March 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 letter in plain vanilla text, just scroll down. To read this newsletter with a bit more pizzazz (not much, though!) at Authors Den go to:

http://www.AuthorsDen.com/adstorage/1713/Sharingwithwriters_March_FirstWeek_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:

My fellow AC Members and SWW Subscribers:

You are receiving this letter early this week. I will be out of town visiting a relative who has been living with a heart transplant longer than about any other human being. He will be 75, but about 15 with his new heart. I'm traveling to Florida for the party.

So, thank you to all of you have nominated this newsletter (and/or my website www.HowToDoItFrugally.com) for the Writer's Digest 101 Best awards. writersdig@fwpubs.com. Many of you have been very generous with your praise and the time it takes to write lovely nominations. For those who may have less time (or may be less enthusiastic!) Ha!) a short one sentence will be appreciated, too.

I think the most important thing I can share with you is my gratitude for each and every one of you! Sometimes something like this can remind one of how warm hearts can be.

Best,

Carolyn Howard-Johnson
HoJoNews@aol.com
Websites: http://carolynhoward-johnson.com and www.HowToDoItFrugally.com
http://authorscoalitionandredenginepess.com Blogs: A blog focused on book fairs at
http://redenginepress.com/chjohnson and another blog that is about writing and reading at www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com.
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Tip: I haven't used them but they were recommended by some members of one the e-groups I belong to for fast, quality service on printing bookmarks. Trouble is, I think it helps to already have a design made up. If you learn differently, let me know! https://secure.gfxinc.com/secure_forms/bookmarks.html If you don't have to pay a lot extra for setup, I think their prices looked reasonable, too.
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Feature:
Cross-Promotion Equals Heavenly Results

You all know that I use the term cross-promotion a lot but I get the distinct feeling that some of you aren't understanding its power!

How do I know that? Because not enough of you have signed up for the CD that Authors' Coalition will be putting in the hands of 1,000 fair-goers in April.

But, you say, I won't be at the fair. Well, that's the beauty of some cross-promotion. It can sometimes work in your absence! Here's an Authors' Coalition member's take on it. Kathe Gogolewski's (author of the book Tato for children eight to 12 -- www.tri-studio.com ) says:

"If seven participating members of the CD project for the LA Fair [and we do have more participation than that right now!] burn 500 additional CDs each and pass them out at book fairs, conventions, speaking engagements and other related events, then an additional 3,500 CDs beyond the original 1,000 from the LA Book Fair will land in the hands of readers. Often, these CDs are passed around in homes and offices, so more people will see them than the original recipients.

It goes on! If fourteen members pass out 1,000 CDs at book events, that's an additional 14,000 CDs that move into people's hands, homes and offices. Authors are not limited to just one event, either. If each of these 14 authors passes out 1,000 CDs for two events, that's a total of 28,000 CDs. We have 15 authors currently participating in the CDs, so this is entirely possible, especially if everyone commits to doing their parts. This can reach the levels of exposure commensurate with a national campaign. Together, we are powerful!"

Now, I hear your arguments.

Argument #1: I don't know how to burn CDs so that I can continue to use the perk.
My Answer: We've figured that out. We've enlisted one hunk of a Texas guy who's retired who will do it for us the low price of $50 for 50 CDs. That's about what you'd pay for some of those souvenirs that I warn people are a waste of money because no one ever looks at the writing on a pen or remembers where a piece of candy came from! A CD has high perceived value, especially with the full-chapter excerpts, poems, and complete short stories that will be on it!

Argument #2: $200 is lots of money. Yep, but its money that can keep working all year long for you by burning more for your events and when others burn more for their events. And, get this! This year it includes a free test for a video -type slide show for you to put on a television every time you speak, every time you sign, every time you do any kind of event. So, you're getting two for one. Besides the video/slide perk, it includes the service of building your webpage for the CD.

Even if you don't think you'll ever use this program again, WE (meaning your Authors' Coalition directors and sponsors) will. We have several fairs coming up and I'll be speaking lots of places. And, yes, I'll take a TV with me for the slide show unless I'm flying! But oh, those CDs. They're light and don't take up much room. They'll go with me everywhere!

Argument #3: I've never heard of a promotion like this.
My Answer: Bingo. That means that if you write an article about the process and your participation in it, newsletters and websites might be interested. Maybe even your local paper. Maybe they've never heard about anything so tekky either! Cutting edge promotion is almost always the best promotion because it is news and because it has room to grow.

By the way, some of those 15 authors already participating in the CD are powerful promoters, people who give many talks each year. But even beginners can add much to the pool.

We want you there. I want you to learn more about the power of cross-promotion.
CHJ

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Mini-Feature

Kropotkin's Big Idea: Giving Away Your Work for Free

Writers seem to be in an endless debate about this thing they call giving away the fruits of their labors. The arguments go on indefinitely--flaring into bonfires occasionally--with some editors of major newsletters and sites advocating never giving anything away (because you'll never make any money if you do that--a fallacious argument by the way--or because you will be taking food out of the mouths of writers who must make a living at it).

Others think it's OK for beginners to give away their work in order to collect clips, as an example.

Then along comes Justin Fox** of Time Magazine (time-blog.com/curious_capitalist) who reminds us that Peter Kropotkin examined the idea long ago when he said people give away work (volunteerism for charity or for the good of the community as they do at Wiki.com*) for more than what he called reasons of "reckless individualism." He -- and now business models including the writing and internet communities -- are wondering how much people will give away free. By the way, Wikipedia calls this the "gift economy" and considering that term was probably given to them free by some economist with a knack for words, I think we should be grateful for the tendency among our species to give stuff away.

And that brings me to my argument in favor of giving away (more accurately, bartering) your work or some of it. In The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't, I use the example of giving away book reviews:

If you give away a review to a review website, as they give something back. Sometimes only a link to your site. Sometimes that and a byline. The smartest ones will also give you a tagline--a nice tagline full of your credentials. Why is that? Because they know that your credentials can only make them look that much more professional. Even major newspapers like the New York Times have figured that out. They include little infomercials on their writers (even the ones they've paid) so that readers know who they are, can reach them to comment. They also know that readers are influenced by credentials.

So, no matter which side of the give-away fence you put your little foot down on, giving away some of your material can be a smart move.

Now, just so there's no confusion here, giving away your writing or your time through interviews -- even interviews on TV or radio -- is, indeed, giving your talents away. But for a purpose. You know what they are. You're building clout. As those grow, you'll get higher fees for speaking, be able to sell your books easier, gain a little fame (which also sells books) and perhaps the most important, give you a wider audience for what you want to say. Which is, after all, why we write! There may be other reasons but I think wanting to share is one of the best!

A postscript here. Give away if you will. Judiciously, of course. But that's a long way from paying others to exploit you. Really. You can enlist people to review your book and interview you without paying someone to do that for you including Kirkus.
CHJ

*Wiki is one of the world's most-used encyclopedias powered by contributions given free by experts of every ilk.
**Thanks to Justin Fox for getting me started on this gentle rant.
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Tip: If you're interested in the above subject, find a fee book on it called The Wealth of Networks at ww.benkler.org. The author is Yochai Benkler, Yale Law School, yochai.benkler@yale.edu.

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No part of this newsletter is paid advertising.
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TIP: Back up your blog. Allyn Evans (www.allynevans.com) writes her blogs (www.allynevans.blogpsot.com) in Word and then transfers them to blogspot.com. One blog expert sent a letter out that would scare the beejeebies out of a serious blogger, but most of just want to be sure our little tidbits are saved in two places--mostly so we can recycle our essays at will!

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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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Recommended Reading

Fun Reading You'll Also Learn From

John Grisham's new book The Innocent Man isn't the fare he usually dishes out. It isn't fiction. It isn't courtroom and it isn't even the literary gem his A Painted House was.

Innocent is the real story of Ron Williamson, a man with the almost-makings of a great baseball player who couldn't get it together. His life doesn't fit the structure of a good John Grisham novel. The hero isn't a hero. He wasted away so much of his natural talent on alcohol and other weaknesses it is hard for a reader to like him. He isn’t exactly an anti-hero, either. His life certainly did not fit the pattern of a good arc for a novel. And the ending doesn't fit with Grisham's usual feel good stuff. Still, Grisham's chosen protagonist was innocent and America has always loved Underdog. Therefore, this biography might be the perfect read for writers who want to see how Grisham gets around these obvious drawbacks. And they might want to use him as an example of how important it is to take risks. Having said that, we all recognize that Grisham got a very good head start before he decided to offer up something brand new to the menacing world of publishing.

CHJ: An article in Time magazine (Oct. 16, 2006) on John Grisham's new book was inspiration for this little rill.

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Perks for participants Authors' Coalition's booth in the LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books:

 Yarnspinners and Wordweavers will feature an ad for your book.
 You will qualify for an interview or a review in Yarnspinners and Wordweavers.
 Authors' Coalition will run a year-long ad on their site.
 You automatically become a paid member to Authors' Coalition entitling you all the members' perks including a review on the AC site, participation in the AC bookstore, and more.

You can participate in some way whether you can be in Los Angeles for the fair or not. When you do you will get exposure at the fair to more than 130,000 visitors. If you participate in the catalog more than 500 or more booksellers and press will see your book

To subscribe to Y&W, send an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line to nate@redenginepress.com. To learn more about the LA Times Fair program go to http://redenginepress.com/chjohnson.
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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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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.)

None for me to report this week, always a disappointment! (-:

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Fun and F r * *: If you purchased Promoter in the past, I'd love for you to review it on Amazon or BN.com. Make it simple; 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, the Frugal Book
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Tip: John Grisham uses Steinbeck (one of my perennial favorites), John le Carré's The Little Drummer Girl and Truman Capote for inspiration and modeling. Perhaps we should, too!

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Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching:

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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Southern California Writers Alert!! Carolyn will workshop with members of the California Writers Club and nonmembers alike on Saturday, March 3, 11 am, at the Valley Center Jewish Community Center, 13164 Burbank Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA. Learn more at http://www.calwriterssfv.com. After learning how to build credentials by building a media kit, she will critique kits for audience members. The cost is $10 for nonmembers, $5 for members. The fee includes lunch.
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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. Go to www.redenginepress.com/chjonson for the fair-focused blog with details on how even out-of-towners can participate.
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Carolyn will train American Business Women of America's (ABWA) newsletter editors publish prize-winning, professional periodicals June 9th at their regional convention in Downey, CA.
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Romance Writers Everywhere! Come to the meeting I'll be speaking at on Saturday, June 16th, in San Diego to meet me and the National President of Romance Writers of America (Jill Limber) who will speak on writing a great synopsis--something most of us aren't that adept at (for lack of practice if nothing else). I'll speak at 10 am, she'll speak after lunch. Lunch and meetings at the Mission Valley Handley Hotel is $25 for members, $30. for nonmembers.
For reservations contact hospitality chairwoman Mary Galusha at: marydave66@yahoo.com . Please copy Linda Sundstrom, lsundstrom@ucsd.edu if you want to arrange seating at my table. The group's website is www.rwasd.com.
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Carolyn will be interviewed by popular author and marketer Janet Elaine Smith hosts an online radio program, "Marketing for Fun and Profit," every Monday evening at July 9 p.m. ET on http://internetvoicesradio.com/ .

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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
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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New for 2008! & As you can see 2008 is already beginning to fill. I will be sharing with the nation's humor writers again in the fall of 2008 at Dayton University's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

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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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Special Thank Yous:

(There are leads here, just as you'll find in all the most innocent-looking areas of this newsletter. You never know when you'll find a name or a site that will help you network or write better!)

BIG Thank Yous To Those Who Nominated this Newsletter or HowToDoItFrugally.com for Writers' Digest 101 Best Sites or Newsletters. This is a list of those who let me know about it. (-

~Frances Lynn, http://www.franceslynn.org, author of Crushed.

~Peggi Ridgway, http://wordpix.com/, author of Successful Website Marketing, Web Design & Hosting, Brochures, Newsletters & Books. Also, http://mywebsavvy.com/

~Kevin Gerard Kilpatrick, The Crossworlds Series, http://www.conorandthecrossworlds.com/

~Hill Kemp, author of Capitol Offense, http://www.capitoloffense.com/
and contributor to Secrets, Fact or Fiction? and Secrets, Fact or Fiction? II, http://www.secretsfactorfiction.com

~ Dennis Aubuchon, author of Integrity: Do You Have It? (2nd edition) His website is http://www.myqualitywriting.com/.

~ Hugh Rosen, D.S.W.
Professor Emeritus, author of Silent Battlefields: A Novel, http://www.hughrosen.com/

~ Walter M. Brasch, Ph.D., professor of journalism, Bloomsburg University
latest books: America's Unpatriotic Acts; 'Unacceptable': The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina; and Sex and the Single Beer Can: Probing the Media and American Culture. All available at major online bookstores. Also, available at www.walterbrasch.com

~Terry Doherty, Founder and President of www.TheReadingTub.com. Did you know that the average kindergärtner has watched 5,000 hours of TV before s/he gets to school? That’s more time than it takes to earn a Bachelor’s Degree.

~Robert Eggleton, author of Rarity from the Hollow, one of my Noble (not Nobel!) Prize winners for literature that explores the human condition and reviewed in The Missouri Review. Published by http://www.fatcatpress.com/.

~Darrell House, http://www.darrellhouse.com/, author of: Miller the Green Caterpillar.
Look for: The King of Fish in 2007

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Endorsement:
www.HowToDoItFrugally.com , by Carolyn Howard--Johnson [is] a top website for writers . . . I'd say my ROI is over 1,000%. The advice is particularly strong in addressing the new author where they are in learning the publishing/selling process. Very practical. The site is excellent.
~Hill Kemp, author of Capitol Offense, http://www.capitoloffense.com/, and contributor to Secrets, Fact or Fiction? I, ISBN 0-9737282-5-6 and Secrets, Fact or Fiction? II, ISBN 1-59594-062-6, LOC 2006904627, http://www.secretsfactorfiction.com
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Feature:

Searching for Charity

By Terry Doherty, Founder and President of www.TheReadingTub.com
Who Is Reading Your Book?
Be honest: you have Googled your own name to see who is writing about you and your book. Well, what if you could search your own name (or your book title)… and make a donation to charity at the same time? Now you can. With every search you launch from http://www.goodsearch.com/, 1 cent goes to the charity of your choice.
There are 30,000 charities listed through GoodSearch, and I am asking you to select one that's important to all of us as writers: a literacy site. Who will read your next book if we don't teach our kids to read? And I'm asking you to select this ReadingTub.com for just one week. Then you can opt for another charity ... if you don't see your writer's group, local library, or school, let them know about GoodSearch ... and keep searching for the Tub until they're set up.

Go to http://www.goodsearch.com/. and enter "Reading" in the Who Do You Search for? box. Scroll down and select "Reading Tub (Keswick, VA)." It's that simple: pick the charity and start searching the Internet using all of the power that a Yahoo! Search gives you.
Just think: 100 people, with just two searches a day for one week will bring in $140. That doesn't sound like much, but for a non-profit, it can be a lot. And for the Reading Tub® it is enough to start a program to get information to parents of kids who struggle with reading, but who may not regularly access the Internet. Who wouldn't want to help a parent help their child get ready for your next great book?
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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 Willie Elliott and MyShelf.com for reviewing Cherished Pulse, the book of unconventional love poetry coauthored by Magdalena Ball and me. http://www.myshelf.com/literary/07/cherishedpulse.htm.

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To Ian Middleton for posting a new review on Amazon.com, Amazon.UK, Amazon.Canada and B&N.com (dear little international soul he is). You must know that as soon as Ian posted, my sales on all of those sites sales jumped at least a little on every one. I read that a new review tends to help sales and this experience made me a firm believer. Ian Middleton is a
travel writer and photographer from Ireland. His websites are:
http://www.ian-middleton.co.uk/
http://www.ianmiddletonphotography.co.uk/
Find his new travel guide to ancient Ireland here: http://ireland.mysteriousworld.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 place on my Links for Writers or Links for Readers pages on www.HowToDoItFrugally.com.
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Resources
From Elizabeth Lucas-Taylor

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

2007 AFROCENTRIC BOOK EXPO - Judine Slaughter, President, Black Writers' Guild, MD (Prince George's Chapter) For more info and to register as sponsor/exhibitor: http://bwgpg.org/2007expo/main.html

INTERNET RADIO SHOW FOR AUTHORS - Thursday nights: http://authorsaccess.com/
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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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Tip
Kathe Gogolewski, one of the instructors for the neat audio on contests produced by the Audio Divas and published by Double Dragon Press (see www.tri-studio.com) tells "Sharing with Writers," that her Fiction Flyer newsletter received fourth place in the recent Preditors and Editors Poll for the Fiction Ezine category. \She says, "BTW, I got a million extra hits (well, maybe only a few hundred...still A LOT) on my e-zine page at my website while the Fiction Flyer was a contender. And now that it placed, the hits continue to roll in. That alone makes this P&E contest a worthwhile exercise. I've had many new subscribers this month. :)" To subscribe send Kathe a note tell her you heard about the Flyer here. kgogolewski@sbcglobal.net.

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Notice: The resources sections of this newsletter have been removed. The ones I included in my newsletter are now permanent links of my new website (though the website is still emerging). I've added lots more links, too, making it a wonderful page for you to go for services and ideas you might need. http://www.carolynhowardjohnson.redenginepress.com/links_for_writers.htm or go directly to the homepage (www.HowToDoItFrugally.com) and click on "Links for Writers." If you don't see your link there, check the "Links for Readers" page. And while you're checking, please check to be sure that one or more of my books is included on your website or in your newsletter.(-: No, I won't take down your link if you don't reciprocate; my links are service to writers. I don't put it up if I don't think someone will benefit. At the same time, it is nice for others to reciprocate when they can. (-:
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"AC is the current that powers your writing career." http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Authors' Coalition Founder
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Feature

E-Tips for E-Promotion:
One of the major speakers at a BEA (Book Expo America) a few years ago was American Book Association Board member Russ Lawrence. He suggested, "Mention your website everywhere." He was, of course, thinking about the advantage to bookstores but can use this, too. In your e-mail signature, on promotional items, in your newsletter, in your taglines, in your bio, in your fliers, letterhead, EVERYWHERE! One mistake authors make is spreading themselves too thinly. Choose one URL and stick to it. I will soon merge www.carolynhoward-johnson.com in with the www.howtodoitfrugally.com so that either one will take you to a page or section of How to Do It Frugally.
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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.)

========================================================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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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.)

" Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown."

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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 is a place to share with others and learn from others.

Though I do attempt to verify information used within this newsletter's pages, Sharing with Writers does not guarantee entities or information. Subscribers should research resources

To submit information articles, tips or other information e-mail Carolyn at HoJoNews@aol.com . Please put "Submission: Sharing with Writers" in the subject line.

If you do not care to receive this letter, unsubscribe at HoJoNews@aol.com

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 at http://starpublish.com/carolyn_howard-johnson.htm

or paperback at Amazon where it is discounted:
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, published by Finishing Line Press may be ordered at www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599240173/qid=1139084827/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-7824821-4156653?s=books&v=glance&n=283155