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December 1, 2014
“10 Underestimated Blogs Worth a Writer’s Attention” from Where Writers Win
“10 Underestimated Blogs Worth a Writer’s Attention” from Where Writers Win
and, add http://www.sallyember.com/blog – http://go.shr.lc/1wdm3Wa via @WhereWritersWin
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An Open Letter to my Earlier Self about #Book #Reviews and #Reviewers Guest Post on The Book Cove goes LIVE today
An Open Letter to my Earlier Self about #Book #Reviews and #Reviewers Guest Post on The Book Cove goes LIVE today, 12/1/14, and is part of a series.
http://www.thebookcove.com/2014/12/author-sally-ember-edd-open-letter-to.html
Check on Mondays, 11/24/14 and 12/8 and 12/15/14 for the rest of the series! http://www.thebookcove.com
Filed under: Indie or Self-Publishing, Life lessons, Marketing, Reviews, This Changes Everything, This Changes My Family and My Life Forever, Volume I of The Spanners, Volume II of The Spanners, Writing Tagged: Book Cove Reviews, Book Reviews, guest blogger, indie author, Indie Publishing, reviewers, Sally Ember, The Book Cove
November 30, 2014
Behold The Gates Of Mercy
This is painfully beautiful.. Another memorable contribution from the unique voice and mind of Leonard Cohen. Brilliant of him to have the “angelic chorus” so we could hear the sweetness of the melody his voice can’t convey. Thanks for posting!
Originally posted on What Comes from Silence:
Come Healing
O gather up the brokenness
And bring it to me now
The fragrance of those promises
You never dared to vow
The splinters that you carry
The cross you left behind
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb
Behold the gates of mercy
In arbitrary space
And none of us deserving
The cruelty or the grace
O solitude of longing
Where love has been confined
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
O see the darkness yielding
That tore the light apart
Come healing of the reason
Come healing of the heart
O troubled dust concealing
An undivided love
The Heart beneath is teaching
To the broken Heart above
O let the heavens falter
And let the earth proclaim:
Come healing of the…
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The Works of 10 Contemporary Native American Poets
#poets #poetry #poems #NativeAmerican I’ve already enjoyed Sherman Alexie, Joy Harjo and Leslie Marmon Silko. Will soon learn more about their poetry and meet the other poets and their work.
Originally posted on Flavorwire:
November is Native American Heritage Month — and we’re celebrating with a selection of poems from contemporary Native American writers. Joy Harjo, whose writing is featured below, once wrote: “The literature of the aboriginal people of North America defines America. It is not exotic. The concerns are particular, yet often universal.” These poets explore these universalities, as well as historical concerns and the issues facing Native Americans in the contemporary world.
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Clean Indie Reads Holiday Sale! 12/1 – 7/14 #CR4U
Clean Indie Reads Holiday Sale! 12/1-7/14 #CR4U
“Flinch-Free” Fiction in EVERY genre available in Children’s, Middle-Grade, YA, Adult, New Adult and mixed-age audiences, both ebook and print format for most authors (ebooks only for some, including me) for this great sale! Ends right before #READTUESDAY, 12/9/14, so you can purchase your books/ebooks early and be all set for all the winter holidays’ gift-giving!
Link to Holiday Sale Books/Authors List: http://www.cleanindiereadsale.com/
My sale book is under “Paranormal/Fantasy” and my FREE book is on the “CIR Books” page, same category.
Thanks to Peggy McAloon for this banner.
ALSO: Special Facebook Party with extra give-aways and other fun, Dec. 2, 3, and 4th. I’m hosting 12/4/14, noon – 1 PM EST USA! Please join if you can and invite your friends! https://www.facebook.com/events/736327333128065/
My ebooks are on sale specially for this promotion!
Volume II, This Changes My Family and My Life Forever of The Spanners Series
Promotional price: $2.79 (usually $3.99; 30% discount coupon below)
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/424969
Coupon Code: ER73G
Expires: December 8, 2014
Intrigued by multiple timelines, aliens, psi skills, romance and planetary change? Clara and the alien “Band” are back in Volume II, This Changes My Family and My Life Forever of The Spanners Series. Now as Chief Communicator, Clara leads the way for interspecies communication on- and off-planet. Fighting these changes are the Psi-Defiers, led by one of the oldest friends of the Chief of the Psi-Warriors, its reluctant leader, Rabbi Moran Ackerman. Stories from younger Spanners about the first five years of The Transition fill Volume II. How would YOU do with the changes?
Cover art and logo by Aidana Willowraven: http://www.willowraven-illustration.blogspot.com/
Volume I, This Changes Everything, The Spanners Series, by Sally Ember, Ed.D., is PERMAFREE everywhere! Start with this and keep going!
Dr. Clara Ackerman Branon, 58, begins having secret visits from holographic representations of beings from the Many Worlds Collective, a consortium of planet and star systems in the multiverse. When Earth is invited to join the consortium, the secret visits are made public. Now Earthers must adjust their beliefs and ideas about life, religion, culture, identity and everything they think and are. Clara is selected to be the liaison between Earth and the Many Worlds Collective and she chooses Esperanza Enlaces to be the Media Contact. They team up to provide information to stave off riots and uncertainty. The Many Worlds Collective holos train Clara and the Psi-Warriors for the Psi Wars with the rebelling Psi-Defiers, communicate effectively with many species on Earth and off-planet, eliminate ordinary, elected governments and political boundaries, convene a new group of Global Leaders, and deal with family’s and friends’ reactions. In what multiple timelines of the ever-expanding multiverse do Clara and her long-time love, Epifanio Dang, get to be together and which leave Clara alone and lonely as the leader of Earth? This Changes Everything begins the 30-year story of Clara’s term as Earth’s first Chief Communicator, continuing in nine more Volumes of The Spanners Series. Are YOU ready for the changes?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HFELTG8
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/376197
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November 29, 2014
19 Short Story Competitions
#ShortStory #Writers: Take note!
http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2014/11/27/19-short-story-competitions-2015/
Originally posted on J. Giambrone:
19 Short Story Competitions in 2015
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The teachings of Alan Watts animated by the makers of South Park
I LOVE this. Please watch and share! Alan Watts via the creators of “South Park.” Priceless. One gem: “[if you lived just for the end, success or whatever], you missed the entire point. …[Life] was a musical thing. You were supposed to sing or dance while the thing was being played.” http://damiengwalter.com/2014/11/29/the-teachings-of-alan-watts-animated-by-the-makers-of-south-park/
Originally posted on Damien G. Walter:
Yes, the creators of South Park have given many gifts to the world. Now they’ve turned their attention to Buddhism and Zen philosopher Alan Watts by animating a selection of his teachings, in their usually hilarious and irreverent style. It’s wonderful. Press play and enjoy.
And match Watt’s spoken word with his written thoughts in The Way of Zen and This Is It.
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November 28, 2014
Developing Natural Audience – A Correspondence with Rachel Thompson
Great info and advice for #writers about #bookmarketing (I know; our favorite thing to do!).
Originally posted on Project Mavens:
As part of my continuing correspondence series, Developing Natural Audience, I decided to reach out to author, book promoter and social media consultant, Rachel Thompson. Many of you may know Rachel from her company, Bad Redhead Media. Rachel is also the brains behind the Twitter blog sharing meme, #MondayBlogs, which she started back in 2012.
Here’s a look at our e-mail exchange:
Dear Rachel,
As I mentioned to you, the interview I recently published with Marc Zegans, The Art of Finding Natural Audience set off a firestorm of a response. It seems that many writers and other creative people are experiencing real pain around the prospect of promoting their work after it’s been completed.
As someone who specializes in the area of book promotion, when dealing with the particular experience of authors who have put so much of themselves into their work, do you find…
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#Book #Marketing Buzz Blog‘s post: Happy Thanksgiving Day, Books!
BookMarketingBuzzBlog‘s post: Happy Thanksgiving Day, Books!
Posted: 26 Nov 2014 10:45 AM PST
Brian Feinblum posted this on his site, Book Marketing Buzz Blog, which I highly recommend that you subscribe to if you are an #author.
Brian’s blog is “A unique blog dedicated to covering the worlds of book publishing and the news media, revealing creative ideas, practical strategies, interesting stories, and provocative opinions. Along the way, discover savvy but entertaining insights on book marketing, public relations, branding, and advertising from a veteran of two decades in the industry of book publishing publicity and marketing.”
image from http://sentidodelamaravilla.blogspot.com
I link to the full post here and quote a bit of it. Thanks, Brian!
Brian offered his own intro, then asked: “How can we spread the word about the power of books?“
Here are some of his answers. Read his post for the entire, excellent list.
· Start by gifting [books] this holiday season.
· Read more books
· Serve as a literacy tutor to young kids or ESL adults
· Keep buying books – don’t settle for free ebooks
· Form a book group or join one
· Attend author signing and speaking events
· Donate more books to schools, libraries, and chairties.
· Discuss books with others. Don’t ask your friends if they saw the latest movie. Ask what they’re reading.
· Read to your kids and then discuss what was read. Learning becomes fun this way.
· Reproduce your favorite book covers, frame them – and hang them on your walls
Brian Feinblum can be found:
on Twitter @theprexpert
via email brianfeinblum@gmail.com.
His post is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2014
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November 27, 2014
Give Thanks for Reading
Look on 12/8/14 for MY sales and a discount coupon to commemorate #READTUESDAY http://www.sallyember.com/blog Happy Holidays and READ this season!
Originally posted on ReadTuesday:
THANK YOU
Ever read a great book? Be thankful for the author who spent years writing it.
That book grabbed your interest and entertained you. It may have communicated valuable knowledge. The story may have drawn you in. You may have fallen in love with the characters. Perhaps you became part of another world. It could be a better world, or a highly exciting world. An escape from reality. The story may have moved you.
The author may have spent years writing the book. Doing research. Learning and developing the skills needed to craft the masterpiece. Spending months searching for agents or publishers, writing query letters, or taking a huge risk by self-publishing. Marketing avidly, struggling to build a following, all to help you discover that great book.
So much time and effort perfecting a few hundred pages. All for your benefit.
This Thanksgiving, thank an author.
There are many…
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