Together, We Are Stronger: The Power of Co-Authoring

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  This week, I signed a contract with Harvest House Publishers for my 45th book.  This one is a wonderful collaboration between myself and a wonderful Bible study teacher, Jean Jones and a very talented artist in Karla Dornacher  (see Karla on Etsy). We each bring our strengths to the book and we also pull our platforms together for greater reach and influence. I have had the joy of co-authoring with some amazing people: Jill Savage,  the founder and President of Hearts at Home  for Got Teens?  (Harvest House) Doreen Hanna, the founder and President of Modern Day Princess ministry…

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Two Books by Dr. Sandra Glahn

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  Lethal Harvest: A Novel Co-authored with William Cutrer Kregel, May 27, 2016 ISBN-13: 978-082544409       In the midst of a malpractice lawsuit, an IVF clinic loses its brightest embryologist in a freak traffic accident. When a bomb destroys the lab and almost kills one of the deceased’s partners, the remaining partner pieces together illegalities in the embryologist’s research on an egg harvest. As the Machiavellian plot comes to light, everyone connected to the clinic is in danger.

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How to Find Outlets for Your Article

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by Sarah Hamaker, reluctant marketer Last month, we talked about how to figure out topics for articles. Today, we’ll tackle how to find outlets for your articles. Note that these will mostly be unpaid but since you’re using these articles for promotion, it’s okay to carefully choose some outlets for your work that don’t pay writers (or pay very little).

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How to Pick Article Topics

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By Sarah Hamaker, reluctant marketer Last month, we talked about how writing articles can be a fantastic marketing tool and platform booster. Today, we’ll tackle how to figure out what to write about for both fiction and nonfiction authors.

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Writing Articles as a Marketing Tool

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by Sarah Hamaker, reluctant marketer Articles can be a fantastic marketing tool for writers. After all, writers are passionate and articulate about our subjects, which can translate well into shorter pieces for blogs, magazines, newspapers and other forums, both online and in print.

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Make Money as an Author–Really!

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Marketing Ideas From Cheri Cowell Most Christian authors will tell you they are in this to get a message out, to impact the world, and to be faithful to this calling on their life. However, if we are truly honest, we’d also like to make some money. We know we aren’t going to make a ton of money, but if you’ve been in this crazy business for any length of time, you’d probably like to at the least not lose money. Here are a few ideas to help you reach that goal–really! .

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Your best bet … for marketing

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Hi, I’m Linda J. White writing from Somerville, Virginia, where the cherry trees and Bradford pears are in full bloom, blowing blossoms everywhere and proclaiming the beauty of God’s creation. As writers, we, too long to bloom, to create, to proclaim his name to the four corners of the world. We write our hearts out, and then, well, how do we tell the world about it?

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Top 5 Marketing Mistakes Writers Make

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  by Sarah Hamaker, reluctant marketer Marketing takes time, and for us writers, that’s usually time away from our writing. With marketing a necessary part of our writing business, we need to ensure we are marketing smart and not spinning our wheels on things that don’t generate results. Here are the top 5 marketing mistakes that can waste our time and drain our creativity.

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Are You a Candidate for Niche marketing?

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Marketing Ideas From Cheri Cowell Niche marketing is identifying and reaching out directly to groups of potential readers. It’s also about finding an angle in your book that is unique and attractive to a smaller market than the broad market of some books. So the question is–is your book a good candidate for niche marketing and if so how do you use this to your advantage? .

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