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October 5, 2011

Build Better Characters By Honing Your Observation Skills

Filed under: Writing — Patricia @ 6:30 am

Do you pay close attention to the people you meet? Do you have good observation skills? Do you listen to the true stories that others tell about people they know and have observed?
This is a good way to build believable characters in your stories, don’t you think?

I knew a writer some years ago who used to sit where people gathered and just observe them. She especially enjoyed sitting on the pier and watching the fishermen, the onlookers, the tourists, the romantic couples, the parents with rambunctious children in tow, the elderly folks out for a stroll on a nice California day and the occasional homeless person enjoying the view from atop the wharf.

Sure, you can purposely put yourself in areas where various types of people mingle—each with a different agenda. You can also pay attention no matter where you are—airport, playground, Little League game, beauty pageant, assisted living facility, art gallery, nightclub, rodeo, even the grocery store. In fact, if you are writing a story that includes a fine artist, a cowboy, someone with dementia, a street vendor or a magician, you might make it a point to go where you will find several people in this category and spend some time observing them.

What should you be mindful of when you are observing someone?
• Their demeanor.
• Their characteristics.
• Mannerisms.
• Style of dress.
• Way of communicating—language, gestures, etc.

Does the person you are observing look others in the eye, smile easily, touch their companion often while talking to them, seem aloof? What are the physical responses that denote aloofness in this person? How would you describe the stance and walk of someone with a cane? How do people relate to their dogs when they’re out walking them? How do others react when they see dogs on a leash?

It’s fun to make up characters. But not every writer can describe their characters so readers feel an emotional connection to them. You want your readers to be able to visualize your characters. They should either like, love or hate your characters. Your characters are effective only if they evoke an emotion—does he make the reader laugh, disgust him, anger him or touch his heartstrings? In order to build characters that stir up emotion, you really must have good observation skills and the ability to describe what you envision.

Observe people and learn to describe them accurately. I also suggest behavior study. Think about how you and/or people you know behave in certain situations. Even watching sit-coms, TV dramas and talk shows can add to your understanding of human behavior and help you to create interesting and believable characters for your stories.

Do you plan to publish the book you are working on? Be sure to order my book, The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book to learn how to navigate the publishing industry. This book is designed to save new authors tons of money and heartache by helping them to understand the publishing industry, their publishing options, the possible consequences of their choices and their responsibilities as a published author. This book covers traditional publishing, self-publishing and the pay-to-publish option. It includes what you need to know about distribution, marketing, and so much more. It’s marked down to $14.95. http://www.matilijapress.com/rightway.html

To find out if you are ready to become a published author, download my FREE ebooklet, “50 Reasons Why You Should Write That Book.” http://www.patriciafry.com

October 4, 2011

Why a Book Proposal/Why Now?

Filed under: Authorship,Book Promotion,Book Proposals — Patricia @ 6:25 am

Are you working on a nonfiction book? You have a dream and a vision. You have an audience in mind—in fact, you can visualize members of this audience purchasing your book. And you plan to move forward rapidly with your project so you can make it available to the people you envision need and want it.

There’s just one problem. You haven’t asked anyone from your proposed audience if they want a book like this. You haven’t done the necessary research to discover if this book is actually needed/wanted and by what percentage of people. You just assume that since this is a topic you know, others are interested in it and want to read about it. Perhaps you’ve actually talked to a few people about the book and they are encouraging you to publish it. But are they a large enough representation of your target audience? Probably not.

Before you go off in some crazy direction eager to get your book on how to properly wear your orthodontic retainer, hair ribbons for the fashion-conscious teen, the joy of keeping your trash barrel clean, how to wash a kitten’s face or tips for cleaning your DVDs published, stop, look and listen to the experts. And the experts are saying, “Write a book proposal.”

The research you will do in order to devise a meaningful nonfiction book proposal will show you whether you actually have a viable product or not. You’ll learn if you, indeed, have an audience for your book and who they are. Through the book proposal process, many an author has discovered that the book they are writing either doesn’t have much of an audience or it’s not who they thought it was. Some authors learn, through the book proposal process, that they are writing a book that has been duplicated time and time again. It doesn’t offer anything new—the material is stale. And some find out that their plan for approaching their audience isn’t going to work well—the door to bookstores, for example, is closed to most authors today.

A book proposal, for the first time author, can be a bit difficult to construct. It can take time, tax the brain and generate unpopular results. But it can be one of the most cost-effective decisions you will make with regard to your book.

When I say “unpopular results,” I mean, what author wants to backtrack and start over with their book concept? And a genuine book proposal may indicate that you should. For example, perhaps you have written a book on a popular topic and there have been a rash of new books out on that topic in recent years. If you just barrel through with your book without checking the competition, you won’t know that the market is inundated. Once you find this out, you may decide to add an aspect to your book that none of the others include, thus you’re still writing on a popular topic, but with a new twist.

During the process of writing your book proposal, you might discover some avenues of promoting your book that you hadn’t thought of before.

Write a book proposal even before you start writing your nonfiction book and you could save yourself a lot of time, trouble and expense.

If, however, you have already produced your book and you’ve discovered that it isn’t selling as well as you expected, consider writing an after publication book proposal. I may be the only one who has created a guide for an after-publication book proposal. It’s called, The Author’s Repair Kit, Heal Your Publishing Mistakes and Breathe New Life Into Your Book. It’s a 27-page ebook available only at my website and the cost is just $5.95. Order your copy now at: http://www.matilijapress.com/author_repairkit.html

Why write a book proposal after the fact? Mainly to gain a better understanding of who your true audience is and how to effectively locate and approach them.

If you haven’t done so already, order your copy of my latest book—Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author. http://amzn.to/oe56Ia

You will need the ideas and information in this book once you begin the book promotion process—but I strongly urge you to begin your education about the huge, HUGE process of book promotion even before your book is a book. I’ve seen it time and time again, authors who have not prepared for the task of promoting their books before publication, often fail in the marketplace. Book promotion is not what most authors expect. Besides, there are many things you can do before publication to ensure greater success for your book and Promote Your Book will guide you through them. Order your copy at Amazon.com today. It’s in print and on Kindle.

Here’s another idea—a FREE offer for my blog followers: Visit my website and download a FREE copy of my ebooklet, 50 Reasons Why You Should Write That Book. It’s an amazing gauge for hopeful authors. I know that many of you have already downloaded it. I’d love to receive your feedback. Did it discourage you from writing a book? Did it offer valuable insight into how to prepare for the task of publishing a book? How did it help you? http://www.patriciafry.com

October 3, 2011

Authors, Position Yourself as an Expert

Filed under: Book Promotion — Patricia @ 3:07 am

Are you published or mentioned in other books as an expert? When you begin to receive requests from other authors to be quoted or mentioned in their books, does this mean you’ve arrived? Well, maybe at a new plateau.

I don’t know how many books, outside of my own, I’ve been in. Sometimes you aren’t even notified that you’ve been included. You just come across the book one day and find yourself in the index.

In recent months, I discovered that I was referenced in half dozen published books and I was asked to submit a few paragraphs to another book earlier this year. Frequently, I’m mentioned in the acknowledgements page as the book’s editor. But I’m also noted fairly regularly as an expert in the publishing field.

How do you manage to be included as an expert in books related to your field? By making yourself known. Publish books, submit articles to appropriate publications, go out and speak on your topic, participate in forums and discussion groups on the topic, establish an organization, circulate a newsletter, create a blog and post regularly and get involved in social media.

You should also keep your finger on the pulse of the industry. Communicate and even partner with other professionals in your field. Invite them to be a guest blogger, involve them in a project, send congrats when they come out with a new book, and so forth. Offer articles for their newsletters, join their discussion groups, send them a copy of your book. If you visit their blog, read their newsletters and frequent their website, you know when they are planning a new book. Offer to send them something of value for the book—an anecdote, excerpt from your book or an article, for example.

Whether your expertise is in the area of cats, real estate, finances, writing, aviation, retirement or health and fitness, you can increase your visibility by piggybacking with others in your field. And there are many ways to do this. Aside from those I mentioned above, consider piggyback marketing. Either purchase a quantity of the other author’s books and bundle them at a special price with your own. Or exchange promotional material to send with your respective shipments of books. You might also arrange to conduct a seminar or workshops together in order to attract a larger audience.

If you are an expert in your field and you have a book to prove it, don’t rest on your laurels. Connect with other experts in order to get even more exposure for yourself and your book.

For more great ideas for attaining greater recognition and selling more copies of your book, read my book this week: Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author. Order it in print or Kindle at: http://amzn.to/oe56Ia

October 2, 2011

Plagiarism

Filed under: Authorship,Writing — Patricia @ 5:58 am

“How do I keep someone from stealing my idea?”

This is a question I get from time to time—generally from a new writer who is hesitant to publish because he doesn’t want to show his work to anyone. I often tell these fearful writers that this is something we sometimes worry about when we are new to writing—it is the concern of an inexperienced writer. I recommend that they spend more time perfecting their work and studying the publishing industry than worrying about something as unlikely as plagiarism.

But newby authors want to know how to protect their writing. They want to have more assurance that their work is not going to be stolen. And I’ve found an excellent source for these hopeful authors.

Of course, no one can guarantee that you won’t meet up with a scammer who loves your idea and wants to claim it as his own or an editor who assigns your topic to another writer. It can happen. But it is rare. It has never happened to me, that I know of. But I do see my articles posted all over the Internet without my permission. Does that upset me? Not really. As long as they attribute the work to me, I’m not going to complain.

Having said that, let me introduce you to Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s latest edition of her book, The Frugal Book Promoter. She is one author who has the courage and finesse to discuss the concept of plagiarism and she also offers suggestions for protecting your work. She says, for example, “The most important part of writing, after the process itself, is to be read, to share. Worry about plagiarism keeps inexperienced writers from doing that and produces anxieties that interfere with their creativity.” She says that the kind of plagiarism that authors worry about is quite rare. It’s hard to steal an idea. She also says, what I tell authors all the time, “There are truly no new ideas in the world.” (or There is nothing new under the sun.)

She offers some great ideas for protecting your work—from help understanding copyright to some practical ways to afford yourself peace of mind. She strongly suggests, as I do, that you do NOT ask an agent or publisher (even your editor) to sign a nondisclosure agreement. It would seem to me that if you don’t trust these people with your work, you shouldn’t be working with them.

A bigger concern might be you plagiarizing the works of others. As Carolyn says, “Sometimes our memories don’t serve us, our minds absorb something so completely we don’t remember where we first saw something or our researchers don’t take accurate notes. To protect yourself, research carefully, keep accurate records and assiduously credit others.”

I’m pretty impressed with Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s book, The Frugal Book Promoter (second edition). I’ll be reviewing it for SPAWNews—probably the December issue. Subscribe for this FREE enewsletter at http://www.spawn.org and receive a FREE ebooklet on how to promote your art or your writing.

To learn more about plagiarism and frugal book promotion, order Carolyn’s 413-page book at http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com

I also did an Internet search using keywords, “plagiarism,” “will someone steal my writing?” “can someone steal my idea?” etc. and came up with other interesting articles and resources on the topic. If this is something that concerns you, you might do your own research.

Visit Patricia Fry’s website: http://www.patriciafry.com and download my FREE ebooklet, “50 Reasons Why You SHOULD Write That Book.”

October 1, 2011

A Major Platform-Building Tip For Authors

Filed under: Article-Writing,Writing — Patricia @ 6:01 am

Are you using article or story submissions to build on your platform and/or to bring attention to your published book? If you plan to come out with a book within the next few years, this is a good time to start. If you have a book that you are promoting, it is never too late to start.

Why write articles and submit short stories when all you really want to do is to get your book published or sell more copies of your published book? Because this is one really good way to become known to a wider segment of your audience in your topic or genre. It’s a way of gaining credibility with your potential readers.

People who happen across your articles in magazines and newsletters related to the theme of your book will be more interested in purchasing your book. Those who are accustomed to reading your wonderful stories in their favorite literary magazines, for example, will likely go out in search of your novel.

As you may know (or sense) writing short stories and articles for publication is a whole different profession requiring different tools, skills, rules and timing than does writing/publishing a book. You might want to read some of my articles on article-writing to get up to speed: http://www.matilijapress.com/articlespublishing.htm

Order a copy of my book, “A Writer’s Guide to Magazine Articles.” It’s $6.50. http://www.matilijapress.com/writingpage.html

Read past blog posts here related to article/story-writing. Use the search feature.

You’ll also find information about article-writing in my books, The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book and my latest one, Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author. http://www.matilijapress.com

Basically, you are going to:

• Locate publications related to the theme or genre of your book. Use Writer’s Market. Do an Internet search. Visit a newsstand or your local mega bookstore and scour their magazine rack.

• Study each magazine or newsletter from cover to cover (these might be print or online publications).

• Go to each appropriate magazine’s website and print out their submission guidelines.

• Dig into your stockpile of stories and articles—or write new ones—to fit the requirements of the magazine or newsletter you want to approach.

• Following the submission guidelines, submit your material. The editors may require a query letter first (often for articles) or they might want to receive the completed piece (typical for fiction).

Submit many articles/stories to scads of appropriate publications and include your bio at the end of each one. I might write in my bio for a piece on publishing or book promotion, “Patricia Fry is the author of 34 published books and the executive director of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network). Her latest book is Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author (Allworth Press, 2011).
http://www.matilijapress.com/promoteyourbook.html

Become known in your field or genre even before you become a published author by submitting your articles or stories to the publications your audience reads. You’ll find that name recognition will go a long way toward selling copies of your book now and in the future.

September 30, 2011

Can You Publish Without Money?

Filed under: Publishing — Patricia @ 4:41 am

I get this question in an email every once in a while: “I am an author, but I don’t have any money. Is there any way that I can get my book published?” Here’s how I typically respond to that question:

Sure you have a chance of getting published without spending money. Here are my recommendations:

1: Study the publishing industry so you know how it works, what your options are, the possible consequences of your choices and your responsibilities as a published author. There are good books on publishing and book promotion in the library system. There are many FREE enewsletters you can subscribe to, blogs by successful authors and professionals you can visit regularly and useful articles and resources at the websites of professionals and publishing organizations. There are writers’ groups and free programs for hopeful authors in most communities. I know if three going on in our county just this month. Sometimes you can get scholarships to writers’ conferences, which provide great opportunities to learn more about writing and publishing as well as to meet author’s agents and editors from publishing companies.

2: Become the best writer that you can be. Practice, practice, practice. And attend critique groups to find out how your writing is affecting others—because it is others that you are, presumably, writing for. Sign up for free or inexpensive writing workshops through your community college or arts program.

3: When you are ready—you have done your work well—approach some of the many, many traditional royalty publishers with your project. A traditional publisher will invest in your book—no need to put out any of your own money. Your studies will help you to approach publishers in an appropriate manner with the appropriate material—a book proposal, for example.

4: If the publishers you want to approach require that you engage a literary agent, locate an appropriate one through Association of Author’s Representatives. A legitimate agent does not charge you. They take a percentage of what you negotiate with a publisher.

5: Some authors can find investors for their projects or advertisers. If you book is a local history, for example, you might be able to get a local bank or another business to advertise in the back of your book, thus help with the production of it. If it is on a topic or has a theme of interest to thousands (or millions), you might be able to get funding from an appropriate entity (organization, agency, institution, or even individual, for example). In other words, if your book focuses on caring for feral cats, going green or how to feed a family healthy meals for less, you might find an advocate or group that is interested in spreading this message to fund your project. A college or university might help you get a book on astronomy for beginners, cancer research, job search tips or parenting for the single mother produced and help you distribute it.

Can you get published when you don’t have any money? Certainly, but you’d better rely heavily on other attributes, such as creative-thinking, ability to think outside the box, persistence, patience, and the willingness to be proactive on your own behalf. Here are some additional suggestions:

• Read this blog regularly.
• Ask for the information you would like to see included in this blog.
• Visit my websites for information and resources.
• Sign up for my FREE ebooklet at patriciafry.com
• Read my books—you’ll find them in the library system.
• Sign up for SPAWNews. It’s FREE at spawn.org.

For those of you with a little money and a huge desire to succeed, order my latest book today: Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author.
http://www.matilijapress.com/promoteyourbook.html

September 29, 2011

Write Books That Are Fun to Read

Filed under: Writing — Patricia @ 4:42 am

Some weeks ago (September 2, 2011, to be exact) I wrote a blog post about how it’s okay to have fun while promoting your book. We keep talking about how much work it is—and it is. But it can also be fun and I urge authors to let it be fun and to make it fun. I’m speaking to a group at the Camarillo Library tonight in Camarillo, California and I expect to have fun meeting authors and hopeful authors and helping them understand more about the publishing industry.

Most of us have fun when we’re writing. We enjoy the process. We look forward to the time we set aside or can eke out to write each day/week. But what about your audience? Are you striving to make your book enjoyable for your readers, as well? Or do you even think about your readers while you’re writing your book?

I’ve written other posts (and articles) focusing on the importance of your audience. Sure you want to impact your audience with your words. That’s why you’re writing—to inform, entertain and/or share your story with others. But most authors don’t keep their audience in mind throughout the writing process.

Perhaps you are better at this since you’ve read my posts on this topic and realize how important it is. It might be that you consider your readers before deciding how to organize your business book or you give your audience a quick thought as you construct a scene in your story. But what about the fun aspect? Will your readers enjoy reading your book? Are you writing it so that they will have as much fun reading it as you did writing it? Even a mystery, how-to book or memoir can be fun to read if the right elements are present. For example:

• Is your how-to or business book written in a friendly, light manner? Or is it too stiff and serious? I can’t tell you how many people tell me how much they appreciate my easy-to-read, friendly writing style in my informational books.

• Is your historical novel or travel memoir actually enjoyable to read or is dry and mechanical?

If you’re having fun writing your book, try to pass along some of that fun to the reader. They will appreciate it. No one wants to spend their reading or studying time trying to work through difficult phrases and dour thoughts. We don’t pick up a book because we want to be talked down to or scolded, for Pete’s sake. We read for enjoyment. Whether we choose a book for entertainment value or we strive to learn something, we want the experience to be enjoyable.
Think about that this week as you work on your latest writing project. How can you make your book more fun for the reader?

And don’t forget to start (or continue) working on your marketing plan. Order your copy of Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author today. Amazon has both the print version and the Kindle: http://amzn.to/oe56Ia

You can also purchase it from bn.com and IndieBound.com or Patricia Fry’s website: http://www.matilijapress.com/promoteyourbook.html

September 28, 2011

To Critique or Not to Critique Your Writing

Filed under: Writing — Patricia @ 4:27 am

Do you know what effect your words have on others? Certainly, you hope to move readers, inspire them, make them think, cause them to smile, give them hope, teach them something new, give them a different perspective—touch them in some way. But how do you know that your attempts are successful?

One way is to test your writing before it goes live. How? Join a critique group.

Sure, there are good ones and bad ones. You’ll come across individuals in some of these critique groups who don’t have much tact or taste. You’ll meet people who are way too opinionated to be useful critics. There are, of course, all kinds out there.

But for the most part, if you go into a critique group with an open mind and a willingness to learn, you’ll grow as a writer. What will you learn?

• How your words affect other people.
• Whether your favorite scene actually works.
• If your message is getting across or is it falling flat.
• Are your characters believable?
• Is your dialog working?
• Does your story flow or are there things that stop the reader?
• Can you write or do you need help?

You’ll also learn how to critique the works of others. A critique group is a give and take proposition, you know. You’ll discover that some people are more sensitive than others about their stories. Some have chips on their shoulders and resist most ideas if it means change. And some welcome any and all suggestions as if they don’t have a mind of their own in the matter of their manuscripts.

Writers of all experiences and skill come to me for help. While some present me with a well-written, well-organized manuscript to edit, others want to know how to go about writing a book. I can usually identify the stage or level of the hopeful author by their email. If they write a coherent, grammatically correct email, they generally have a well-written or fairly well-written manuscript. Those who approach me with an email full of errors or a writing sample that needs a lot of work, I suggest the following:

• Join a writers’ group.
• Participate in a critique group.
• For some, a basic English class is in order.
• I also recommend creative writing courses for some would be writers.

Do you belong to a critique group? I’d like to hear how it has helped you to be critiqued and to critique the works of others. Has it been a good learning experience for you? Has it made you a better writer? Leave your comment here.

September 27, 2011

Subscribe to Succeed

Filed under: Publishing — Patricia @ 6:06 am

There’s so much to learn and take in and so little time. At least that’s what it feels like and that’s what we believe when we try to accomplish all that we want in a day or week. Yet, we need the information, resources and tools in order to become the best writer/author we can. We need help with the details of publishing, with book promotion, with the basics of writing. And there is help out there if we would just take the time to locate and study it.

I will help you with the locating part right now.

I just finished proofing SPAWNews, SPAWN’s monthly enewsletter. I’d like to invite those of you who haven’t done so already, to sign up to receive this FREE enewsletter from Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network (SPAWN). http://www.spawn.org

In the October issue alone, you will learn more than you’ve even known to ask about blogging and social media—how to take a virtual blog tour, how to promote through social media in thirty minutes per week, passive promotion through blogging, and more. Victory Crayne shares an article featuring the beginning writer’s journey and offers tips for staying on course. Linda Formichelli writes about how to get that writing assignment. Barbara Florio-Graham shares some differences between ethical and unethical promotional tactics. And our Q and A expert talks about the importance of the book cover, working with an agent from abroad and steps to successful writing. Also contributing to this issue is Darrell Laurant of Writer’s Bridge, Carol Upton and Cheryl Patrice Derricotte.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to attend the Bouchercon Mystery Writers’ Conference? Experience it from a first-time attendee’s point of view. Are you looking for a good book on book promotion—our editor has reviewed my latest book, Promote Your Book for this issue. And you’ll meet some of our members and find out the types of book promotion and writing they are doing this month.

As a huge bonus, you will have access to all of our back issues of SPAWNews—this includes around fifteen years worth of news, information and resources.

Sign up today for your FREE copy of SPAWNews and you’ll receive your first copy October 1, 2011. You’ll also be invited to download a FREE copy of our booklet, “Promote Yourself! 25 Ways to Promote Your Work Whether You’re an Artists, Author of Small Publishers.” http://www.spawn.org

September 26, 2011

Book Promotion Help for the Reluctant Author

Filed under: Book Promotion — Patricia @ 6:01 am

I spent the entire weekend promoting my book, Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author. I must have sent out 500 or more press releases by hand to individuals—no mass mailings to people unknown. And I watched the numbers at Amazon change throughout the last two days. They dropped lower and lower as I did this promotion. And that’s a good thing. You want your book to be number one at Amazon or at least in the low thousands, which would be more likely for a niche book.

Amazon’s ratings include all books in every category. So when your book is ranked number 345,898, this means it is the 345,898th most popular book of all the books they carry. I’ve noticed that Promote Your Book has been ranked over a million and yesterday it dropped down to under 50,000. It’s interesting to watch the numbers—but confusing, too.

What did you do to promote your book this weekend? What do you plan this week? If you are weak when it comes to book promotion and if you want your book to sell, you’d better pump up your book promotion activities. Here’s what you can do today:

• Seek out speaking venues—what groups would like to know more about your book’s topic or be entertained by the theme of your book?

• Write (or even outline) a press release to send out to members of your reading audience. Point up a new finding in your topic, share some interesting news related to your book or your topic/genre or make an announcement—the book has just come out in Kindle, for example, or it has won an award or you are doing a book signing soon.

• Purchase or create lists of people to send your press release to.

• Brainstorm to come up with an activity you could get involved in related to the theme of your book. If it is a novel featuring a homeless family, you could start a coat drive or start serving sandwiches in the park for the homeless every weekend. If your book focuses on cat stories, establish a food drive for the many feral and stray cat organizations in your community. Maybe your story has an elderly character or is about eldercare, start a volunteer service of taking care of yards for the elderly or those who are temporarily disabled, etc. This is how you make news.

• Locate conferences and trade shows where you could speak or exhibit your book and sign up for a few of them.

• Join SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network) and participate in the discussion group and read both newsletters that come out each month. You’ll be blessed with ample book promotion ideas and resources. http://www.spawn.org

• Purchase Patricia Fry’s new book, Promote Your Book, not to watch the numbers go down, or to pad Patricia’s pockets, but to treat yourself to a huge supply of ideas, tips, techniques and resources that will encourage, inspire and direct you in your own book promotion efforts.

Here are two links to talk segments I have done recently. I interviewed with Anna Farmery at The Engaging Brand earlier this month: http://theengagingbrand.typepad.com/the_engaging_brand_/2011/09/how-to-promote-your-book.html

Last week, I spoke with Stacy Lynn Harp at Active Christian Media
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/acmedia/2011/09/20/250-ways-to-promote-your-book–patricia-fry

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