Christine Rose

Author: Christine Rose

  • #Hashtags on Twitter

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    Twitter is a strange bird, indeed. If you’re new to Twitter and you don’t understand what you’re seeing, it can be rather intimidating, but used correctly, Twitter is a powerful marketing and community building tool. I dedicate a rather large section of my book Publishing & Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author to Twitter because…

  • Piracy Results

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    Over the past 6 weeks, I’ve been conducting an experiment, both here with Rowan of the Wood & a little more secretly with Publishing & Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author and over on O. M. Grey’s blog with Avalon Revisited. And as promised, today I’m posting the results of that experiment. The results are…

  • Amazon is an Author’s Best Friend

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    Hands down. I get a check from Amazon every month. In fact, I get three: one from Kindle sales, one from Seller Central (which I use to sell my old documentaries), and one from Amazon Associate. Granted, I’m not paying my mortgage with those checks. Yet. But often it is enough to cover one of…

  • 4 Steps to Twitter Success

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    Twitter can be a pain in the ass. No doubt. There is so much information whizzing by every second, how can one keep up? Why would anyone want to keep up? I’ve had authors tell me they have no interest in reading what someone is eating or where they’re going. That, especially mixed with so…

  • Emerging Author Spotlight: Rhonda Eudaly

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    This week’s Emerging Author Spotlight is on Rhonda Eudaly and her short story “Defiance” in celebration of Short Story Month 2011 (#ssm2011). Rhonda is as delightful as she is funny. Although she does humor well, she also writes great nonfiction, and she graciously contributed an essay for my book Publishing & Marketing Realities for the…

  • Writer Beware

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    Unfortunately for all of us emerging authors, there are many people trying to take advantage of you and profit off of your dreams. Some of them are posing as Independent “Traditional” Publishers (or as agents, as in the post last week). I have known authors that have lost tens of thousands of dollars to a…

  • Top 5 Things Emerging Authors Can Do to Sell More Books

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    As is the struggle for every author, you must find your audience. Last week we discussed “The Right Followers,” and this week we’re going to talk about how to find the right readers. Although it’s never easy to find your readers, they’re out there. And with the internet and social networks, it’s easier than ever…

  • Emerging Author Spotlight: Joe Bertalmio

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    This week’s Emerging Author Spotlight is on Joe Bertalimio and his short story “Finding Utopia” in celebration of Short Story Month 2011 (#ssm2011)

  • Beware: Agents as Publishers

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    Dean Wesley Smith has written several posts over the past week on a very disturbing trend rippling through NY publishing. Authors need to know the truth behind this trend so that they can protect themselves. Basically, agents, like the rest of us, are trying to find ways to professionally survive this huge paradigm shift in…

  • The Right Followers

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    It’s all fine and dandy to have thousands of followers, but are they the *right* followers on Twitter? This, as in everything, depends on your goals. If you’re trying to win a who-can-get-the-most-followers contest with a friend, then it doesn’t really matter who is following you. If you’re trying to market your book or product,…