January 13, 2007 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_Jan_SecondWeek_2007.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:

A Rant on Libraries and Their Destiny

Dear Subscribers and Authors' Coalition Members:

And this is what libraries have come to! The director of the library system in Fairfax County, VA., is presiding over the destruction of books including classics like For Whom the Bell Tolls and To Kill a Mockingbird. Time magazine (Jan. 15, 2007) reports the Virginia library system they will destroy any book not checked in the last two years. Hey, this is just a windup. Read the real rant at www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com

If you care to share your outrage, please vent by clicking on the comments button. While you're there, please note the entry (yes, also a bit of a rant) just before that on that gives big publishers a bad time. (scroll down). It's also based on a Time magazine report. (There's a comment spot for you there, too!)

Lately I seem to be an equal-opportunity curmudgeon.

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 and another blog that is just about writing and reading at www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com.

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No part of this newsletter is paid advertising.
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Tip: Promotion Tip: I ordered green and yellow-green M&Ms with FRUGAL EDITOR on one color candy and FRUGAL PROMOTER on the other for guests at our booth at the LA Times Book Fair. These colors are the prominent ones on my The Frugal Editor and of course, green is the color of the money you might save with some of the advice I give in my books. I may put the M&Ms in individual gift bags and/or glue them to a card for the event. Cute? I'm sending some to my 88 year old mom for Valentine's Day, too. They aren't cheap (or FRUGAL) but If you like the idea, go to mymms.com/vdaygift22 and get a free signature gift box with your order (whatever that is! Ha!).

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Opportunities

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Want Your Book Featured in Full-Color Yarnspinners and Wordweavers?
Want Your Book Featured in Full Color in this Very Newsletter?

Yarnspinners and Wordweavers will feature your book cover, a link to your site or an online bookstore, a blurb and more when you promote your book through the Authors' Coalition booth at the LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books. In addition to exposure at the fair to more than 130,000 visitors, or to 500 or more booksellers and press if you utilze the associated catalog, your book will appear in their all-fair issue in April at no additional charge.

Positions in the booth are limited (we want to do justice to each book!) so check it out at http://redenginepress.com/chjohnson. Which program would work for you? All of them? You don't have to be in Los Angeles to participate!

Oh! All participants qualify for consideration for a review in this newsletter during 2007, too. Or an interview. That's in addition to the AC website exposure you'll get. Check out the site that is being rebuilt after last year's success at: (http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com).

To subscribe to Y&W, send an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line to nate@redenginepress.com.

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Tip: From Subscriber Jewel Sample: I just got over $200 of great marketing & publicity products from Susan Harrow's site for f r.^ ^ and wanted you to know about it. Click here http://prsecretstore.com/megasale.html before January 12th to get yours.

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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. 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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Opportunity:

Help with Marketing from Subscriber for F r ^ ^
From a subscriber.

My concept is called Hungry Dog Marketing. The term is simply a more visual and better way (I hope) for people to think of target and niche marketing. I will be offering e-books and reports to help people find their “hungry dogs” a.k.a. more receptive prospects, as well as personalized services.

One of those services is customized searches and I am looking for 2 readers to try it out once at no cost in exchange for feedback and testimonials.

The ideal candidate would be someone who is struggling with, or doesn’t have the interest in searching the internet for sites, magazines, newsletters etc. that already relate to their target audience. The issue might also be not having the time to do these tasks, even if there is an underlying interest and understanding.

Clients who utilize this service will receive 12 markets per search. I ultimately see this as a something some people will use once and others more often depending on their needs, time and effort saved etc.

I will be offering this service initially for $97 per search, so this is truly a frugal opportunity for someone.

Anyone who is interested in the fr** trial can contact me at Cheryl@brighterdaypublishing.com.

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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. Please get in the habit of using subject lines, though, that will not be interpreted as spam.)

Vicki M. Taylor entered the 21st century with two new book trailers for Not Without Anna and Trust in the Wind.

For inspiration, view them at her blog, http://www.vickimtaylor.com/blogs. And, this is getting to sound like a broken record, but leave a comment with your URL or book title after you've contributed.
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Editorializing Again

In the News: Stupidity Running Amuck

Big publishers are discovering that fun promotion works. I site two recent experiences that prove it. My friend, June Casagrande, pitched having bumper stickers that say Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies made to her publisher (Penguin), and guess what! They did it.

Then, Time magazine ran an article (October 16, 2006) on how St. Martin's has taken to (my words) doing something more than running ads in the New York Times! The inspiration? Their author K'wan who wrote hip hop or street-lit like Gangsta.

So, "instead of signings at Barnes & Noble, St. Martins' is planning giveaway and readings in barber shops and beauty salons" . . . .ads on urban radio and an official Hood Rat mix tape CD.

Sorry, but if big publishers had spent less time ignoring (or dissing) independent authors and small presses, they'd have gotten the idea long ago. Two years ago the Authors' Coalition published a CD for our booth at the LA Times and, I guess you could say we got it because we're promotion-smart, too.

Last year at the same fair, Joyce Faulkner tested magnet signs for her rental SUV. We may offer those soon on the Authors' Coalition site even though results were hard to measure. We did get some action from the press as we were carrying our bookshelves and signs in from the loading dock. They knew they'd seen something a little unusual and possibly even smart. So the street-smart author Time cites, Relentless Aaron, wasn't the first to plaster his car with signs. Maybe something just got into the air and spread.

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"AC is the current that propels your writing career." http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Authors' Coalition Founder
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Tip: I love the airline's Skymall catalogs, don't you? When I was flying to New Orleans recently I found a great idea for people who write hot romance to use as promotion items or as launch favors. They are mini-Tabasco ©, bottles, really mini! But how much hot sauce do you need to get a sizzle going? Imprint them with your logo or book cover. Purchase them only by the case. Go to www.skymall.com or call 800-Skymall. Or Google Tabasco! Even that sounds naughty, doesn't it!
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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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Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching:

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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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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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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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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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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Carolyn will moderate a panel on publishing at the West Hollywood Book Fair on September 30. Circle your calendars. It's f r ^ ^ Even those who are old hands at publishing will learn something new, I promise!
West Hollywood Park
647 N San Vicente Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069 - Details Here
Learn more at http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/Mambo/
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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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The f r ^ ^ Muse Online Writers' Conference, sponsored by Lea Schizas and Carolyn Howard-Johnson, is accepting early registration. More than 1,000 attended last year and openings are limited. Learn more about this year's conference, October 8 to 14, and how you can assure your spot 2007. We will present an all-new program soon. Go to:
http://www.freewebs.com/themuseonlinewritersconference/presentersregistration.htm
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Carolyn will be speaking to PEN USA's Emerging Voices fellows in May at Antioch University. This is a closed event but you can learn more about the program for yourself or to help other talented writers by going to www.penusa.com.

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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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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 Lea Schizas and the Muse Online Conference: for installing information on The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success on the Online conference site so nice and early. http://www.freewebs.com/themuseonlinewritersconference/index.htm
Anyone else so inclined, please let me know so I can include your generosity here. And don't forget the Muse Online Conference is already selecting presenters and registrants.
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To Jewel Sample for including The Frugal Book Promoter in her essay about the success of her book in Publizine. The zine includes an article full of advanced information by Brian Jud as well. Find it here:
http://lifevestpublishing.com/publizine.vol.1.iss.1.htm#Full%20first%20step .

Learn more about Jewel and her Flying Hugs and Kisses at http://hometown.aol.com/__121b_WWN/TAo+32eVsXubrG5saLSOLTFclZvj.

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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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Feature:

Children's Book Hits Amazon's Best Seller List for Large Print Books in 6 months!

(This article is important because it deals with a little utilized feature of Amazon, their best-sellers lists for specific categories. If your book fits into any of these specialized categories as Jewel's did for the Books in Large Print category, you can capitalize on that. Find it on the far left of the home page--scroll down!)

By Jewel Sample

When I saw the words "Best Sellers list for large print children's books" with my first book, Flying Hugs and Kisses on a Google search list the day after Christmas, I could not believe my eyes. I quickly clicked on the web link and to my amazement there it was, book cover and all on Amazon.com.

My very first book has only been out since April 2006 and on Amazon.com since June. Now, some of you are probably wondering how I did this. It has only been 6 months. I do not have a lot of money to hire someone to market and promote my book. I must admit for two years I have focused mostly on the grief recovery issues of small children and how I could help them through the grief process by writing a children's book. I am not a marketing person by career. I am only a grandmother by choice and a best selling author for large print children's books by divine intervention!

What I can share with you is, all I have done is follow the advice in a book called The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't written by a Carolyn Howard. Additionally, I have to say that I have followed the advice of my sweet supporting husband, family, friends, and the inner nudging's of the good Lord above.

Some of the things I learned from Howard-Johnson's practical book are to think outside the box and to tie different aspects of my book to potential buyers in creative ways. Most importantly, I had to accept Howard-Johnson’s notion that even if my publisher had all the money in the world, only I could promote my book with my personal life stories, my signature and my name.

Over the last year, I have accomplished several things that you can find out how to do in Carolyn’s book. I set up my homepage, wrote query letters, sent out book announcements, answered all my email from readers of my book, designed a tag signature for every correspondence and a thank you card with my book cover on the front for my book signings and special moments.

To be honest with you I have NO idea how Flying Hugs and Kisses received placement on Amazon’s Best Sellers list for large print children’s books. If there is anyone who can shed some light on how Amazon ratings work, I would really appreciate it. However, I LOVE the free publicity I am receiving. My publisher is featuring me in his January newsletter.

You can find my book by going to the following link by pasting the URL http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/301804/ref=pd_ts_pg_3/102-3099503-4165769?ie=UTF8&pg=3 Go there soon as the book list changes hourly and I am now number 66. I cannot promise it will be there in a few days.

Jewel Sample, author of
Flying Hugs and Kisses
Spanish edition, Besos y abrazos al aire
Amazon’s Best Sellers for large print books
Visit my home page, Around the Sand Box at http://members.aol.com/jmsample/index.htm
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Resources
From Elizabeth Lucas-Taylor

(Elizabeth contributes one valuable resource per SWW issue--either a great place to sell material or find writing craft or promotional idea.)

ONE-STORY - Pays on publication. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Seeks fiction. Subjects: Short Stories. http://www.one-story.com/index.php?page=guidelines
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Find Elizabeth at http://www.authorsden.com/elucastaylor or her new blog at http://www.elucas-taylor.blogspot.com/

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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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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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Tip: From Subscriber Karina Fabian: Faith-Filled Fiction provides essays about specific religions and practices, tips for incorporating faith into your stories and novels with out preaching, and resources for learning about, writing, and marketing your stories. For more information or to sign up, contact Karina Fabian at www.fabianspace.com. Please put FFF in the subject line.
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RESOURCES

 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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Tip: If you are a publisher, author, editor or are associated with the publishing industry in any way, you may get great mileage out of sponsoring a conference or an organization. Sponsorship of this sort gleans greater loyalty than freestanding, paid ads. Possibilities might by Authors' Coalition (click on the sponsor tab at the top of the home page) at http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com/free_ebooks.htm or the Muse Online Conference (more bang for your buck than most conferences because this one has huge online attendance!) E-mail Lea Schizas at museitupeditor@yahoo.ca.
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RESOURCES

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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Tip: From a sidebar from The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success, to be released this spring:

Your Essential Desk References

 The Chicago Manual of Style.
 Associated Press Stylebook.
 Elements of Style by Stunk, White and Angell. (Don't use one from 1950!)
 Your favorite thesaurus.
 A good dictionary (Microsoft's Word language functions are not a substitute).
 Special vocabulary dictionaries for dialect, jargon, scientific or tech terms.
 Rhyming dictionary.
 The Describer's Dictionary.
 Need a guide to help you style computer terms? Go to: http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.html.

Those who are computer savvy will want to put important references for their work into their computer's My Favorites and add to it as they proceed with different tasks.

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RESOURCES

Sun Signs for Writers: Take a sneak peek at 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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Tip: Do you thank people who review your book on Amazon, even if you don't know them? Sometimes it isn't easy to find them, but I use the Amazon Friend (Invite a friend!) feature to do it. Sometimes I never hear from the reviewer but sometimes I get something back like the letter in this week's Letter-to-the-Editor section. Your mommy was right. Writing thanks yous makes you feel good.
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RESOURCES

Need inspiration? Let Audio Diva and Toastmaster Allyn Evans speak at your next writers' conference or business meeting. www.allynevans.com
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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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Tip: For the Authors' Coalition booth this April at the LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books, we're publishing a catalog of participants AND authors who can't attend. They will go out to more than 500 bookstore buyers and press. A similar one worked well last year! Learn more at http://redenginepress.com/chjohnson, a blog focused on making book fairs sizzle.
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RESOURCES

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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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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E-Tips for E-Promotion:

Barter your writing--your reviews, your essays, your excerpts, your opinion pieces--for exposure (or for clips, if you're a new writer). It is a controversial practice to do it for free but getting your name out there is good branding and many sites that do a lot of good would not exist if they had to pay for content. So do a good deed and benefit, too. While you're at it, self-syndicate what you write. Each of your pieces can be recycled--sometimes exactly as you wrote them, sometimes with slight edits.
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This is a regular Sharing with Writers feature by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of USA Book News' Best Professional Book THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER: HOW TO DO WHAT YOUR PUBLISHER WON'T and the soon-to-be released THE FRUGAL EDITOR: PUT YOUR BEST BOOK FORWARD TO AVOID HUMILIATION AND ENSURE SUCCESS. (E-tips for E-promotion was originally a regular feature of SellWritingOnline.com.)

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Wordstuff ™
Something to Make Writers Smile:
(Every year the Washington Post conducts a neologism contest. These are the winners, one at a time. You might have some favorite neologisms metaphors or similes that make you smile. If so, please contribute.)


"1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs..."

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