Tag: twitter
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Top 5 Things Emerging Authors Can Do to Sell More Books
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…
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The Right Followers
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,…
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Emerging Author Spotlight: Adrienne Crezo & Short Story Month 2011
Thanks to the Best Damn Creative Writing Blog, I found out yesterday that May is National Short Story month! Huzzah! Each Wednesday throughout the month of May, I’ll be featuring at least one new short story from an emerging author and one from an established author. Additionally, I am making a commitment to write one…
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Go Beyond: Promoting Steampunk Outside Comfort Zones
This week’s Emerging Author Spotlight: a guest post by Tee Morris. Originally posted on O. M. Grey’s blog yesterday. —-{—-{@ Gentle reader, it may not come as a surprise to you that the lovely and delicious O.M. Grey has invited me to talk about steampunk as Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel hits the…
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Feeling Successful
What defines success? I think probably each person has an individual idea of success and what that means for them and their work. Many put deadlines on success, like “by the time I’m 35, I’ll be a NYT bestselling author.” But what happens when they turn 35 and they’re not even published yet? They feel…
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Writing on the Air: Self-Publishing Panel
In November 2010, Denniger Bolton, Robert Stikmanz, Ethan Rose and I discussed self-publishing in today’s marketplace on Austin’s Community Radio Station KOOP. Please listen: Micro & Self-Publishing Panel. —-{—-{@
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Fear Obscurity, Not Piracy
Tim O’Reilly said, “Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy” in a piece written nearly ten years ago. And I think he’s right. Even more so today than a decade ago. Why? Because it’s no longer 100,000 books published every year, it’s over three times that. And that figure…
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The MTV/American Idol Effect in Writing
A Guest Post by Rhonda Eudaly This essay will appear in my forthcoming book Publishing & Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author. —-{—-{@ Once upon a time it was enough for authors to write a brilliant story, have it published, and be exalted all without leaving their homes. It was, once, “sexy” for an author…
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Posting Challenge 2011
In 2009, I posted something everyday over on our old blog. That is until I got really, really burned out sometime in October. Then in 2010, my posting was very sporadic as I recovered. Now in 2011, I’ve stepped up my blogging again. For the past several weeks, I’ve been blogging three times a week,…
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Emerging Author Spotlight: Evelyn Lafont
With some luck, and perhaps copious amounts of chocolate and coffee (perhaps even some vodka), I will have a new independent author to spotlight every Wednesday for Twitter’s #WW #WriterWednesdays. I’d like to start this weekly tradition off with a really fun author I met via Twitter: Evelyn Lafont, the KeyboardHussy. Evelyn’s first novella, Vampire…
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