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Middle Grade Fiction with Brooks Benjamin – #K8Chat

#K8chat is a weekly chat for authors AND readers. Every week we join together to talk about a new book/publishing topic, usually with an awesome special guest and prizes! #k8chat is held every Thursday at 9pm Eastern. You can check out our previous chats log on the #K8chat page.

This week on #K8chat I (@K8Tilton) will be joined by special guest Brooks Benjamin(@brooksbenjamin).This week we are chatting about middle grade fiction. Join in for a fun chat about great middle grade novels!

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The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury Book Review

Title: The Sin Eater’s Daughter
Series: The Sin Eater’s Daughter(Book 1)
Author:Melinda Salisbury
Publication Date:February 24, 2015
Pages:336 pages
Format:Audiobook
Source:Audiobook SYNC
Purchase: Amazon| Apple | Kobo

Summary (Goodreads):
A startling, seductive, deliciously dark debut that will shatter your definition of YA fantasy. Sixteen-year-old Twylla lives in the castle. But although she’s engaged to the prince, no one speaks to her. No one even looks at her. Because Twylla isn’t a mem...

Mental Illness in Books with Ami Allen-Vath – #K8Chat

#K8chat is a weekly chat for authors AND readers. Every week we join together to talk about a new book/publishing topic, usually with an awesome special guest and prizes! #k8chat is held every Thursday at 9pm Eastern. You can check out our previous chats log on the #K8chat page.

This week on #K8chat I (@K8Tilton) will be joined by special guest Ami Allen-Vath (@amilouiseallen).This week we are chatting about mental illness in books. Join in and chat about books & writing aboutmental illness!...

How To Make the Most of Attending Decatur Book Festival

Every other week, the DBFhas a different literary blogger/insider sharing their “Inside Scoop” on various tracks, authors, and opportunities that will be at #dbf2016.Here is my contribution to their series!

Are you an author? Or maybe you are a freelance editor or another publishing professional. If so, you need to be at the AJC Decatur Book Festival (DBF).

DBF is a free annual book festival hosted in downtown Decatur (a suburb of Atlanta) and it has EVERYTHING. From food trucks and booths...

Book Marketing with Melissa Flickinger and Rachel Thompson – #K8Chat

#K8chat is a weekly chat for authors AND readers. Every week we join together to talk about a new book/publishing topic, usually with an awesome special guest and prizes! #k8chat is held every Thursday at 9pm Eastern. You can check out our previous chats log on the #K8chat page.

This week on #K8chat I (@K8Tilton) will be joined by special guests Melissa Flickinger(@MelissaFlicks) and Rachel Thompson (@RachelintheOC).This week we are chatting about book marketing. Join in tolearn book marketi...

Gif Interview with S. Usher Evans

Today I am pleased to have S. Usher Evanswith us for a gif interview! In case you are new to the site, a gif interview is where the author is only allowed to answer my questions using gifs or pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Hello S. Usher Evans and welcome to the Blog!

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You have just released the second book in your Madion War Trilogy (which is AMAZING btw, congrats!), did you feel nervous about its release?

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Marketing for Debut Authors with Thomas Whaley – #K8Chat

#K8chat is a weekly chat for authors AND readers. Every week we join together to talk about a new book/publishing topic, usually with an awesome special guest and prizes! #k8chat is held every Thursday at 9pm Eastern. You can check out our previous chats log on the #K8chat page.

This week on #K8chat I (@K8Tilton) will be joined by special guest Thomas Whaley(@AuthorTomWhaley).This week we are chatting about marketing for debut authors. Join in tolearnabout establishing a market & followers a...

This is Why You Should Try These 2 Goodreads Features

How are you incorporating Goodreads into your book marketing strategy? Or are you?

With 50 million users on this site, it’s a great place to upload your reading wish list and share your reviews. But why stop there?

Goodreads has many features that can help you to promote your books.

Before we get any further, I sense the need to discuss a caveat to book promotion on Goodreads. You see, I’m not using the word marketing in the sense of rapidly growing your friend list and then emailing them ab...

Book Blogging with Barb Drozdowich – #K8Chat

#K8chat is a weekly chat for authors AND readers. Every week we join together to talk about a new book/publishing topic, usually with an awesome special guest and prizes! #k8chat is held every Thursday at 9pm Eastern. You can check out our previous chats log on the #K8chat page.

This week on #K8chat I (@K8Tilton) will be joined by special guestBarb Drozdowich(@sugarbeatbc).This week we are chatting about book blogging. Join in tolearnmore tips about book bloggingfor bloggers and authors!

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Social Media Etiquette You Need to Know

A Quick Reference Guide forAuthors DON’T:

…tag recently added friends or followers you just met unless they’ve given you permission or asked you to do so. People come to social media for lots of reasons and those reasons are rarely (if ever) to buy something.

DO:

…ask before tagging anyone in a post. Unless you’ve developed a repertoire with the friend in question, ask first. People are a bit more willing to accept and even appreciate cute, funny, or inspirational posts you’ve tagged them in...