Cause
Take the lead from Lynn Hutner Colwell. Tim Bete, director of the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop (one of the nation's premier writers' conferences) says, "I met Lynn when I was creating the Erma Bombeck Online Museum. Lynn wrote the only authorized biography about Erma Bombeck and donated portions of the biography to the online museum. Lynn's book, Erma Bombeck: Writer and Humorist, is fantastic but unfortunately out-of-print. Lynn recently decided to turn the original hardcover book into an e-book and is donating all proceeds to the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. You can support the workshop and read a great book all for just $8.75 at http://ErmaBook.HumorWriters.org To subscribe to the occasionally published Humor Writers newsletter go to http://homestead.sitetoolbox.com/app/newsltr/subscribe.html?no=255

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Tip: A review site you may want to explore is http://www.booklore.co.uk/ Chrissi of the UK is editor. Perhaps you book could be next up. (-:

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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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Tip: "Diane J. Newton, list mom and Publishingandpromoting (yahoogroups) says, "FYI: For an excellent head-to-head comparison of POD companies see, http://www.bookandtales.com. Clea Saal maintains the site in an unbiased manner and has my respect for doing so for zero compensation. She is a treasure and her site is a valuable resource for anyone looking for quick publication (if your book is accepted - reputable companies do exist.) and wide distribution. Costs there too vary wildly. There's a lot to be said for research. $400 vs several grand is a huge difference when, make no mistake, you'll be doing your own marketing in any case."

This is an example of the kind of info one can pick up on Di's list. It is an excellent e-group for learning more about publishing and promoting. Subscribe by going to this page and signing in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/publishingandpromoting/
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Opportunities:

LA Fair Opportunity--Even for Out-of-Towners: Reach out to 130,000 readers and Hollywood types including producers, directors. It only takes one break to make it big. There are several ways to participate from a signing to our catalogue for booksellers. Learn more about the program in the most recent entry in blog, http://redenginepress.com/chjohnson. -----
Call for Submissions:

Submissions for Christian short-story anthology (fiction) wanted; Sparkling non-fiction will be considered--must be page-turning and clean; go to author Linore Rose Burkard's website (Author of, Before the Season Ends, and, Regency House Christmas: The Definitive Guide to A Remarkably Regency Yuletide!) at: http://www.LinoreRoseBurkard.com/RevProject.html
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Submit a Column: Mad as Hell or Not

Dear Carolyn: I took your weekend seminar a few years back and having listened well I created my own website which launched 3 months ago.

It's called the Mad as Hell Club (www.madashellclub.net) and we are 30 essayists and 20 advice columnists who each publish a column once a month.

We also have a weekly guest column, a weekly high school column and a weekly college column.

If you or any of your past or present students are looking for a place to publish an essay about anything that is deeply felt, this is the place. We're open to submissions.

Our writers have had five books published and produced an award winning children's CD, and had a production at the Geffen Theatre in 2006. We include a syndicated columnist, magazine, TV and film writers. Two of our high school writers had their essays reprinted in the Palisadian Post this fall and my most recent column was also published in the Cleveland Free Times (http://www.freetimes.com/story/4490).

So if you like what you see, please spread the word.

You're right. Turns out the best way to spread the word is to up and do it yourself.
Best,
Dennis Danziger

PS: Another of your former students, Tom Frick, who is in charge of publications and the former LA Times art critic is also a regular columnist for MaHC).
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Tip: This seems to be a concept that supports the idea of writers sharing with writers. I'd love to have an article from someone who wants to try it. It comes from Spirited Woman, Nancy Mills. Learn more about Bookshare by going to http://noveltown.net/bookshare.html
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Subscriber Contribution: Getting and Interpreting National Publishing Facts

In the 2003 US Census on establishments, employees and payroll by industry and employment size indicates our American world is on a fast track of change.

As a writer, have you ever thought there would come a time when there would not be paper to write on or a pencil or pen to write with? Will these old stand-by's' become obsolete as our world steams toward building a place of wired technology? Will we be forced to trade our simple creative writing toys in for hot wired plastic board toys? Will there come a day when we sit in our rocking recliners and hear our grand children discuss terms of the writing world of technology that sounds like something from Dr. Spock and Captain Kirk? I think the day has arrived.

Check out the following Internet pages to see how America's writing industry has evolved.
Click here: http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/03cbp/cbp03-1.pdf Page 41, sec. 31-33 are the 2003 stats printed in 2005 for the manufacturing printing industry. Pg 45 printing ink industry (just after the toilet manufacturing stats, LOL, still making a place for crap). Pg 74 we are still making pencils! and other creative writing devices......pg 77 computer manufacturing far outweighs pencil manufacturing. Pg 86 books periodicals and newspapers... pg 87 wholesale electronic markets and agents far outweigh the printing industry.......pg 95 bookstores are still a place where we can enjoy something tangible! Well, at least we could in 2003.... pg 108 the world of information: book publishers to motion pictures. Pg 111 Internet publishing and broadcasting, indeed we have advanced to the virtual writing world...

Hot wired toys are indeed fun to play with, but I still can not get used to the fact that viewing the Internet feels something like looking through the store front window, with my nose plastered to the glass, staring at the assorted candies and not being able to touch or smell any of the displayed delicacies.
And so it goes.
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Jewel Sample, author of Flying Hugs and Kisses, Contact Jewel at: jmsample@aol.com
Member: SCBWI - Oklahoma Chapter
Spanish Edition of Flying Hugs and Kisses, Besos y abrazos al aire: http://authorstobelievein.com/besos.y.abrazos.al.aire.htm
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Tip: F^r^e^e direct from Literary Agents at Authors' Coalition's site: http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com/! Click on the Podcasts and Radio link on the left of the homepage. Enjoy this informative interview with Mike Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada who own and operate the Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency, the oldest literary agency in San Francisco. Larsen and Pomada have been helping writers launch their careers since 1972. They have also created Metro California Media, featuring a directory that collects current and accurate information about the media in California. Both are also authors, and have spoken at writers' conferences all over the United States.
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Interview conducted by Kathe Gogolewski and Joyce Faulkner, original for the Muse Online Writers' Conference. The interviewers remind listeners that the sound is off on this audio,
but the content is great! (-:

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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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Tip: Find this blog for tons of book statistics that will convince you to promote your heart out:
http://www.bigbadbookblog.com/2006/05/17/how-much-money-do-most-authors-make-and-other-provocative-industry-stats/
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Opportunities:

BEA (Book Expo America) New Titles Section: Something new! BEA will have a new titles section on the tradeshow floor. The exhibited titles will also be listed in a catalog to be distributed at the show and on a database on their site for a year. If you are exhibiting (probably means purchasing a booth) the cost is $195. If not, $250. They also have coop plans. $695 for exhibitors, $795 for everyone else. This is a way Authors' Coalition could help by bringing people together if we could get someone to spearhead it. Let me know if you are interested. Put "BEA COOP NEW TITLE PLAN" in the subject line.
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Chris Meeks subscriber and fellow UCLA Extension instructor will be teaching "The Writers' Workout," beginning January 23rd. He says, "It's a class where you throw out all the rules as you know them, and we will work them back, one writing muscle at a time. There will be in-class writing exercises, film clips to show principles, stories to read and discuss, and new stories for you to write and workshop." The class will be at the Occidental College campus in Eagle Rock. That's in the LA area. For more information go to: www.uclaextension.edu/writers.
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Author Successes

(You are invited to send me news about your successes. New books, awards and more. If you read about others' successes you'll not only be inspired, you'll glean resources for future successes of your own.)

Janet Elaine Smith published the second edition of Pampas with a new publisher, Star Publish. It is a romantic adventure set on an estancia in Argentina. Janet has lived in South America and is fluent in Spanish, thus you will find some an authentic setting in this one. Learn more about the author at http://janetelainesmith.com
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Jewel Sample whose children's book Flying Hugs and Kisses, designed to help young people with bereavement, has been released in Spanish. All the more children to help. Find it at http://authorstobelievein.com/besos.y.abrazos.al.aire.htm .

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"AC is the current that propels your writing career."
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Authors' Coalition Founder
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Tip: Are you thinking of self-publishing or in the editing process? I found Gorham Printing when I was speaking at the Las Vegas Writers' Conference. They publish a free book that gives you lots of information on frontmatter, as an example. I'll be recommending it in my new The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success. Here's the URL: http://www.gorhamprinting.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: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success 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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E-book News:

From www.authorsguild.com comes this advice:
Authors Guild Urges Members to Negotiate E-Book Royalty Rates Diligently
June 10, 2004. Random House’s recent announcement that it intends to reduce e-book royalty rates for new contracts is one of several signs that these rates will matter, perhaps sooner than many authors expect. The Guild advises that authors take particular care to exclude ordinary sales from royalty-killing high-discount clauses and negotiate separate royalty rates for direct sales by publishers. More... Or scroll down at www.authorsguild.org to read more onsite.
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Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching:

New! Carolyn Howard-Johnson's new course at UCLA is Creating a Promotion Package for Your Fiction or Nonfiction Book (Engl. 735.1, Reg. #S9465). It is scheduled for April 14, 2007, one day only. On the UCLA campus, Public Policy Building, Room 1278, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
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Paulette Ensign, board member of Publishers and Writers of San Diego, a SPAN and PMA affiliate, has invited Carolyn Howard-Johnson 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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New for 2007! Coming Saturday April 21, 2007 at 10 am. Led by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Poetry! Don't Let It Molder in a Drawer, Publish It! A seminar and poetry reading at the Glendale City Central Library (California) in the auditorium.
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New for 2007! Mark April 28th and 29, 2007, for the LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books. More to come soon in this newsletter.
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New for 2007! Carolyn will speak on "Your Media Release: You Write So You Can Do It! September 8, 2007 at the Valley Cities Jewish
Community Center in Sherman Oaks, CA www.CalWritersSFV.com
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New for 2007! Carolyn will speak at the fourth Annual Pen to Paper Literary Symposium October 6, 2007, Dayton, Ohio. The conference will include tracks for music and screenwriting, in addition to writing and publishing books. Start planning now to attend this elite event and take advantage of the early bird special (www.penofthewriter.com/pentopaper).

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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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Tip: Here is a place to get tips on making next spring's Book Expo America work for you: http://www.directcontactpr.com/free-articles/article.src?ID=54
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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 Prill Boyle who just included in her blog the first person essay that I include in my media kit, "Life Begins at 60." It is an ideal way to see how a first person essay for YOUR kit might be written as well as a way to see an example of a well-planned blog--in this case one targeted to women because Prill's book is Defying Gravity: A Celebration of Late-Blooming Women.

Find the blog at http://defyinggravitynow.blogspot.com/2006/11/life-begins-at-sixty.html#links

And, I know you've heard this mantra before, it is to YOUR advantage not only to leave comments at blogs and elsewhere but to link them to your own website. It takes but a second. Using this method, your website can rise like a morning star on the Google horizon.
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To Brian Hill and Dee Power, for including a wonderful endorsement of The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't, in their newsletter. To subscribe send an email to author@BrianHillAndDeePower.com with
"Subscribe" in the subject heading. You'll also find their Making of a Bestseller a fine companion to your copy of The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't. Find it at BrianHillAndDeePower.com.
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To Beth Morrow and Cheryl Wright for a great review on Cheryl's Writer2Writer site. Beth is the able (and creative!) reviewer! See it at: http://www.writer2writer.com/frugal.htm. See if you don't think it is so unusual that it makes you want to learn more about the reviewer! If so, go to www.bethmorrow.com.

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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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Tip: Writing a good media release is not all that's required for great results. Here's more on the subject: Hot Button Theory: Maximizing Media Response to Your News Releases: http://www.directcontactpr.com/free-articles/article.src?ID=35
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Resources
From Elizabeth Lucas-Taylor

(Elizabeth will contribute one valuable resource per SWW issue--either a great place to sell material or find writing craft or promotional idea. Here is her first. )

Paying Publication, Literary: ANTIOCH REVIEW Pays on publication. Seeks nonfiction, fiction. Subjects: General Literary, POETRY. Guidelines: http://review.antioch.edu/

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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 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. Anyone who remembers the old story problems we were given at math time in grade school will appreciate this:

"He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a
real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something."

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RESOURCES

Sign up for The Web-Savvy Writer e-zine (http://www.websavvywriter.com)
and receive a complimentary copy of the special report "Your Author Website: 21 Content Ideas for Profit and Publicity," written by
Patrice-Anne Rutledge, author of The Web-Savvy Writer: Book Promotion
with a High-Tech Twist (Pacific Ridge Press, 2006)
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Alternative-Read.com's blog is all about your writing and you and you and you. Find it here: http://tjbook-list.blogspot.com/
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Wordpix Solutions offers design, production and book shepherding services for self published authors. www.wordpix.com/authors
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PENCILS™ - A Proofreading & Copyediting Company
"Improving the written word one letter at a time." Let Laura Kerley help you present your work in the best light possible!
E-mail: pencilsproofreading@yahoo.com Web: http://www.pencilsproofreading.com
Phone: 310.357.9140:
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"Publishing and Promoting" is one of my favorite groups for meeting peers. It is moderated by award-winning suspense novelist Diane J. Newton, http://dianejnewton.bravehost.com/
To subscribe go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/publishingandpromoting/ .
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Dr. Bob Rich, freelance editor, finds the good things in your book and makes suggestions for improving it. Find him at http://bobswriting.com/editing.html
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Success Literary Services offers complete book manuscript services. They were honored with twelve awards. References. http://www.successliterary.com / suc-srv@pacbell.net
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HUGS, HOPE, and Peanut Butter: Finding Light Behind Life's Storm Clouds is a book of humorous, inspirational essays illustrated by critically ill children. www.hugsandhope.org/pb.htm
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The Compulsive Reader reviews books!. Find interviews, literary news, criticism, a no - c^st e-zine, and more. http://www.compulsivereader.com/html.
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Do bookstores owe you money? Michelle Dunn's books 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, edits a newsletter with an emphasis on journaling. Subscribe at: http://www.ericaminer.com/newsletter.php
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Need help with your writing career? From coaching and ghostwriting to publishing and marketing, contact your Author's Advocate, Patrika Vaughn, at http://www.acappela.com/.
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Dreams of Grandeur, a book of poetry by Amber A. Whitman is available at http://homebody2001-ivil.tripod.com/. A reader says "I'm impressed…a great deal of talent."
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Quark Soup by Magdalena Ball breaks linguistic convention, using the strange anti-matter world of astrophysics and quantum physics to capture the bonds that tie human beings together."
http://www.compulsivereader.com/html/images/quarkindex.htm
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For snappy marketing tips and the f~r~e~e report "How to Obtain Book Reviews," subscribe to the PR Postcard at
http://www.authorscompanion.com/
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Spirited Woman, launches the Spirited Woman Circle, a monthly phone conversation series with bestselling authors. Learn more at http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/spirited_woman_circle/
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Cynthia Brian, Media Coach, Writer, Author, Speaker, TV/Radio Personality, Spokesperson. www.star-style.com , www.goddessgals.com and www.starstyleproductions.com
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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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The Y&W newsletter sponsored by Red Engine Press brings authors, bookstores, publishers and reviewers together. Subscribers can write a short article of interest for publication. Send an email to nate@redenginepress.com with "Y&W Newsletter" in the subject line.
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Sun Signs for Writers: See how astrology can benefit (and entertain!) writers with a new Writers' Digest book: http://www.wdeditors.com/wordpress/fall-2006-titles/sun-signs-for-writers/ )
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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 a novel by Cynthianna Appel and receive 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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Has writing lost its spontaneity? Find remedies in Milli Thornton's online writing course at: http://www.fearofwriting.com/creative-writing-course.htm
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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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Find a f * * *, database which details over 2,000 literary and genre magazines and publishers at Dee Rimbaud's site: http://www.thunderburst.co.uk/
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The Complete Writer offers advice on writing, editing, proofreading, publishing and design. Published by Red Engine Press, a traditional press.
http://www.redenginepress.com/
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Check out Star Publish Times as an example of what small publishers can do for their authors. It is at http://starpublishnews.tripod.com
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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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New!Need inspirations? Let Audio Diva and Toastmaster Allyn Evans speak at your next writers' conference or business meeting. www.allynevans.com
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson will take a limited number of editing jobs each month. These are complete edits and include a tutorial on edits made. Fiction and poetry only. HoJoNews@aol.com with "Edit" in the subject line.
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Family Resource: Flying Hugs and Kisses by Jewel Sample is sensitive grief recovery book. http://hometown.aol.com/__121b_WWN/TAo+32eVsXubrG5saLSOLTFclZvj

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Watch for my new website where I will publish extensive lists of resources for writers. It's a horror-in-progress right now but soon it will become a portal for writers.
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