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We could all take a lesson from Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta…

Anyone who has been writing for any length of time has had the following drummed into them: In order to sell books you need to -  1. Have a fantastic cover 2. Have engaging characters 3. Have an intriguing plot I submit to you that Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta - AKA Lady Gaga – has all […]

GUEST POST: ‘Book covers sell the story?’ by Paula Limbaugh | Greyhart Press

Whether, online or in an actual bookstore the first thing that grabs my attention is the cover.  Walking through the aisles of B&N it’s like they are all screaming “Me, me, pick me!”    If the artwork is good I will read the synopsis, if not I will pass it up unless I recognize the author […]

Hey y’all! “Between Faith and Fear” (Captive Series Volume II), by J. A. Dennam is available on Amazon NOW…check it out!

Click on the cover to get it on Amazon! Book Description: TESTING THE LIMITS Melanie Parker’s life takes a gut-wrenching turn when she wakes up in a crumbling, unfamiliar environment. Even worse, her small child is in the arms of a certifiable killer, but Rena Hellberg isn’t the only immediate threat. Melanie’s abductor lurks in […]

3 Pillars of Selling More Books Online | Beth Bacon Digital Book World

After this one article, I’m a fan By Beth Bacon In the digital book marketplace, individual authors fight in the same ring with legacy publishers. The big publishers have an advantage: the power of their reputations grabs the notice of readers. Indie authors and publishers struggle for any attention at all. The “little guys” can […]

Family Stories. THE RESISTANCE IN THE REGION OF PARIS. THE BROTHERS MIRET MUSTÉ | By Olga Nunez Miret

As you will remember I have posted in a number of occasions about my mother’s uncles, Josep and Conrado Miret Musté, who fought both in the Spanish Civil War and later in France, taking part in the French Resistance against the occupying German forces. My cousin Joan Molet sent me another article talking in more detail about […]

Who’s Afraid To Market Their Book? – The Writer’s Shack

By Ms. Bianca Sloane - Tips for promoting your book when you have no idea where to start (or are too scared). Part One Dip into any writer’s forum on the web and guaranteed, one of the hot topics will be about the dreaded “M” word: Marketing. The mere mention of it can send some […]

What Ever Happened to Book Editors? By Marjorie Braman, independent editor and consultant…

I blame my parents for my love of reading, but I blame Scott Berg’s biography of Maxwell Perkins (Max Perkins: Editor of Genius) for my desire to become an editor. Fitzgerald! Hemmingway! Thomas Wolfe! Encouraging one novelist to drink less and write more; massaging the ego of another; wrestling the wild imagination of a third […]

A little warm-your-heart homecoming video to start your Wednesday off right…

After telling his mother (me) he couldn’t make it home from deployment after over a year and a half of being away, Michael came home and surprised me and his sister on Christmas Eve. Lidiya asked all of us to sit in the living room because she had a message from Michael to read to us […]

Making that one sentence work – Author Stephen Woodfin at Venture Galleries

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Making that one sentence work – Author Stephen Wookdfin at Venture Galleries

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