Hi Jude,

Welcome to the group! One of the members of the Published Authors forum, Dick Stodghill (of Irish descent!), died recently at the age of eighty-four. He was quite an accomplished short story writer and many of his stories appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Maybe that is the way to go for you.

Good luck!
~Shelagh

Dia duibh, all (Irish for Hello all),

I've written four books of fiction - two short story collections and two novels. They sold OK but not enough to inspire the publishers to reprint (the fools, the fools). I've written another novel-and-a-half but I find as I get older (OK, I'm 67 - want to make something of it, mmmh?) I find it harder to give my writing the focused energy that half-decent writing needs. I also find I get bored quicker, so if anyone in PublishedAuthors has any ideas for solving boht those problems, I'm all ears...

I tried to bring up your website, closetcasepress, Amber, but received the message it wasn't available.

Congratulations on your book published. I hope it does well.

Laurel
http://laurel6346.tripod.com
http://www.authorsden.com/laurellamperd

Thanks, Shelagh, I truly appreciate it.

Hi Amber,

Welcome to the group! Good luck with the book!

Neat interview, Roxanne!

~Shelagh

Thank you, Carrie!

Brilliant! I loved it! Congratulations, Roxanne.

Carrie

Hi everyone! I hope you will take a moment to comment on my interview at http://perpetualprose.com/author-spotlig... I'm so nervous. I'm such a newbie at promotion. :)

Good luck with your book, Amber Maryannd

Hi Everyone!
My name is Amber Lehman and I just published my first novel, TORN. It's a Young Adult novel for teens 17 and older. You can check out my website at http://www.closetcasepress.com. I hope you enjoy!
Amber :)

Very true, I remember Polish author, Bruno Yasensky said (My translation from Russian as I remember):

Don’t fear your enemies, the worst what they can do to you is to kill you;
Don’t fear your friends, the worst what they are able is to betray you;
Do fear indifferent people, it is with their tacit permission, all crimes and meanness take place in the world.

Sol

You said it, Shelagh,

As I learned long ago, the opposite of love is not hate... its indifference.

— dave

Hi Dave,

Welcome to the group! Love it or hate it as long as they read it, eh?

~Shelagh

You work sounds delightful. I have a little fairy tale for everyone called First You Jump Then you get your Wings. Amazon.com sells an ecopy for 49 cents on Amazon-Shorts called WIngs by Maryanne Raphael.

Greetings my name is Dave Horowitz.

I've written and illustrated almost a dozen picture books: The Ugly Pumpkin, Five Little Gefiltes, Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again, Twenty-Six Princesses, etc.

Most people (grown-ups) either love or hate my work. That makes me glad. I've posted video trailers here on Goodreads, so decide for yerself [sic.:].

http://www.goodreads.com/videos/list_aut...

thanks
dave horowitz

Carrie, congratulations selling 50 copies of your book. I am sure they will enjoy it.

Hope 2010 will be a great year for all of us
Love and prayers Maryanne

Maryanne wrote: "On Novermber 18 I leave on a book tour that will last until Janurary 8, 2010 with a celebration of the holidays with my mom and 9 brothers and sisters in Ohio
Then early in the new year I will ha..."

Congratulations and all the very best, Maryanne!

I am sure you will do amazingly well with your Book Tour!

I find Book Tours very tiring but so much fun, especially meeting so many new people!

I took part in a book event yesterday and sold 50 books, so I was pleased to think 50 families walked away with Joni-Pip.

I had best get to bed, it's 03:37 here. Don't we writers keep unorthodox hours?

On Novermber 18 I leave on a book tour that will last until Janurary 8, 2010 with a celebration of the holidays with my mom and 9 brothers and sisters in Ohio
Then early in the new year I will have a book tour to Palm Springs, California. Wish me luck ALoha Maryanne

Wow! I am reading of all the accomplishments for you authors and I am just exciting to be communicating with you. I pray even more success and abundance of peace. I feel encouraged to press even when things seem hard. Thanks for sharing your achievements. It does the heart good to know that it's possible.

Authors Den represented me at the Los Angeles Book Fair. they did not sell one copy of What Mother Teresa Taught Me. Everywhere I have shown the book I have sold most if not all of the copies I had with me.
I don't trust Book Fairs as a place to sell books.
Good luck Maryanne

Hi Wendy,

Welcome to the group! Good luck with the upcoming book!

~Shelagh

I wouldn't recommend book fairs either. At least not for book sales. Even with the prime spot at a fair geared to my client's type of book, a first class book, and a super large bright yellow banner, she did little to nothing at book fairs as far as book sales. Now, she did make some valuable contacts, but sales were next to nonexistent. Other clients have had much the same experience. Ninety nine times out of a hundred, the only people that make out on the deal are the people putting it on.

Paul wrote: "Have other had much luck at Book Fairs? I participated in the NOLA Book Fair (New Orleans) this past weekend and unfortunately the majority of us were placed at tables inside of bars or restauran..."

Greetings Paul! Greetings Authors!

Paul, I am amazed that you are going to Book Fairs, at all. I never go, I leave all that to my Publishers. Authors are kind of superflous to the business at hand! Isn't it more a place for Publishers, or are things different in the United States?

If you are already doing that, which I suggest next, then so sorry!

I find my most successful venues are Book Shops, Libraries, Readers Groups, Writing Groups and Schools.

Ask your Publishers to set up everything for you. When you are the only Author at a Venue, there is no competition.

If I sell less than 30 books at any event I am disappointed.....which doesn't happen very often (almost never).

Schools are great, you give of your time to talk about yourself and your writing, the students ask loads of questions, which is fun and my Manager always arranges for me to return a day or two later for a Book Sale and Signing. He leaves it that way so that the student by this time (hopefully), knows you a little and wants to buy a signed copy of your work. At one school over fifty percent of the students bought a copy of Joni-Pip.

If that's not helpful, then I am sorry!

Have a productive day!

Carrie

Have other had much luck at Book Fairs? I participated in the NOLA Book Fair (New Orleans) this past weekend and unfortunately the majority of us were placed at tables inside of bars or restaurants along Frenchmen Street. Those who were out on the streets (it appeared to possibly be many of the organizers) had probably 10 times the traffic of those of us inside. I only sold 3 books; the guy next to me zero books, and on the other side about 4 books. Any recommendations from others about GREAT book fair venues? Other than that the energy was GREAT! Thanks for any tips.

Paul Harris

http://diaryfromthedome.webs.com

Diary From The Dome Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina

Hello! I'm Wendy Dager, professional freelance writer and chronic embarrassment to my children. I write a biweekly newspaper opinion column, magazine articles, greeting card copy, advertorials and more. Check out my Web site: http://www.wendydager.com.

My novel I MURDERED THE PTA was a top five finalist in Court TV's Search for the Next Great Crime Writer and will be published in 2011 by Zumaya Enigma.

Currently, I'm promoting my ebook, the thriller THRIFT ME DEADLY, a fictional diary of a serial killer. You can read a free sample at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/447...

Between now and December 31, 2009, use coupon code ML66J for 40 percent off purchase price. Caution: For mature audiences only due to violence, bad language and some seriously icky stuff involving a bathtub and Drano.

Congratulations, Howard Good luck with your book.
Welcome to the group Maryanne Raphael

I realise I have just joined, however I would just like to share the news that on its first anniversary
Dog Dirt Doris hits the Number 10 Spot on Amazon UK book ratings for World War II fiction.
Thanks for listening.
Howard

Hi Howard,

Welcome to the group and good luck with the book!

Hi Shalonda,

Welcome to the group! You will find members here very helpful.

~Shelagh

Hello,
I am Shalonda "Treasure" Williams. You can just address me as one of those names :-) I am grateful to be in the number of published authors. It is a journey but with places like this to help, there is much hope to be held.

Good Morning,
The Goodreads profile has me known as H.O.
Some what novel I guess, considering it has
derived from my pen name H.O.WARD.
H.O.WARD is also a play on words as my
real name is Howard.
I am, in certain circles, sometimes referred to
as H and occasionally called Howie, perhaps
affectionately and as occasional taunt by those
who dare.
Please be my guest . . . choose . . . I answer to
most though preferred Howard to be honest.

Published Author, I class myself as fortunately
privileged to be in this position. Fortunate to
present a few chapters of an part written story
to my publisher on the pretence of discovering
if my manuscript idea was worthy of completion
and privileged to now see it in print.

Again, privileged to realise my first attempt at
writing being published is a fortunate position.

I look forward to being associated with English
Authors and contributing to the group, also, as
an English published author.

Regards
Howard.

Thank you, Shelagh, when I get back home, next week I will enjoy reading it!

Enjoy Sunday!

Carrie

Hi Carrie,

I will keep my fingers crossed for you and look forward to seeing the computer game and cards. That is exciting!

Yes, you can order the book in Waterstone's or buy from their online store:

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstoneswe...

You will find it cheaper here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing...

... and cheaper still here:

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-bo...

You can listen to the first episode of the serialisation here:

http://www.archive.org/details/Mr.Planem...

~Shelagh

Wow, Shelagh, that's marvellous! Many, many congratulations! Mr. Planemaker's Flying Machine sounds intriguing. I must buy it, can I get it in Waterstone's?

The most exciting thing that happened to me was I had a meeting with some guys from Top Trumps and they took thirty characters from Joni-Pip; so let's hope Joni-Pip will be made into that card game. They also talked about making a Joni-Pip computer game!


I have only had parts of Joni-Pip read on the radio so for you to hear it all....was it acted out or read....must have been amazing!

Very, very well done!

Carrie

Thank you, Shelagh, is a pleasure for me to read your post. Have a good time in this weekend, as soon as possible will write again, something about my works, hope, bye. Patrizia

From Nov 18 to Jan 8 I will be on a book tour in Ohio book stores, churches and libraries. Then I return to California and in February I do a book tour in Palm Springs at the Public Library and at Borders
Maryanne Raphael

Hi Carrie,

Welcome to the group and congratulations on all your successes! My novel, Mr. Planemaker's Flying Machine, was serialised this year on Preston FM, which was brilliant! Forty-eight daily episodes went out with weekly Sunday omnibus editions. Maybe we will be able to listen to a Joni-Pip serialisation soon. Let us know if it happens.

Hi Brett,

Welcome to the group! Good luck with the book!

Hi Patrizia,

Welcome! That is great news about the short story. I can't wait to read it. As soon as it is added to the website, I will send out a message inviting everyone to read it.

If anyone else would be interested in writing a short story (any length but must be original) check out the opening paragraph of the story on Visual Arts Junction:

http://www.visualartsjunction.com/?page_...

~Shelagh

Laurel that is so lovely, thank you so much!

It's a pity I can't post, on this site, another interview I did recently on BBC Radio. The Presenter, John Holmes was so encouraging, so good for any author!

I have been dubbed the Next J.K. Rowling, too but there will never be an author to follow her amazing success. One reviewer on Amazon said that 'Joni-Pip is as light as Harry Potter is dark', which is a pretty accurate description, if one was comparing (but 'comparison is odious', I quote a famous line), Joni-Pip is absolutely nothing like Harry Potter. I did chuckle about a large sign I saw in one book shop it said,

'Is C.K. from M.K. the next J.K.?

and somebody had handwritten in big letters underneath this.

'O.K.!'

Yes life is exciting, Laurel, I have been on the radio five times recently and Joni-Pip gets so much Media coverage. Both The Queen and The Prime Minister have copies of Joni-Pip; they were sent them by The Circleites, fans of Joni-Pip! They seem to do a lot of Marketing for me!

What about you then?

Carrie

Congratulations on your success, Carrie. How exciting for you and your book that the BBC gave you all that promotion with Joni-Pip. It sounds a lovely book. The very best with the Book signing tour. You sound as if you are having an exciting time. Laurel

We are all waiting to hear about you and your writing.
\Maryanne

Maryanne wrote: "Welcome to the group, Carrie. You will find this group inspirational
and helpful.
GOOD LUCK with your writing Maryanne Raphael"

Thank you so, Maryanne, I am looking forward to reading all about you all!

Carrie

Hi, I'm very happy to be of this group Published Authors. Tkanks, Shelagh, very much. I wrote about the short story you said me, "My way", I will send it as soon as possible (sincerely: I make a mistake when sent it...and...short story disappear...I am writing about it so each one smile).Good luck. Enjoy! Patrizia Cantusci

Hi, I am Brett R. Williams, Author of You Can Be Right or You Can Be Married. My book is available at my website Relationship Coaching Over the Phone I would love to have you visit my website and leave a comment. You Can Be Right or You Can Be Married Love-Based Solutions for Couples I am excited to join this group and here what every one else is doing with their books, etc. I read a lot of non-fiction and some fiction..including young adult fantasy. I read a lot of books on marriage, which relates to my business

Welcome to the group, Carrie. You will find this group inspirational
and helpful.
GOOD LUCK with your writing Maryanne Raphael

Greetings from Bedfordshire, England!

I feel a bit silly, as I am an author of children's books (The Life in the Wood with Joni-Pip), and you all seem very grown up on here!

I have been called 'The New Enid Blyton with attitude' on BBC Radio....is that a compliment? Joni-Pip was selected for a half an hour on a Children's Book Programme on BBC Radio 4, Go4it. (The crew came on location with me to my birthplace, along with Joni-Pip fans, it was brilliant)!

I have been enjoying a Book Signing Tour of England in Waterstone's Book Shops and have had some great 'Joni-Pip' Events at Waddesdon Manor, Center Parcs, The Dunstable Heritage Centre and The Eden Project.

I suppose the best part of writing is, to me, sharing my passion for reading and writing with others. so I simply adore giving talks at Writing Groups and Reading Groups, Libraries and Schools.

Cracking on with Book Two of The Circles Trilogy, right now.

Just joined this group, so forgive if I have written too much?

Carrie

Congrats!!!! ^_^

Congratulations Good luck with your book.
Maryanne Raphael

Congratulations C.m.!

I'm happy to announce that "The Albemarle Affair" is moving from ebook to a print edition and should be available from http://www.etreasurespublishing.com by the fifteenth. It is available from Amazon and other sites as well. I've been waiting a long time to get my hands on printed book I can wave around over my head. The ebook is still available of course.

Thanks, I 'm still trying to find time to actually work on my NaNo novel.

Good luck to all the NaNoWriMo writers. I did it last month and planned to do it again this year but the opportunity to do a book tour selling my book came up and I am taking advantage of it. Good luck to all who write this month. Writing is so healing
so fulfilling maryanne