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April 25, 2009
Sandy Nathan's book, Numenon, wins the 2009 Nautilus Silver Award––now it competes for the Gold!
Numenon, by Sandy Nathan, is a Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner!
When I was notified that Numenon had won the 2009 Nautilus Silver Award, I had one of those 'boo-hoo' moments, overwhelmed with joy and gratitude. In my article How to Win a Book Contest, I lay out all the steps winning requires. What I don't say is the moment you submit your entry, the matter is out of your hands. Nothing guarantees that your book will win.
The best-prepared book has to fend for itself against authors and publishe
Sandy Nathan’s book, Numenon, wins the 2009 Nautilus Silver Award––now it competes for the Gold!
Numenon, by Sandy Nathan, is a Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner!
When I was notified that Numenon had won the 2009 Nautilus Silver Award, I had one of those ‘boo-hoo’ moments, overwhelmed with joy and gratitude. In my article How to Win a Book Contest, I lay out all the steps winning requires. What I don’t say is the moment you submit your entry, the matter is out of your hands. Nothing guarantees that your book will win.
The best-prepared book has to fend for itself against authors and publishe
April 18, 2009
Award Winning Book Covers: Your Book WILL Be Judged by its Cover. Book Cover Coaching.
"It May Be Forever" Cover by Lewis Agrell. I love this cover!
Most of the book contests, like the Benjamin Franklin Awards, IPPYs, Indie Excellence, and all the rest, are closed for the year. The books have been submitted and they're being judged. Will your book win? Two f
Award Winning Book Covers: Your Book WILL Be Judged by its Cover. Make It Sing!
"It May Be Forever" Cover by Lewis Agrell. I love this cover!
Most of the book contests, like the Benjamin Franklin Awards, IPPYs, Indie Excellence, and all the rest, are closed for the year. The books have been submitted and they’re being judged. Will your book win? Two f
April 2, 2009
Win Book Contests - Make Your Book a Winner!
With horses, you win the minute you walk into the arena. This is a Matched Pairs Class at the La Bahia Peruvian Horse Show in Watsonville, CA. My husband and I are riding horses that are full brothers––same mom & pop. Except for the extra chrome (white markings) on Azteca, these horses pass for identical. The judge told us after the class, "You won that class the minute you walked into the arena." Your book will win or lose the same way.
Most of the 2009 book contests are closed. The books are an
March 24, 2009
Numenon Kindle Is .99 on Amazon!
Numenon: A Tale of Mysticism & Money
The Kindle version of Numenon: A Tale of Mysticism & Mystery is available and priced at an unbelievable 99 cents!
Am I crazy? I’ll find out. Here’s a link to Numenon on the Amazon Kindle Store!
Buy the Kindle version of Numenon, and you can enter the world of Will Duane, the richest man on earth, and Grandfather, a great Native shaman, in less then a 60 seconds. Numenon won two national awards as an Advance Reading Copy. It’s entered in more contests. We’re wait
March 23, 2009
Rewrite Your Draft Novel NEED MOTIVATION? TALK TO COUSIN Part 3
This is Roberta, my cousin from Seligman, Missouri. Isn't she the cutest thing you've ever seen? I'd better finish writing that sequel.
“SANDY, I’VE GOT A REAL BONE TO PICK WITH YOU,” Roberta said, sounding peeved. She’s my cousin from Missouri. We were on the phone. I hadn’t talked to her in ages. “WHEN YOU SENT ME YOUR BOOK, I LOVED IT. I STUCK MY NOSE IN IT AND DIDN’T STOP READING UNTIL I WAS FINISHED. YOU COULDN’T PRY ME OFF.
“I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE SEQUEL. I WANT TO KNOW WHEN THE HELL I’
Rewrite Your Draft Novel: Turn a 240,000 Word Monster into a Tidy 100,000 Word Manuscript! Part 2
Here’s a conversation between me and my editor:
Sandy: I just started the rewrite of Mogollon, and counted the words in its multitudinous files. 240K words. Arggh! I thought I had it half rewritten. Any tips?
Melanie Rigney (Editor for You): Yes
1. Identify your protagonist.
2. Identify where he/she is at the beginning of the book… and where you want him/her to be at the end.
3. Identify the crisis/turning points in the book that the protagonist faces (and wins or loses) within the book.
4.
March 22, 2009
Rewrite Your Draft Novel: Do You Have Permission to Begin? PART 1
Numenon: A Tale of Mysticism & Money. Mogollon, Numenon's sequel is coming. As soon as I rewrite it.
When my editor sent me a succinct five-step formula for reducing my monstrous 240,000 word draft of a novel to a crisp 100,000 words, I had an “Ahah!” moment. Why not blog it? Perfect. Share my travail with the world. Get a sense of accountability because other people were traveling along with me, hoping to learn something. Cheering me on. (Yes, it’s OK to post comments, as long as they’re not sp
March 20, 2009
Personality Type for Writers: What Writers Must Know
Amore et Psyche––Desire and the soul. Today, we'll talk about psyche, the soul.
Personality type may seem an abstract and unnecessary thing for writers to be concerned about. Shouldn’t we be polishing our prose with our writing groups and editors, instead of worrying about our psychological types?
No. Personality type is something writers must know, in addition to how to construct a killer novel and get it sold. Why?
1. You have a personality type whether you know it or not, and whether you care ab
