October 26, 2007
Sharing with Writers
A newsletter that is also a community. Share your ideas. Learn from theirs!

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, 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_OCT_No4Week_2007.doc

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Note from Carolyn:

Dear Authors' Coalition Members and SWW Subscribers;

I keep talking about finding the angles in your work because it seems to be a hard concept for the authors I consult with to grasp. So, here's an example from today's paper.

An article on page E17 of the Calendar section of the LA Times today (Friday Oct. 26th) features Heather McElhatton's Pretty Little Mistakes, her new novel going into its seventh printing with 50,000 books in print. It is a book with many endings (150 to be exact) and that is being touted as something brand new. Writing with hypertext (which is using links on the web to let people choose the path they want to go in fiction or other writing) was being taught in about 2002 when I was attending Summer Literary Semester at Herzen University in St. Petersburg, RU. That it is not new is less important than that many have not heard about it.

The point here is that we have to find an angle if we want to be featured in the LA Times. Or anywhere else for that matter. The Times tells us that this book also contains a sex scene with monkeys (no other details given). That couldn't be hurting its sales and that would be another angle to get more features in magazines and sites that cater to those looking for something erotic.

Mind you, I'm not advocating that you write what you think will sell. Especially if it goes against your principal to do so. You may if you wish, but I prefer being true to ourselves as writers. No. What I'm advocating is that you find the angles that are in your book(s) and pitch those angles to editors to get publicity. An angle can be anything. It can be tied to current events or something popular like sex or religion.

McElhatton's book is an example. Her publicity tied to a new art form that isn't exactly new but apparently the reporter at Associated Press (it was a wire story) didn't know that. It's new enough for him not to know.

I haven't had much these days, but I am revisiting publicity on my novel This Is the Place because it is set in Utah and features some polygamy. That's of interest right now because Mitt Romney (a Mormon who calls Utah his Zion) is running for President. Because Big Love (a serial set among members of a fundamentalist sect in Utah) has been popular on HBO and Warren Jeffs, a polygamist sect's prophet, was just convicted in Utah courts.

This is not all self - serving. I believe This Is the Place will help those who don't understand Utah's culture and politics. Help them to make better political choices, to understand history of the West better, etc. I say this so that you will understand that great PR isn't only about finding angles. It's also - - in its ideal form - - about writing from the heart and then trusting that what you do will be of interest. It is your job to help people find out why they might be interested and that includes Associated Press reporters and LA Times editors.

Happy, happy writing and promoting and, yes, EDITING, too.
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
HoJoNews@aol.com
Websites: http://carolynhoward - johnson.com and www.HowToDoItFrugally.com
http://authorscoalitionandredenginepess.com
or Amazon - direct for The Frugal Editor: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/
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 and
www.thenewbookreview.blogspot.com

PS: Don't forget that the AllMarketing edition is coming up. So spread the word among your writing friends. They can subscribe by sending me an e - mail with "subscribe" in the subject line (HoJoNews@aol.com) or do an auto signup at http://www.authorsden.com/carolynhowardjohnson.

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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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Letters - to - the - Editor

Hi, Carolyn:

Here's a follow - up to your note about B&N in current newsletter. BN.com will NOT put ANY book published by Amazon or BookSurge on its site. The e - mail I got is that Amazon is a competitor to BN.com. Yep, you read that right.

In addition, B&N chain is NOT taking POD titles. But, there's an exception - - It requires that POD titles be available ONLY at Lightning Source for inclusion in B&N database.

Considering that BN.com is getting beaten badly by amazon.com, it seems counterproductive to refuse to take ANY title that might have ANY potential for sales.

Just my experience.

Walter Brasch, author Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush
www.walterbrasch.com

Ed. Note: Walt faxed me the letter he referred to. I received a similar one back in 2001. I had hoped that by now B&N would have figured out that content and salability are more important than the press a book is printed on or its publisher. The letter feels condescending. Further it is not across - the - board true. I know that The Frugal Book Promoter (printed on a digital press) is carried in Barnes and Noble near UCLA, as an example. And on B&N online. On the other hand, it IS wholesaled only by Ingram through Lightening source so that fits with the parameters that Walt mentioned. Nevertheless, the official stance from headquarters is a tad different from the actual policies of some individual B&N store buyers. Still, what Walt is sharing with us is important. We all know that attitudes trickle down from the top, so the official stance of B&N's administration is sure to affect all their book buyers to one degree or another and, by extension, all of us as well.
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Q&A a la Ann Landers

More on the Subject of B&N, the Chain We Love to Hate, and Sometimes Hate to Love

Q: Did you happen to ask Linda Keller, the Community Relations Manager with the Dayton, OH Barnes & Noble what percentage her store expects from the sale of books featured in her store? Locally [Lloyd lives in Louisiana], the B&N wants 55%. If this is what B&N stores expect, I might just as well give the 1,100 books that I still have in my spare bedroom away!

Even the local Books - A - Million wants 50%. I didn't write my book to make money but to almost give it away isn't something I relish either. No wonder little guys like me have trouble marketing our books . . .

Lloyd King, author of To 'Nam with Love, a book of poetry

Dear Lloyd:

I can't speak to any specific B&N location but generally stores want 40%. That's what I've been asked for, at least, and that seems to be the norm. Considering retailing in general, this is a low percent; that's why bookstores also get to return their books. That 55% figure appears to be Amazon's requirement and some other online stores.

Having said that, this is not so much a problem involving the bookstores' markup (they, after all, have high overhead and must make a profit to exist!). This is a problem that many self - and subsidy authors make: They don't mark their books up enough to cover the costs of doing business. You know, like a promotion budget, discounts for distributors and for wholesalers and, yes, for their own profit.

Printing books on a digital press (POD) makes it more difficult to be competitive because books printed that way cost more and so it is harder to mark up enough to accommodate these costs and still compete with books that are self - or subsidy - or traditional - published in large quantities on an offset press. Printing on an offset press costs less and less per book as the runs (number of books) increase in size. Books printed in huge quantities in China can cost so little that even with all of the chunks taken by the sales pipeline, the publishers make a hefty profit per book.

So, what do you do if you are already published and your profit margin and retail costs are skewed against you? To learn more about fighting these odds, see the rest of this article at www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com.

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New members will help Authors' Coalition serve all its members better! Ask your writing friends to join at http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com. Paid members get a favorite review posted, consideration for an interview or review in Yarnspinners and Wordweavers and ditto for The Fiction Flyer and Betty Dobson's Inkspotter. Membership is reasonable, too.
Tell friends to visit our blog. There they'll learn how to spark generally insipid book fairs by using value - added promotions. www.authorscoalition.blogpsot.com.
http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com
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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!)

To Yvonne Perry for mentioning our Southern Book Festival experience (she came to hear me speak) in her blog at http://yvonneperry.blogspot.com/ Yvonne is the host of Writers in the Sky.
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To LaShaunda Hoffman for including the Frugal Editor in her Sormag blog: http://sormagtours.blogspot.com/2007/10/hot - books.html
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To Connie Gotsch for publishing that quiz I sent you all last week on her blog at http://www.conniegotsch.blogspot.com/ . Besides writing, she is also famous for her real air radio programs in the Four Corners Area.
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To Rey Ybarra, host at BSATV, and his director Randy for including a picture of me on his Best Selling Author TV blog at http://bestsellingauthortv.blogspot.com/2007/10/some - great - photos - from - irwin - awards - on.html
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To Georgia Richardson, also known as Queen Jaw Jaw and mother hen to the forums at www.BoomerWomenSpeak, for the warm welcome. I will be featured author on that forum during the month of November. Find it here:
http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB48&Number=135911&Searchpage=1&Main=135911&Words=&topic=1&Search=true#Post135911

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No part of this newsletter is paid advertising. If you would like to advertise to subscribers, display ads are available at www.howtodoitfrugally.com at less per year than most sites charge for a single month (see the advertising tab at the top of the page). Authors' Coalition www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com is also accepting ads.
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Utilizing Amazon

I just posted another f r ^ ^ article on my F R ^ ^ Articles 4 Authors, Editors on my website. You can download the pdf of "10 Ways to Sell books on Amazon" to read online, or to print out to read at leisure if you wish. If you edit a newsletter or blog, everything on the page is available for you to use at no ch a rge. http://www.carolynhowardjohnson.redenginepress.com/free_content.htm

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Time is short! Watch for the first - ever AllMarketing Edition of Sharing with Writers. Marketing includes selling your book to an agent or publisher, selling your book after it is published to individual readers and to alternative venues like the military and catalogs. If you have a marketing tip, send it to HoJoNews@aol.com with "SWW TIP" in the subject line.
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Tip: Make yourself into an expert. Yes, even fiction writers. Are you an expert on the place where your novel is set? I am an expert on Utah's culture as an example because I was raised with one foot in each of the divided cultures in that state. Are you an expert on the profession of your protagonist? This is an easier process for writers of most nonfiction but it still requires some work. Send out quizzes on your subject or white papers or articles. Post them on your website. Do what you can to improve your credentials including teaching, reading, and taking classes.

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Subscribers who have websites or newsletters of their own may be interested in the Free Articles 4 Readers and Writers on my site, www.howtodoitfrugally.com. I try to add new articles to it each week. If you don't see what you need for your blog, or newsletter, just ask. HoJoNews@aol.com.
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Author Successes

(If you read about others' successes you'll not only be inspired, you'll glean resources for future successes of your own. You are invited to send me news about your successes. Please use "AUTHOR SUCCESSES" as a subject lines.)

SWW Subscribers Pam Kelly,www.pkelly.com, and Janet Goliger, www.janetgoliger.com, were both presented the Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin award by Kelly Lange, former LA anchor woman and mystery writer. Pam won for her Speak with Passion, Speak with Power! and Janet for I Need to be Safe! I'm Worth It!(www.classpublications.com). Learn more about BPSC's Irwin awards at http://www.bookpublicists.org/pages/irwin_awards.asp
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Roger Storkamp:
NEWS FROM BOVINE, MINNESOTA (the town without a zip code)

To celebrate his soon to be released novel, MISS WEST, third in the Bovine Minnesota series, Roger Storkamp is offering a f r ^ ^ novel to subscribers of this Sharing with Writers newsletter. Your choice:
1. THELMA’S QUILT The Svez Rastner family of ten members—industrious, autonomous and gregarious, set in mid 20th Century.
or
2.’NEATH A CRESCENT MOON The Mathew Gerhard family of four members—reclusive, spiritual and inflexible, set early 20th Century.

Details at www.RogerStorkamp.com
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Jewel Sample author of Flying Hugs and Kisses (http://hometown.aol.com/jmsample/index.htm), will be published in Hallmark Magazine's (Winter 2007) special holiday issue. She says, "Good enough to give cookies" will feature my "Heavenly Sugar Cookies" story and recipe. Please note the table of contents page pictures my cookie dough! It is exciting to be chosen with 14 other women from around the country to share our cookie recipes and the stories behind them. It will be available where Hallmark Magazines are sold in November. For a sneak peak and a free download of the recipes go to Hallmarkmagazine.com (http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/article%7C10001%7C10051%7C/HallmarkSite/HallmarkMagazine/Holiday/CookieExchange/COOKIES_LIST)."


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Frugal Book 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 The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success that is now available for pre - order on Amazon. The excerpt includes some of the sidebars from the book that may help you with some tricky grammar. As a thank you, of course. HoJoNews@aol.com, the Frugal Book
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Serial Feature

In the next few issues Diane Tinney will share ways that you might green up your office.

Set all printers to print double - sided, immediately cutting paper costs in half.
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Offered by Diane Tinney, president & publisher, Keene Publishing, Home of Moo Press Children's Books
www.KeeneBooks.com
Illuminating lives, one book at a time.

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Carolyn's blog on anything related to publishing - - from scolding Oprah to support of freedom of speech issues is at http://www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com. =====================================================

Sharing: From Leora Krygier, author of When She Sleeps, www.leorakrygier.com, "Fiction writers take heart! Last weekend, I brought a box full of books to Goodwill. After dragging the heavy box out of the trunk of my car and lugging it into the donation center, the man in charge summarily announced - "we only take novels." So, there I was, digging into the box, sorting out the novels from the textbooks and the nonfiction books. And although my aching back wasn't at all happy about having to lug half the books back to my car, especially when the man couldn't discern a novel from a pickle, somehow, the fiction writer in me was delighted."

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A general marketing rule is that a product must be seen seven times before it is purchased. That is just as true for books (because they are products, like it or not!). Let people see that book cover image! So, you are invited to advertise as a site sponsor at www.howtodoitfrugally.com. for a year at the same price many sites frequented by readers and writers charge for a month. Yep, the frugal way! Click on the Advertising tab at the top of the page or contact me personally at hojonews@aol.com.
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Tip: In order to know whether the editor assigned you by your publisher is great or only middling, you need to know a lot about editing yourself. Notice, I didn't say you had to have aced your English grammar class in high school. Many people who did that still know very little about editing. I suggest The Frugal Editor, of course, but there is also a complete list of suggestions in that book including, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right, by Bill Bryson.

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Available: Audios from Audio Divas on many aspects of building a writing career are published by Double Dragon Press. Here is the page where you'll find the full list (http://www.double - dragon - ebooks.com/glist.php?imprint=AUDIO) including one on "Do It Yourself Indexing." The first audio, "Promoting Easy and Cheap!" is a F R ^ ^ sample you can download. Each comes with a resource guide. Here is an example of a guide for the audio - lesson Your Divas did on "Contests": http://www.derondouglas.com/audiosample/AwardResourceGuideContests.pdf
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TIP: Do you read your contracts? You may be able to negotiate more participation on promotion with your publisher. I upped got one of my publishers to up the number of announcements/sell sheets they would send out to their contacts. It wasn't much but it was something. If your contract doesn't say they will promote, they probably won't. Ask. And if you don't work on this with them, please don't spread what a lousy publisher they are all over the web. They may deserve your ire in some ways but the responsibility is yours - - to be sure they do it or to plan on doing it yourself.

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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! You know you want it on your website!
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Tip: Offer a free chapter or excerpt of your book on your website. If you write nonfiction, include your Contents page on your website.


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Authors' Coalition: No Hum - Drum Book Fair Promotion Allowed is a new blog where you can follow watch how Authors' Coalition members make book fairs successful with cross - promotion, value - added promotions and a good assessment process. Find it at www.authorscoalition.blogspot.com. Leave your best book fair ideas there for others to see under the beige "comments" links.
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Tip: Find a charity to tie your sales efforts to. For authors literacy may be an obvious but excellent choice. Be The Star You Are (www.bethestaryouare.org) and the Reading Tub (www.thereadingtub.com) both work for literacy.

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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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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 - - and sometimes throws in a resource for you.)

Here are some places to research literary agents:

http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/pealw.htm
http://fictionaddiction.net/agents.html
http://www.agentquery.com/
http://www.writers - free - reference.com/agents
http://www.kitwhitfield.com/publisherdating.html
http://www.sfwa.org/beware/twentyworst.html
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Find Elizabeth at http://www.authorsden.com/elucastaylor or her new blog at http://www.elucas - taylor.blogspot.com/ or at MySpace http://www.myspace.com/elucastaylor
where you will find a writers' community.

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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 any of my books - - the HowToDoItFrugally Series to my chapbook of poetry - - for a place on my Resources for Writers or Resources for Readers pages on www.HowToDoItFrugally.com.
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TIP: Do you clear you spam folder regularly? When you do, you might want to check for mail that you want and need. That's the problem with letting an automaton choose what you read for you. ( - : It may not make the best decisions.

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I use Vista Print for lots of my promotional materials. Be aware that shipping prices may fluctuate, depending on the deal of the moment. Even at that, the prices generally are good, the products they offer excellent quality and they do short runs. (I don't advise long runs on promotion material because your needs can change very quickly.) Please use this link:
http://www.vistaprint.com/frf?frf=815651421184
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Web Advice from WebforAuthors.com Expert Marshall Turner


Using Your Website to Sell #2: Selling:

A second option for selling through your website is to use a payment service such as PayPal. To use PayPal you must first create a PayPal account (www.paypal.com) that provides merchant services. Merchant services allow
you to accept payment from PayPal. Once you have your account you can use their button creator to create a payment button for your website. The button creator creates the HTML code that you copy and paste into your site. When someone clicks the button, they will be able to make the purchase.

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Learn more about WebforAuthors.com at http://www.webforauthors.com/ or contact Marshall at mturner@webforauthors.com.


===================================================== The New Book Review is a service of this newsletter and Authors' Coalition. It allows authors to get more exposure from their favorite review and reviewers a chance to have more readers see their reviews - - with links, of course. Please check the guidelines on the blog site at www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com. This has been popular so please allow some time before your review will be posted. =====================================================

E - Tips for E - Promotion

How do you know what keywords to use your website? It's easy to be top of the Google search when someone searches on your name. What you are after is to be top or near - top when they search on a general key word that fits your book or books. You can learn what those are at www.wordtracker.com. Use it to get more keywords related to the one you think is your best bet. The number you find at one side of each related keyword is how many searches per day is made for that keyword. The keyword with the most searches is the one you want to be tops on! There is a subscription charge but there is also a free trial.
Hint: Use the freebie right away. You only have two hours of free use.
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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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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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Opportunities:

Win $100 and a guest spot on Cynthia Brian's Radio Show with her 2007 4th Annual Essay Contest.
Go to: www.bethestaryouare.org.
Fee: $10 donation per entry
Deadline: December 27, 2007
Wordcount: 300 to 600 words
Winners will also be published in StarSearcher Express newsletter and at the www.bethestaryouare.org website.
Go to the site to learn more about possible topics.
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Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching:

New!Carolyn Howard - Johnson will chat with those who have questions on promotion, editing, the craft of writing, or anything else about the publishing world the entire month of November. The place is the Boomer Women Speak forum. Those who would like to become members of the Boomer Women Speak F - R - * - E forum, should go to http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com/index.php homepage and then click on the "Visit our forums" and then follow the instructions.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will be interviewed by the Reverend Cherise Thorne on Sunday, Nov. 4th on her radio program, Knowing Spirit. It is a show about healing the soul so you can change your life. Some of you know that I credit the spiritual aspect of writing and helping other authors with curing me of cancer. The curative aspects of writing will be the topic.
Tune into the show by visiting www.bbsradio.com on Sunday from 1 - 2 central time. The show Knowing Spirit is on the schedule under Cherise Thorne.
People can call in and ask questions about the show. Toll free, 877 876 9756.
Toll Free in Canada, 888 - 815 - 9756. Direct Line: 530 - 876 - 3222
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will be Valerie Connelly's guest on her Webinar Dec. 5th, 2007. The two will talk book promotion ad infinitum. There will be a printable agenda and follow - along materials prior to the event as well as a downloadable PDF of the Web screen shots and an MP3 recording of the Webinar available to registered attendees. There is a charge. Space is limited. Please register before Dec. 4. For more information or to register contact Valerie at info@callingallauthors.org.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson talks to Valerie Connelly's radio audience on "Editing as Branding: Spelling success from queries to your book's manuscript." Circle your calendar on Wednesday December 12th at 8PM Eastern, 7PM Central, 5PM Pacific time. A downloadable MP3 recording of the Webinar will be available to registered attendees after the event. Sign up by Dec. 11th. Space is limited. Contact Valerie at info@callingallauthors.org or Nightengale Press, publisher@nightengalepress.biz

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Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching for 2008:

Carolyn will speak on Jan 2, 2008, at Ridge Writers, the East Sierra Branch of the California Writers Club founded more than 100 years go by Jack London and friends in the Bay area. The provide f r ^ ^ programs for writers at High Desert Haven in Ridgecrest. Learn more at www.ridgenet.net/ ~curtdan/ridgewriters.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will be Valerie Connelly's guest on her Teleseminar March 19th, 2008 at 8PM Eastern, 7PM Central, and 5 PM Pacific Time. The subject is: "It's Your Call: Frugal Book Promotion with Carolyn Howard - Johnson." A downloadable MP3 recording of the Teleseminar is available to registered attendees after the event. Please sign up by March 18th. Space is limited. Let Valerie tell you more about it: info@callingallauthors.org
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will be sharing with the nation's humor writers again in April 3 - 5 of 2008 at Dayton University's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. I'll speak twice at the Kennedy Union on campus. http://www.humorwriters.org/ Registration opens Sept. 10, 2007. Find some of the nation's best speakers here: http://www.humorwriters.org/2008SpeakerBios.html. This conference sold out 77 hours after opening registration. It is not too early to be thinking about 2010.
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Carolyn will teach a new seminar on the UCLA campus on March 22, 2008, room 1323 Public Service Building. It's called The Business of Writing: Carve Your Career with Great Queries and Covers. Here's the class description: "You've written your story, your poem, your book. What now? You've tackled your craft like a professional but when it comes to introducing yourself to the decision makers—the marketing and editing part of your work—you may show a lack of expertise with seemingly innocuous departures from accepted procedures. Like using a cover letter when you need a query. In this one - day seminar, the students will use basics taught in the class to critique drafts of letters they have brought with them. In the process you'll get grammar, punctuation, and even computer editing tricks you may apply to your other writing as well as your queries. You'll receive a handout of the does and don'ts for approaching gatekeepers straight from the mouths of agents who contributed ideas on the subject for the instructor's book on editing and samples of letters that have produced results. Participants will not only walk away with two letters they can be proud to send out, but also have a low - cost plan for using them effectively in a variety of ways." So, are you all planning to come to spend a weekend in the sunshine in LA and make it a business expense? ( - :
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will appear on Write On Four Corners with host Connie Gotsch on KSJE FM Public Radio from San Juan College. Access the broadcast at: www.ksje.com 10:30 am Wed. 2:30 pm Fri. Mountain Time. Click on the website to listen live in your appropriate time zone. Connie is the author of the mystery suspense novel Snap Me a Future as well as host of Roving with the Arts on KSJE and regular contributor to The Four Corners Free Press www.fourcornersfreepress.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.)

"Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late."

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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 How To Do It Frugally Series of books for writers,

www.howtodoitfrugally.com.

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

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