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Want to be published, and succeed? Here are just a few things you may need to know how to do.
- write a kick ass book
- land a fantastic, eager, well-connected literary agent
- do all you can to help sell your book through self-promotion
- spend money, lots of money
- get a web presence with blog, facebook, twitter, linkedin, good reads
- hire a publicist
- understand online marketing and advertising
- jump on the e-book bandwagon
- sell… but don’t sell out
- write another book
- and another
Great insight on what publishing is like today from a pro… check it out.…
Wondering if there’s an audience for your book?
When I open the Modern Truck Drivers Facebook page and see over 1000 friend requests waiting, I feel prettty sure I have an audience for the photo essay book of modern drivers.
Now, with the new novel nearing completion- a mystery series featuring a sassy female trucker.. well, I am all smiles on this day in Georgia.
Especially when I clicked on this video sent by a new Facebook buddy. You gotta love it.
Terry Wooley sings Big Boy’s Toy
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Habits of Famous Writers
Stephen King
“There are certain things I do if I sit down to write,” he said. “I have a glass of water or a cup of tea. There’s a certain time I sit down, from 8:00 to 8:30, somewhere within that half hour every morning,” he explained. “I have my vitamin pill and my music, sit in the same seat, and the papers are all arranged in the same places. The cumulative purpose of doing these things the same way every day seems to be a way of saying to the mind, you’re going to be dreaming soon.
“It’s not
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Now I Know What Joe Knows
Joe Konrath writes a blog called A Newbie’s Guild to Publishing.
I’d like to share a recent post of his which is both enlightening and inspiring. Enjoy.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
What I Know
I’ve been blogging for almost five years, and am closing in on 500 blog posts all about the publishing industry.
As a result, this blog gets a lot of hits from people who don’t know who I am. That’s the point. As I’ve said many times, anyone can find you on the net if they’re looking for you. The goal is to have people find you …
Notes from the Universe
If I have not shared this before, I should have.
My friend Kari turned me onto TUT ( totally unique thoughts) a while ago:
It’s free to sign up and they will send you “Daily reminders of life’s magic and your divinity.”
Here’s mine for today.
Here’s the thing, Linda. Admission into time and space requires a belief in limits: a belief that both time and space are real; that you can therefore have and have-not; that love can be lost or found; and that you are what your physical senses show you and no more. These illusions immediately lead …
I waited a good long time to say, "My psychic told me…"
He read these cards and told me wonderful, curious things and also some bad, sorrowful things. Just to be fair.
They say reading tarot cards can foster hope and temperance.
These particular cards are called PSY CARDS. They explore Jungian psychology in tandem with the meanings of the 40 cards in the Psy•Card System deck.
it was pretty cool, except for me insulting the cat.
My friend who came with me did not have half as good a time, or half as good a psychic, but he still bought me lunch.
The good?
I will get a literary …
