Michelle Athy's Blog, page 34

Long Time, No Post

Just a fly by to let everyone know that I'm alive. Sorry about the radio silence! I've been a bit under the weather this last week or so (it's a cold, but with a gnarly cough), which means I couldn't...

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Author Charts & Pearl news

When you give birth to a book, you are then obliged to look at graphs and charts telling you things about your book. But before we get to that, I wanted to mention that Pearl is now wide. She's up...

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IWSG: Two Questions

This is October's IWSG post! The IWSG posts every first Wednesday to discuss our neurotic, needy writing problems among others like us, led by our ninja captain Alex J. Cavanagh. Sign up here!...

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What I've Been Reading

I'm something like eight books away from my arbitrary 42 book goal for this year. This isn't going to be my usual list but more of a dissection of what I've been reading most recently. So, I started...

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Elsie Fest 2015

Today--Sunday, September 27th--my friend Jess and I went to Pier 97 on the West Side Highway in Manhattan to attend the first annual Elsie Fest (named after Sally's friend in Cabaret)! Elsie Fest was...

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Amazon Keywords

Back in June, just after I put Pearl up on Amazon, I came across a thread on AbsoluteWrite discussing keywords. Amazon keywords are important because they help potential readers find your work....

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Family History Mysteries

My cousin Liz went on a three-week long study abroad course to Belfast, Northern Ireland this summer--and she brought me back this book. I should probably explain. I appointed myself the family...

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5 More Things I've Learned About Writing Recently

1. Writing friends are awesome My first college writing professor told me that while writing is a solitary occupation, writers still need people. I didn't quite believe her. Sorry, Professor Triant,...

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Randi Lee's Affected Buy One, Get One!!

The Affected BOGO is Upon Us… Author Randi Lee is running a buy one, get one promotion for two of her books: purchase a copy of Randi Lee’s “Affected” between September 14—22, 2015 and receive a...

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The London Theater World, 1890s

The theater world of London in the late 1890s was an exciting place. Burlesque was a big part of that world in the 1880s--bawdy songs, dancing, farce. These shows were short, silly, and pastiches...

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