Launch Parties Are Even More Fun the Second Time Around!

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  Hi Everyone! Pamela S. Meyers here with another post on promoting your book. I’m currently in the midst of marketing my latest release, so that’s what I’m writing about this month.   My historical romance, Love Finds You in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin’s original release date was in April, and months ago I scheduled a launch event at the Geneva Lake Museum in Lake Geneva for Saturday, April 27th. That’s me in the picture signing books at the event. Early on I made out my to-do list.  Prepare a slideshow (PowerPoint) presentation on my personal history with the town and…

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What is life’s purpose?

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By Janet Perez Eckles Last Wednesday, my dear friend and I stepped into a nice hotel nestled in the busy part of Miami, near the airport. She put a large gift basket in my hands. “I think they left this for you.” What a lovely surprise! And on the night table was a stand with a copy of my new release, Simplemente Salsa, to be launched at EXPOLIT (an annual event for publishers, bookstores, music artists and distributors—an event to0 huge for my brain to take in).

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Oh, That Zany English Language!

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Hello!  Maureen Pratt here with another blog post about the writing art and craft. This time, some thoughts about the English language and how we might mix it up a little to yield fresh "color," insight, and depth to our work. Two real life events have inspired me to blog about this. One was a conversation I overheard in the post office. It went like this: Postal Clerk (handing Customer a pane of stamps): Here you go. Customer: Where? Here I go where? Postal Clerk: Your stamps, sir. Here you go. Customer: Where do I go? Postal Clerk (pointing at…

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Tips from the Pros: Kathy Harris

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Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California. Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Kathy Harris, who has a fascinating writing history, starting with writing biographies of entertainers. Kathy’s debut novel, The Road to Mercy, highlights her background in the Christian music industry. With her background in marketing, she has some great insight for us today! Kathy, how did you get into writing? How many books do you have published? I’ve wanted to write since I was a child and kept that dream through high school and college, graduating with a communications degree from Southern Illinois University. I was offered a…

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Diamond In The Rough – A New Release

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  Title: Diamond in the Rough, Book One of the Charm & Deceit series Publisher: Whitaker House Authors: Jennifer AlLee & Lisa Karon Richardson Release date: May 1, 2013 Genre: Historical Romance About the book: Grant Diamond is a professional gambler on the run from his past. When he comes across a wagon wreck, the chance to escape his pursuers is too good a gamble to pass up, and he assumes the identity of the dead driver.

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Tips from the Pros: Marsha Hubler

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Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California! Today I have the joy of interviewing multi-published novelist Marsha Hubler, whose love for horses, children, and the Amish and Mennonites is expressed in her stories. Marsha, How did you get into writing? I started about twenty years ago with poetry, short stories, and articles published in magazines. I always had the desire to write, but life got in the way until I was in my forties.

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Captured By Moonlight – A New Release

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  Captured By Moonlight by Christine Lindsay Amazon Link Prisoners to their own broken dreams…   After a daring rescue goes awry, the parched north of India grows too hot for nurse Laine Harkness and her friend Eshana. The women flee to the tropical south…and run headlong into their respective pasts.

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Research For Suspense Writing— Part IV plus Michigan Christian Writers Conference.

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Welcome to the Can Blog on Writing from Gail Gaymer Martin  at www.GaiGaymerMartin.com Spring brings flowers and trees heavy with blooms, a rebirth for the world, and that’s how I see writing, a rebirth of ideas born in my head but given life on paper. I hope these ideas inspire you. I have two topics today — one is the research techniques for suspense fiction and the other an invitation to a conference I’ll be keynoting along with a book signing in Owosso, MI on Saturday, May 25. Here’s the info: Mid-Michigan Christian Writer’s Conference in Owosso MI, Keynote Speaker: Gail Gaymer…

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Marketing: Build Bridges to Your Books

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Aloha from Karen Whiting!   I’ve been writing for nearly two decades and continually spent time networking to build bridges and marketing strategies. We can’t do everything at once but with persistence we can build various platforms. Let me share how the past has been a bridge to recent and upcoming releases.  

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