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Most writers will tell you they loathe the promotion part of the profession. When it comes to competing, authors like me wish we could all just play nice and include everyone. When art (the creation of our work) becomes product, what is good etiquette for promoting your little tusche off, without becoming that person at […]
Today starts my very first blog tour. Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is featuring The Fence My Father Built for 3 whole days on a whole slew of blogs around the world. Here’s how a CFBA tour works: Bonnie Calhoun has rounded up dozens of blogs, sites, book clubs and library systems that make up the […]
Yesterday we discussed the basics–such as not being so shy you can’t tell everyone you meet about your book. The publishing world is changing very rapidly and a lot of the changes are technology oriented. What I say is essential to book promo today may be obselete by the time your novel hits the stands. […]
Last but not least in the four-book review for the launch of Abingdon Press’ women’s fiction line: Surrender the Wind, historical fiction from Rita Gerlach. Rita’s published three historical novels, and is the editor of Stepping Stones Magazine, an online website focusing on writing, marketing and promotion. She’s a member of American Christian Fiction Writers […]
August 1, 2009, the first of seven women’s fiction titles launches from Abingdon Press, the new fiction line in the United Methodist Publishing cluster. I’m so proud to say my debut novel is part of the launch, but I have to wait until October.Today, these fine novels release: contemporaries Judy Christie’s Gone to Green and […]
In my writing classes, I often write R.U.E. on student work. Resist the Urge to Explain is a fancy way of saying show don’t tell, but some writers are good at showing and then, just in case the reader doesn’t get it, they explain what that showing meant. Readers would rather you stopped at the […]
OK now I’m getting excited! My talented husband Brad and I finished our trailer for the October release of The Fence My Father Built. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7Ov3P_lmg Let me know what you think. Writing Tip for Today: Book trailers are at today’s cutting edge of marketing techniques. Yet there is already a debate on about whether or […]
I’ll be presenting a talk on “Writing to the Rule of Three” at the Portland chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers on Monday, June 29th. While my hometown of Eugene, OR doesn’t yet have a chapter, there are certainly enough Christian writers in our area. At any rate, I’m excited to be talking to fiction […]