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January 23, 2023
Welcome to international author Michael Barrington who spent ten tumultuous years in West Africa after joining a French order of Catholic missionary Priests, was a hermit for a year in Northern Ireland, taught in Madrid, and spent 4 years in Puerto Rico as
Michael Barrington, an international author from Manchester, England, spent his teen age years at a boarding school in the Lake District. After joining a French Order of Catholic Missionary priests, he spent ten years in West Africa, several of them during a civil war when he was stood up to be shot. He lived for …
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January 16, 2023
Thanks to Suzanne Sherman for these FIVE TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING!
All the best writers do it. They develop a piece as they write subsequent drafts, improving the writing every time. Philip Roth says, “The book really comes to life in the rewriting.” Joyce Carol Oates says most of her time writing is really rewriting. John Irving says, “Maybe as much as two-thirds of my life …
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January 9, 2023
You won’t believe it: No sweat marketing! Take a look at Michael Barrington’s approach:
No Sweat Marketing Marketing one’s books can at times appear to be a daunting task. Like most authors I have a well-developed plan which includes good use of social media, a solid website from which I also blog, make an occasional presentation and promote my books by writing articles for various magazines. But over the …
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January 2, 2023
Kerri Schlottman tells me what other authors influence her, why she writes, where her characters come from, and so much more! You’ll find Kerri’s comments on writing and publishing inspiring and insightful. Join us
On my blog today, I’m talking to the lovely Kerri Schlottman, whose novel Tell Me One Thing will be released by Regal House Publishing on January 31. Kerri Schlottman is the author of Tell Me One Thing (Regal House Publishing, January 31, 2023). Her writing has placed second in the Dillydoun International Fiction Prize, been longlisted …
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December 26, 2022
Henry James urges us to “Be someone on whom nothing is lost,” writers and readers! Good advice for this new year.
Many writers try to live up to Henry James’ advice: “Be someone on whom nothing is lost.” We writers need to approach our internal and external realities in a mindful way, taking in as much as we can so that when we write description, create dialogue, and develop characters, we have plenty of material to …
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December 19, 2022
Great marketing advice from publicist Ann-Marie Nieves
For years, I’ve received emails from Writer Unboxed that promote “empowering, positive, and provocative ideas about the craft and business of fiction.” In a recent one, Ann-Marie Nieves of Get Red PR gave excellent advice about marketing that she’s given me permission to share with you today on my blog. Read on! A good percentage of my …
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December 12, 2022
Do published writers need media kits & sell sheets? Read on!
Until a recently, I had no idea what a media kit or sell sheet was. They seemed like something only a publisher or publicist would need to create, not an author. In some cases, my assumption might be correct. But for those of us who are published by presses with limited marketing budgets, or if …
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December 5, 2022
Take the mystery out of landing pages!
In my last post I spoke of the difficulties I had upgrading my WordPress blog to a new theme. Today’s post is an extension of that one. Landing pages have become an important tool for bloggers and others that have products to sell. They offer an opportunity to collect followers’ info more directly before that …
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November 28, 2022
Thinking of changing your WordPress theme? Think again!
Well, I certainly didn’t expect that setting up a new WordPress blog theme would take over my life, but it did. It started so innocently. I began browsing through my then free WordPress themes, searching for one that would give me a more professional online look as a published author. There were many to choose …
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November 21, 2022
Meet the author Monday! Welcome to Michael Keith, a lover of micro-fiction. Join us
Michal C. Keith, is associate professor emeritus at Boston College. Known for his work in radio studies, he received several awards, among them the Lifetime Achievement Award in Scholarship from the Broadcast Education Association and the Frank Stanton Fellowship from the International Radio Television Association. Prior to entering academe he was a radio broadcaster. He …
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