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Hello there!

So happy to be coming to you with this awesome news. There is a new social network community that will be glad to be graced by your pressence. It was developed by my husband and it is a fun way to meet people, advertise yourself/company/trade/website, and much more.

Feel free to fill in as many categories as possible and most importantly forward to friends and family. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you so much and see you there. Here is the link
www.langoh.com


Sincerely,
Bernice Angoh



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14 rules for an Effective Book Signing

The 14 Rules for an Effective Book Signing
(Most of these ideas come from Publicize Your Book!: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book the Attention It Deserves by Jacqueline Deval) Click here to buy this book from Amazon.com .

1. Don't ever just do a book signing—do a book event. Have a presentation, share some information about your subject, do something that will make people want to come.

2. If you are appearing on interviews that will air before your bookstore event, remember to mention the signing's date, place, and time. Alternately, before you start your interview, ask the host to mention the event.

3. Engage people who walk by your signing table by talking about your book or just being friendly.

4. Most bookstores will post signage about your appearance, but often these signs are placed around the store and not at the signing table. A simple blow up of your book jacket mounted on an easel board will help create a point of interest at your table. If your publisher doesn't make one of these for you, make one yourself. A color photocopy enlarged roughly to the size of a legal sheet of paper works just fine and, when you go on the road, it is easily portable in your suitcase.

45 Make lasting contacts of the bookstore staff by being memorable and polite. Make them into effective hand-sellers of your book by talking to them about the book and by taking an interest in them.

6. Practice your reading or talk ahead of time. Keep it short. Remember your job is to entertain and interest people in your book: A long speech will tire them and squelch any yearning to read the book, let alone spend money on it.

7. Cue your audience twice during your presentation that you will be happy to answer their questions at the end. Prearrange for a shill to ask a question if no one steps forward to ask the first question. Or break the ice by telling the audience that "people often ask me..." and asking the first question yourself. Another way of engaging with the audience is to plant your talk with some tantalizing points of interest that you don't explain in detail. Inevitably someone in the audience will ask you to elaborate. For example, you might say that it was essential that you publish this book before you turned forty, and then leave the somewhat mysterious comment hanging unexplained. You will most certainly be asked about why you had to publish with such urgency. You've led your audience into dialogue with you.

8. Be gracious to all customers who approach you, even if they only want directions to the bathroom.

9. Collect names and addresses of members of the audience, or better yet collect e-mail addresses for your database. If you have a seated audience, circulate a sign-up sheet, or place a collection bowl at your table for business cards to build your mailing list.

10. Thank the staff and the audience. Send thank-you notes to the staff. Or take pictures of yourself with the bookstore clerks and send the photos along with your thank-you notes.

11. With a smile on your face and a relaxed attitude, you will make the audience feel comfortable. If you show your anxiety, you will make the audience anxious.

12. Play to your audience's mood. If you sense restlessness, keep your talk engaging, lively, and short.

13. As people approach you to sign your book, engage them. Ask how they'd like the book personalized, or what else they like to read, or how they heard about the event (to learn what publicity is working). Creating a memorable event is one way to keep people talking about you. Keep the conversations brief if you happen to have a long line of people waiting for signed copies.

14. Ask the staff if you can sign any unsold copies, which will be stickered and displayed up front.


 

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Hope Whispers is an inspirational anthology of short stories and poems illustrating the power of hope and faith in emotional, physical and spiritual healing. The submission deadline is June 30th. For guidelines, please go to www.hopewhispers.com.

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Carole McDonnell

My Bible Study is online

My Bible study, "Basics in Bible Study" is up at lulu.

http://www.lulu.com/content/1832478

You can buy it or you can download it to your computer or kindle for free. Please pass this message on to your friends.

Here's a review from the rawsistaz

http://www.therawreviewers.com/artman/publish/SeedsofBibleStudy.shtml

Carole McDonnell

Posted by Carole McDonnell on May 18, 2009 at 12:25pm

Doris Anne Beaulieu

Crafts for Children

Hello,
My name is Doris Anne Beaulieu and I’d like to this time to talk to mail order companies and parents.
To parents I have a wonderful craft book for your child to give his or her teacher at the end of the school year. My Easy and Inexpensive Holiday Classroom Crafts for Teachers book is truly a gift that will forever keep giving from year to year, holiday after holiday. It’s a craft book for developing creative minds. This book will tell you what items you will need for each craft along wit… Continue

Posted by Doris Anne Beaulieu on May 14, 2009 at 4:33pm

Zada Connaway

Special Days

Valentine's Day is over now, New Year's too. President's Day, to celebrate presidential birthdays has just passed,

Now we have saint Patrick's Day and Easter to look forward to. And then we also have The Fourth of July (Independence Day), Labor Day, Memorial Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas. I may have forgotten a few, like the birthday of the Marine Corps, Jeremiah Johnson's birthday, Groundhog Day etc.. Don't forget your own birthday and that of loved ones!

I think in a… Continue

Posted by Zada Connaway on February 17, 2009 at 12:45pm

Pamela Palmer Mutino

The American dream deferred...but you will never forget Maria."

"Swish: Maria in the Mourning," is the non-fiction narrative which chronicles a mother's process of mourning after losing her only child, the beautiful and charismatic Maria to a heroin overdose at 23. Published by Outskirts Press, http://www.outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?isbn=9781432700867, there are now 30 five-star reviews on Amazon, and the performance version by the same title can be glimpsed on You Tube. Powerful and compelling this story transcends addiction and focuses on mothers and da… Continue

Posted by Pamela Palmer Mutino on February 8, 2009 at 8:42pm

Merry Christmas To You.


Remember to count your blessings everyday....

Authors On Tour

AOT #168: Jennifer Chiaverini Podcasts The Lost Quilter

Jennifer Chiaverini, celebrating the 10th anniversary of her beloved Elm Creek Quilts series, reads from and discusses her 14th series installment The Lost Quilter, which picks up the threads from The Runaway Quilt, to tell another tale of adventure, love, perseverance and, of course, quilting. ($24.00) Simon and Schuster ISBN #0-06-156714-0. You [...]

Best of AOT: David Sedaris Reads Crybaby from When You Are Engulfed in Flames

While on book tour for When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris read to a standing room-only crowd at the Tattered Cover book store in Lower Downtown Denver. This story from the book, Crybaby, recounts Sedaris’s experience with a publicly mourning seatmate on a flight from New York City to Paris. [...]

Health Care Will Not Reform Itself by George Halvorson

Written by one of the leading authorities in the industry, this book provides a basic primer on the American health care system. Using simple-to-understand language supplemented by insightful anecdotes and examples, the author cuts through the thicket of health care reform rhetoric to offer a step-by-step blueprint for achieving real improvements in health care delivery, [...]

The Birth (and Death) of the Cool by Ted Gioia

This intriguing cultural history shows why cool is not a timeless concept and how it has begun to lose meaning and fade into history being replaced by a new cultural tone, one marked by sincerity, earnestness, and a quest for authenticity. Speck Press, $25.00, November 2009, ISBN #: 9781933108315 This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America [...]

After Jihad by Oliver North

In Oliver North’s, After Jihad, Peter Newman, the hero of Oliver North’s first three New York Times best-selling novels, returns to action in 2032 to battle government corruption and find a missing fuel cell scientist. B&H Publishing Group, $27.99, November 2009, ISBN#: 9780805447187 This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.

writers Weekly

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Publisher's Desk For June 3rd

A LITTLE GIRL, A GARDEN, AND A MYSTERIOUS PURSE... This was the topic of the Spring '09 24-Hour Short Story Contest: "Silly Scilla, silly Scilla," the young girl sang, as she pushed another tiny blue flower into her hair. She knew she would have to remove these adornments before they returned to the house. When Mamm gently cleared her throat, the girl remembered the tiny celery seeds that had been spilling out of her apron all morning. She sighed and settled down in an empty row, digging her bare toes into the cool soil. She froze when her foot bumped something hard. Scooping the dirt aside with her fingers, she found a tiny, tattered purse. Glancing at her mother to ensure her secret treasure was still a secret, she opened the clasp... Take a moment to think about where you would take this topic... The winners of the WritersWeekly.com Spring 2009 24-Hour Short Story Contest have been posted! See the contest topic and the entire list of winners (and their prizes), and read the top three winning stories here: http://www.writersweekly.com/contest/spring09winners.html Congrats to the Top Three Winners! 1st Place - Mysterious Ways by Denise Leary, Rockville, MD 2nd Place - Little Mamm's Treasure by Janice Croom, Bloomington, IL 3rd Place - On the Trail with Sacagawea by Robert Shannon, Chicago, IL ALREADY 30% FULL - SUMMER '09 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST The WritersWeekly.com Summer 2009 24-Hour Short Story Contest is now accepting entrants! Each contest is limited to 500 entrants. Contests usually fill up (it's tons of fun!), so don't delay if you want to participate. 1st Place: $300 2nd Place: $250 3rd Place: $200 Entry fee is $5. You can see the complete list of 85 prizes and sign up here: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.html WANT TO SELL YOUR WRITING-RELATED E-BOOK ON WRITERSWEEKLY? If you've written a writing-related book and own your electronic rights, contact angela - at - writersweekly.com. WritersWeekly.com and Booklocker.com do NOT charge setup fees to list ebooks, and don't take any rights. And, you can cancel at anytime. WANT TO SELL YOUR E-BOOK ON BOOKLOCKER.COM? Booklocker.com charges NO SETUP FEES to list ebooks, takes NO rights from authors and you can cancel at anytime. Royalties are 70% for ebooks priced $8.95 or higher and 50% for ebooks priced under $8.95. See: http://publishing.booklocker.com/submit.php WHAT ARE THE CURRENT BEST SELLING BOOKS AT WRITERSWEEKLY? FREE EXCERPTS OF ALL BOOKS available at the links below. 1. 24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST ENTRY FEE - $5 Entry fee and contest guidelines ebook. 2. QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED! Real Queries That Landed $2K+ Writing Assignments In these pages, you'll find real query letters that landed real assignments for national magazines, websites, and corporations, including: Woman's Day - $2,800, Redbook - $3,500, Ladies Home Journal - $3,000, DiscoveryHealth.com - $2,000, Lifetime Magazine - $3,000, and many, many more! 3. Writing FAST: How to Write Anything with Lightning Speed Your mind moves at lightning speed. Your writing should, too. Introducing the FAST System approach to writing. Whether you hate writing, or you're an avid wordsmith, Writing FAST is the must-read book for writers of all levels. 4. Profitable E-mail Publishing: How To Publish A Profitable Emag You'll find everything you need to know about making money with your e-mag in easy-to-follow steps. 5. Writing E-books for Fun and Profit Explains how to get ideas for your e-book as well as how to write and publish an e-book. 6. The Accidental Medical Writer If you've considered freelance medical writing as a career, but don't know where to start, then The Accidental Medical Writer is for you. WHAT ARE THE CURRENT BOOKLOCKER.COM BEST SELLERS? 1. Cancer-Free -- Your Guide to Gentle, Non-toxic Healing (Third Edition) Healing cancer requires knowledge of alternative treatments. Here it is. 2. Stepping Into the New Reality Survive the fall and move into your Heaven with ease. 3. HONTO! The oral history of an intelligence operation committed to paper. 4. Remembering Your Soul Purpose An ascension book/workbook for excavating your soul's unique contribution. 5. Signposts and Junctions The memoirs and travels of Laudizen King. MAKE A SOLDIER SMILE!! Read their wants and needs at this great website: http://www.anysoldier.com/ DO YOU PAY WRITERS? Email your ad to us and we'll run it at no charge. Send it to: angela - at - writersweekly.com ARE YOU MISSING THE PARTY? The Freelance Writing Forum is very active and we'd love to have you join us! http://www.writersweekly.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=15 WRITER'S GUIDELINES DATABASE http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewforum.php?f=12

Prom and (sniff!!) Graduation

Our daughter, Ali, attended her senior prom last week. She woke up early, before her friend, Ashley, arrived. Their first appointment of the day was to have their nails done. They then had their hair and make-up done at 3:00 PM. She was supposed to be dressed and ready to go at 5:10 PM because we were meeting an entire group of kids and parents at a local park to take pictures. There's a fountain there and the kids thought it would provide a nice background. Ali's boyfriends mother would be there, too, of course. At 4:45 PM, Ali still had not returned from getting her hair done.

Topic, Common Themes, and Winners of the WritersWeekly.com Spring 2009 24-Hour Short Story Contest

Over the past few months, after each quarterly short story contest, I've been posting missives about the common themes in entries submitted for the previous 24-Hour Short Story Contest. We've received lots of positive feedback so I'll continue to do this for future contests.
 
 

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