Christine Rose

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  • Publishing & Marketing Realities, the Podcast

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    This is the first podcast in a series named after my book Publishing & Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author. In this weekly podcast, I’ll be focusing on publishing choices and marketing realities in the current state of the industry and marketplace. We’ll be talking with other emerging authors and exploring some options for those…

  • Jane Jetsonitis

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    They year was 1981. I was a little 11-year-old girl, and I loved to watch The Jetsons, well, seemed like every day. I loved that show, perhaps a bit of my SciFi Geek coming out phosphorescently. In a world where I had to do such outrageous things as empty the dishwasher, vacuum the living room,…

  • Choosing a Publishing Path

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    There are more publishing choices available to authors now than ever before. NY. Traditional. eBook. CreateSpace. POD. Self-Publish. Vanity. Etc. This is both wonderful and rather overwhelming. For me, when there are too many choices, I have a harder time making a decision. Perhaps that’s because I have a higher chance of making the wrong…

  • 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…