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Third Annual Children's and MG Series: Sarah Scheerger

[image error] Getting published—every writer’s dream?


Life is about successive approximations—baby steps toward a larger goal. When I first started writing seriously and joined SCBWI, I heard repeatedly that it often took authors 5-10 years to make their first book sale. That sounded like a ridiculously long time. If it was going to take that many years, I wasn’t so sure I’d want to stick with it. I nearly gave up.


But life doesn’t come at us in 5 or 6 year chunks, it comes at us one day at a time. It did...

The Return of the Weekend Follies

[image error] Hey folks, we still have this weekend to help promote Nancy Thompson's book The Mistaken! Simply stop by Nancy Thompson’s blog. Copy and paste Nancy's pre-written Tweets into your Twitter page. When it's convenient for you to do so. You can do it once. Twice. Or throughout the next few days as many times as you want!
You can also go to #W4WS on Twitter and Retweet the many Tweets there. It only takes a few moments. Again, you can do this once, twice, or as many times a...

Getting To Know Me

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As a co-host of the A to Z Challenge, I'm posting a Q & A about myself so people can et to know me a little better. Enjoy!
Name: Stephen Todd Tremp
Blog: Breakthrough Blogs
Other Online Info: Twitter: "@StephenTremp," Facebook: StephenTremp, and Goodreads.
Publications: My realistic present day sci-fi action thrillers OPENING and BREAKTRHOUGH
10 GETTING TO KNOW YOU QUESTIONS
1. What is the most daring thing you've ever done?As a ki...

Writers4Writers Is here!

[image error] The day is finally here to roll out Writers4Writers! And Nancy Thompson is the first author we spotlight.
Writers4Writers (W4WS) Mission: • Help writers bring awareness of writers’ book(s) to tens of thousands of new people • Help writers reach Amazon Top 100 in at least one category (i.e., suspense, free, etc.) • Increase sales of their book(s) after the promo is over • Drive new traffic to their blog and increase following • Create verbal and viral buzz.
[image error] This Is How It Works: Simply stop by...

ISWG, Writers4Writers, Pink Links, and Other Fun Stuff

[image error] Writers4Writers: Thursday is the official kickoff of Writers4Writers (W4WS)! Nancy S. Thompson is our first author we spotlight. The concept is so simple yet so powerful. 
Stop by Nancy's blog and copy and paste her prewritten Tweets into your Twitter page and stop by our W4WS Facebook page and share her link to her recent release The Mistaken with your friends. That's it! Simple. Easy. Powerful.
ISWG: Thanks Alex Cavanaugh for one more opportunity to to express our concerns as a...

Third Annual Children's and MG Author Series: Jodi Carmichael

[image error] Hi everyone, and thanks for stopping by. Today I’m excited to kick off my Third Annual Children’s and MG Author Series with the talented Jodi Carmichael! Welcome Jodi and take it away .....
The Best 5 ½ Writing Tips for Children’s Book Writers. Ever.
 
 1. Don’t grow up. Peter Pan should become your new BFF. Dip into those childhood/teen memories, channelling every emotion. Write from that adolescent perspective, where every experience is your first and every emotion is new and fr...

Year End Kibbles and Pieces

[image error] Wow! December is shaping up to be a very busy month. What an awesome way to end the year! What’s on Tap:
December 3 - Lynda R. Young releases Birthright, part of the Make Believe series.
December 5 – Alex’s ISWG. One more opportunity to receive support before 2012 ends!
December 6 - We roll out Writers4Writers (W4WS) and I hope you will join us as we promote Nancy Thompson and her book The Mistaken. W4Ws Mission: [image error]
• Help writers bring awareness of their book(s) to tens of thousands of new peop...

A New Mini-Series: Our Solar System!!!

I have to get back to my roots and do something sciency.
History of our Solar System (from a scientific point of view)
On the surface, our personal solar system seems simple. Nine planets caught in a gravitational pull of our central sun. The moons of these nine planets caught in the gravitational pull of their respective parent planet. Simple. Clean. Efficient. Even peaceful. So simple we can make a solar system collage and hang it over a baby’s crib.
Yet our solar system is anything but simpl...

E. T. Registry Is Now Open For Business

[image error] Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by. I hope you all had a safe and awesome holiday weekend!
Today I’m excited to announce the launch of E. T. Registry where you can Own A Piece Of The Universe! (That's my slogan) You can buy extra-terrestrial real estate for a friend, family member, or that certain person you are not quite sure what to buy for Christmas.

My Mission: At the end of every four months (quarterly), E.T. Registry gives fully fifty percent of all proceeds to four organizations that...

Happy Thanksgiving

Here's wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!!! We truly do have much to be thankful for. I'm thankful to the Good Lord above for being, well, so good to me. Enjoy your time with family and friends and stay safe!
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Question: Care to share one thing you're thankful for?