January 26, 2008
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:/www./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_Jan_No4Week_2008.doc

In the spirit of the advice I give in the Frugal Editor - - that is to use an extra pair of eyes whenever possible - - this newsletter is voluntarily copyedited by Authors' Coalition member, Mindy Phillips Lawrence ~ mplcreative1@aol.com
www.freewebs.com/mplcreative
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Note from Carolyn:

Dear Subscribers and Authors' Coalition Members:

The Authors' Coalition website is now ready for you to look at - - with a critical eye. You may all know how I struggle with websites and I need you to look, tell me where my links are broken and generally give me ideas for improvement.

But I'm also excited about some of the things I'm doing and want you to participate when you can help me make it even more useful for writers. There are resources for writers. So, do you have a resource you'd like me to list?

There is a speakers' bureau. So, would you like to be there? Would you be willing to link to it from your site?

We're looking for sponsors. Do you know of any organization that would like to sponsor us? Any author? We give our sponsors lots more personal service than most sites that offer sponsorships.

What about an ad? And that catalog that will go out to booksellers this spring? And the slide show that works as a cross - promotion for those of you who speak. And the CD for getting info on your book out to people who read? Dig the neat crossword puzzle offering. Wouldn't that be cute in your newsletter (if you do a fancy HTML type) or on your website?

And what about the signing positions at the booths we sponsor? Coming up is the LA Times/UCLA Fair and the huge Veterans' Week in Branson, Missouri.

C'mon. Poke around. Let me know where you'd like to appear. Join if you haven't already. Renew if it's time. And last, check out the perks that paid members get under “Become a Member.” There is lots there for all levels of memberships, and more than ever before.

Find it at www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com.

Happy writing, promoting and, yes, editing, too!

Carolyn Howard - Johnson
Websites: http://carolynhoward - Johnson.com (literary)
http://HowToDoItFrugally.com (all things about writing)
Authors' Coalition: http://www.AuthorsCoalitionandRedEnginepress.com
For the Frugal Editor, Amazon - direct: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/
Blogs: http://AuthorsCoalition.blogspot.com, a blog focused on book fairs
http://www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com, a blog on all things publishing
http://www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog focused on YOUR reviews
http://www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com, a blog focused on editing, formatting and craft
And now blogging on War. Peace. Tolerance. And Our Soldiers at http://www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com.

PS: Oops. Some are saying that the Squidoo links I gave you last week aren't working. Member Allyn Evans found the pages anyway using the search engine but the URL that worked for her is http://www.squidoo.com/HowToDoItFrugallyforAuthors
and http://www.squidoo.com/carolynhoward - johnson
Leave a message in the guest book while you're there. Vote. Rate. Add your own Squidoo page! And watch for more tips on Squidoo coming up.

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Please pass this letter on to others. Unlike many, 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

I'd just like to comment on something in your newsletter. About your tips on indexing: I never thought much about finding indexes in a novel! Still, it's extremely helpful when a novel has something like an index. You know what I mean? Something telling me how the words in strange languages are pronounced, what they mean, etc. These are so helpful and I wish more novelists used them, instead of letting readers out of the loop to drift cluelessly through the story!

Thanks again for a WONDERFUL resource for writers!! :

Take care and enjoy your day!

Dawn Colclasure, author of Burning the Midnight Oil: How We Survive as Writing Parents
http://www.booklocker.com/books/1743.html

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New members will help Authors' Coalition serve all its members better! Ask your writing friends to join at http://www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com/. Paid members get a favorite review posted, consideration for an interview or review in Yarnspinners and Wordweavers, 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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TIP: For a list of MFA and other writer programs, go to the Writers Resources page at my site, www.howtodoitfrugally.com. Then find the prompt to the page with that list. There are more kinds of writing programs in more parts of the world than you can possibly imagine.

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I just added my fifth blog to blogspot.com. Yes, I love blogging. This one is called War, Peace, Tolerance and Our Soldiers and it is where I get to nag and rag to try to make things better for our troops and maybe for the world. I'd love to have you leave a comment for its inaugural. www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.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 Dallas Woodburn for including some of the stuff - - for lack of a better word - - that I'm doing. Find it at http://dallaswoodburn.blogspot.com/2008/01/noble - woman - and - writer - carolyn - howard.html. I am truly honored.
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To Susan Stephenson columnist for the Muse Marquee http://themusemarquee.tripod.com/id185.html Her column includes cost - saving suggestions from me but also dozens of other great Frugal suggestions from other authors. Definitely worth the trip
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To May Lattanzio for sending along another resource for helping our troops. I'm putting them in an element at the bottom of my blog www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com. Thanks also to subscriber Walter Brasch for contributing as a guest blogger.
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To Chris Meeks, author of The Middle - Aged Man and the Sea, for including an exceptionally lovely announcement on his Noble Award in his newsletter, The Maplewoods Mirror, including a link to the Nobles (http://www.myshelf.com/backtoliterature/column.htm).
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To V. S. Grenier (http://storiesforchildren.tripod.com) for posting the good news about Amazon's accepting my next book of poetry for their Short program. Here is the link http://www.squidoo.com/writingforchildrenandteens Be sure to comment and rate while you're there. It helps our Authors' Coalition members to do so.
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To Judith Colombo, author of Night Crimes for including information on The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know To Sell Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less in her blog http://writerchick.blogster.com She is also an Amazon Short publisher of a story called The Gasman.

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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. So is Yarnspinners and Wordweavers. Contact katieseyes@aol.com.
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Q&A:

Fact or Fiction and Blogging

Question:
Carolyn, I wrote a piece of historical fiction that will soon be included in an anthology. I have started a blog, a blog that focuses on the main character in that anthology piece. How can I incorporate material about what is fact and what is fiction into my blog? From
Sue Chehrenegar,
Title of anthology
Through the Eyes of Love
Title of my story in anthology: "An American Candy Pleases Persian in New York City"
The web address for my blog: http://journals.aol.com/suecheh/a - century - of - thoughts

Answer:
Sue, I think this is a really fun question. It gives us a chance to put our promotional creative caps on.
I thought you might try to do a piece every day on your blog that includes a short excerpt from your book that has a fact in it or is based on something factual. Then addend a note that tells the reader what part of the excerpt is in fact, fact. Ha!
Of course, you'll have to carefully select the right stuff from your writing so your visitors find enough in an excerpt to interest them but keep it short enough so they won't mind reading it on a computer screen.
This kind of frequency would keep your blog current (very nearly daily!) without too much effort. Daily is good for blogs. So is "without too much effort." And this process would reveal enough about the book that it might intrigue blog - readers enough to buy your book. What a concept!

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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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Tip: One of the secrets to book promotion is finding sites online that fit with the subject of your book (yes, even the subject of your fiction!) Sometimes it won't even be the site itself, but rather a forum they run. An example is the National Association of Baby Boomer Women that has an excellent forum dedicated to enlightening writers. It is moderated by subscriber Georgia Richardson. These sites may host forum guests, mention you in their newsletter and more. To learn more about NABBW go to www.nabbw.com

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Fun and F r * *: If you purchased the Frugal Book Promoter or the Frugal Editor, 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 a handout from one of my UCLA classes. As a thank you, of course. HoJoNews@aol.com
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On Poetry

This is a new running feature for the poets among us and those who would like to try writing poetry but feel, well . . . inadequate. Please send in your poetry tips and resources for this section.

Contrary to the views of many, poetry can be promoted! Search your area for public service possibilities on TV cable channels and on NPR. KPFK in Southern California has a twice a month airing called Poets' Café and they really know how to spotlight a poet. www.kpfk.org.

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Don't suffer with book proposals. You can be a pro with and investment of only 20 minutes and 49 cents with my Great First Impression Book Proposal Short.
http://www.amazon.com/Great - First - Impression - Book - Proposal/dp/B000YG6O5U
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Tip: If you speak as part of your promotion campaign, increase your chances of getting asked to do paying gigs by listing yourself on a speakers' bureau. Authors' Coalition is starting a new on at a very reasonable price. Check it out at: http://www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com/join_our_speakers'_bureau.htm

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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! To do that, you are invited to advertise as a site sponsor at www.howtodoitfrugally.com for only $25 to $30 a year. 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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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.)

Karina Fabian, www.fabianspace.com, has a couple of successes. Her story "Dragon Eye, PI," is featured in the anthology Firestorm of Dragons, to be published in May and her book Infinite Space, Infinite God placed #2 for Best Anthology of 2007 in the Preditors and Editors Poll.

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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/eAuthor.php?Name=Carolyn%20Howard - Johnson ) 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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Q&A a la Ann Landers:

Becoming Known as an Expert

Question: Publicist Mindy Phillips Lawrence asks:
I have a client who is an academic. Do you have any suggestions to help him with being viewed as an expert by the press and others in the publishing world?
Answer: You client's website should tout him as an expert in specific fields, areas of study, etc. Authors can do that by being sure that their awards are listed and that they have a media room and that they have a page that lists seminar and workshop topics. Check out my site and snoof (yes, I make up words!) around. I'm serious. I'd direct you to one page but I've used methods of doing this throughout the site. Endorsements. Places where I've already served as an expert. There's even a video so people who might use me can see that I'm full of information but also pretty casual. So your job is to analyze those things and see how they might apply to anyone who wants to position himself as an expert.
. . . . . . to read the rest of this article including an other practical, frugal ways to position yourself as an expert, please go to www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.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.
You know you want it on your website! Be sure to link it to the AC site, too!
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Tip from Karina Fabian, www.fabianspace.com: "In November, I followed up on some folks who had requested review copies of Infinite Space, Infinite God (www.isigsf.com) but who had not published reviews yet. Even though I’d sent some of the ARCs nearly a year earlier, I politely asked if they’d had a chance to review the book or if I’d missed their review. In some cases, reviews were written but not yet published; in some, folks had forgotten all about the book. As a result of my prompting, however, I got three more reviews—two in prominent magazines—by January.

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Authors' Coalition: No Hum - Drum Book Fair Promotion Allowed is a blog where you can 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. It's time to sign up for 2008's LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books.
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Q&A

Trying to Talk to Amazon

Question:
Forgive the intrusion, but I have hit some turbulence on the mighty Amazon. My first children's book is now at Amazon: Al - the - Gator. The problem is I used the pen name "Doc Gator" for this one and need to somehow link it to my first book on Amazon.com, Passive Fear. I will also soon have a third book at Amazon Battleground University and want to have it so anyone checking out any of my books would be linked to each of the others. How can I do this?


Answer:
Doc Gater, you may want to contact Amazon through the pale blue contact box available on each book's page. The book connection thing you're talking bout is usually automatic with Amazon, but they're probably missing that because of the different names you use and different genres you write in. This contact process might take some doing - - some watching, some repeats. You may have to contact them on all three of your pages, but I'd try just one to begin with; in the note you send them be sure to include the URLs of all three pages that you want connected, plus your profile page (you are doing an Amazon Profile, aren't you? )

If you're not using the profile page and the plog/blog that Amazon offers, you probably need to get my book The Frugal Book Promoter and check out the chapter dedicated to some basic promotional perks offered by Amazon - - but don't tell them you're using them for promotional purposes ( - : They don't like that. Even though much of what they've set up is aimed directly at increasing their own sales!

And do be very careful to read the guidelines for each of the things they offer and follow them meticulously.

That pale blue contact box I'm talking about is labeled Feedback. You'd probably want to use the third click - through option. This is what it looks like.

And, you're right. You should have those books connected on the pages. You'll not find a lot of crossover between genres but you will find some. Plus having written more than one book and having that apparent on your pages gives you a little extra credibility among readers.

Are you utilizing the Amazon Friend offering to help with this spill over of interest from one book to another? Again, The Frugal Book Promoter will help with this.

========================================================Learn more about tips booklets and how to make them work for you. Paulette Ensign was one of the first master promoters I came in contact with. She'll teach you to make promotional booklets work for you with a variety of programs. http://www.kickstartcart.com/app/?af=696843
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SCAM: Some authors are getting phone calls from someone who says he promotes books. The person who does this is personable, knows a little about your book, seems to think it would make a great movie and asks for a copy of the book and gives the author his address. Of course he has contacts in mind (realtors always have buyers for you when they call, too!) who are very likely to like it. He also tells the author that he has just sold another book to someone in the industry for a lot of money. He doesn't tell the author he wants money or is selling his services first. He starts out with a request for a small amount but ups the amount with later requests a bit and then that figure soars with each of his expenses. The author who reported this scam suggests that you don't do anything without checking around with references, etc.

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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.)

Lists that Warn Writers - - Here are some websites to look at if you want to avoid publishing pitfalls and unscrupulous publishers
http://www.sfwa.org/Beware http://www.nwu.org/alerts/alrthome.htm
http://www.writersweekly.com
One warning holds true everywhere, never pay a reading fee to a publisher or agent.
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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 - - from 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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Opportunities:

Contest for Grandmas: Deadline: March 31, 2008. Choice Publishing Group seeks creative, original stories and essays by and about grandmothers and the choices they make for Patchwork Path: Grandma's Choice. Fiction and nonfiction up to 2000 words. Pays $50 upon publication. Details at http://www.patchworkpath.com. Submitted by Gregory A. Kompes
Writer/Teacher/Coach, Are you a published author? Take the 18Q today! http://www.eighteenquestions.com

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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. Please use this link:
http://www.vistaprint.com/frf?frf=815651421184
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TIP: You may like a list - serve that I enjoy. It is museitupclub - subscribe@yahoogroups.ca, listmomed by Lea Schizas. When you introduce yourself, tell them I sent you. I've been having trouble with YahooGroups lately and I don't want them to think I have forgotten them.
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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.
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E - Tips for E - Promotion

You can start a social community of your own. This works best for authors who write for a niche group. A service that seems to work well for many is ning.com. John Kremer uses it for his BookMarket.ning.com. There's one for educators, etc. It's a way to make passive income using Google ads on it and to provide a service to those with interests similar to your own.
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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 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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TIP: CDs are relatively inexpensive. You may want to participate in the Authors' Coalition program that gives away CDs to readers at book fairs. It features website - like pages of authors and their books. Or you can burn your own, though this probably won't reach as many people as our cross - promotional approach will. Learn more at: http://www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com/featured_promotions.htm

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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, 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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Tip: Editing Question? Use www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com to get the answers. The guidelines for submitting are on the left. This kind of thing is about:
1. Getting answers to your questions. Yep.
2. Supporting your friends who blog.
3. Getting your name out there on blogs read by others (so always include your website or blog address with your signature when you ask questions or you make comments).

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Sign up to receive a copy of my Sharing with Writers blog in your e - mail box. It is a focused blog on all things related to writing and publishing. Go to www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com. Sign up in the left hand column. Find related resources by scrolling to the bottom of the blog.
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Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching:

Please join Carolyn Howard - Johnson for the
f r ^ ^ January Wasabi Club meeting, a teleseminar the last Wednesday of every month at 1 pm ET/10 am PT where you can learn from the PR pros about how to conduct a savvy PR campaign. To join, please visit the 'Wasabi Club' page at www.wasabipublicity.com
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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 share with the nation's humor writers again in April 3 - 5 of 2008 at Dayton University's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. She'll speak twice at the Kennedy Union on campus. Go to www.humorwriters.org/2008SpeakerBios.html. Tapes will be available even though 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 do’s 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 will 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? ( - :

To enroll call Marcus Hennessey, 310 - 267 - 4888, or go to www.uclaextension.edu and enroll for 735.18, Registration # T6393.
Because it is a one - day seminar, it is less than $100.
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Nancy Mills, founder of Spirited Woman, will be interviewing Carolyn Howard - Johnson in her 2008 Spirited Woman tele - chat series. Sign up now to be part of this exciting series, whether you want to listen to Carolyn at http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_circle/2008/01/conversation - - 4.html or to the likes of Jacqueline Mitchard, author of the Deep Sea of the Ocean and Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of Pay It Forward. Find the entire series at: www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_circle
To listen live, circle Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 10 am (PST), 1 pm (EST) on your calendar. Advance registration needed.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will appear on Write On Four Corners with host Connie Gotsch on KSJE FM Public Radio broadcast from San Juan College. Access the program 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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The Catholic Writer’s Guild (www.catholicwritersguild.org) and Canticle Magazine (http://www.canticlemagazine.com) are pleased to announce the first Catholic Writer’s Conference Online May 2 - 9, 2008. Conducted entirely via Internet, the conference will feature online seminars and chat rooms hosted by editors, agents, published writers, and other media professionals in book and magazine publishing. F r ^ ^ to writers of all levels, advance registration is required. To register or for more information, go to www.conference.catholicwritersguild.org. At 10 am, Pacific time, on Monday, May 5, Carolyn will present Your First Marketing Offense: Query Letters and Great Editing or Ten Ways to Let an Agent Know You Are an Amateur. Karina Fabian will moderate. Then Carolyn will co - present with Karina a seminar on book promotion at 11 am Pacific Time the same day.
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New!Carolyn Howard - Johnson will be one of the featured winners of the USA Book News' booth at BEA on Friday, May 29, at the nation's premier book event, Book Expo America. She will sign her USA Book News Award - Winning book, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success. Make BEA reservations and get info about the event here: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com .
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Wordstuff ™

Something to Make Writers Smile

(Definitions in the next few newsletters are from http://www.butlerwebs.com/jokes/definitions.htm .You might have some favorite neologisms metaphors or similes that make you smile. If so, please contribute.)

"ATHEISM is a non - prophet organization. " - - Quoted from George Carlin

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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.

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/

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 newsletter, send an e - mail to HoJoNews@aol.com with "Unsubscribe” in the subject line, but please, please don't tell me you've given up writing or promoting!

To subscribe to Sharing with Writers send an e - mail with "Subscribe" in the subject line to: HoJoNews@aol.com.

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/

The second in the How To Do It Frugally series of books, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success, is available at this link to Amazon:
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The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less, is available on Amazon as a Short for 49 cents.
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