170Days Gone By: Homage To Barnaby Conrad’s Santa Barbara Writers Conference
Days Gone By: Homage to Barnaby Conrad's Santa Barbara Writers Conference
This 1500 word ebook honors Barnaby Conrad's influence over this writer's life by offering a snippet of fiction that's set at ...
170Santa Barbara Writers Conference:Marla Miller’s Workshop Schedule
SANTA BARBARA WRITERS CONFERENCE, 6/8/2013—6/13/2013
Marla Miller's MarketingtheMuse Workshop Schedule: 1PM—3:30PM
Workshop Overview:
Most sessions begin with Read & Critique, 1-2 pm-- Openings only, Fiction/nonfiction, Query Letters &/or Book Proposal Overviews.
2-3:30 pm-- Special ...
170Hugh Howey: Indie Author Extraordinaire
Hugh Howey talks to A.P.E. co-authors Guy Kawasaki & Shawn Welch, and social media pro, Peg Fitzgerald about the synergy between traditional and Indie publishing.
Mutually exclusive, you thought?
No way, according to Howey ...
170Author Solutions-Penguin’s Self Publishing Press – Under Fire
Back in the early days, Author Solutions had been identified as one of the good guys in the Indie author movement; so good, Penguin's self publishing arm purchased them. More validation, ...
170Indie Author TV’s Jason Matthews Interviews Marla Miller
I met Indie author and marketing whiz Jason Matthews when he asked for an interview. Last week, about one month after I became his co-host on Indie Authors, we did ...
Perfect Your Book Pitch @ Pitch Witch Workshop!
Editor/indie filmmaker Jennifer Silva Redmond and I taught our first 'Pitch Witch Workshop' @ the 2011 Southern California Writers Conference. Since then, we've partnered up many times. Here's a 4 ...
Quick Query Letter Critique #138: Belly of the Whale
Quick Query Critique #138:
THE LETTER: (ignore formatting)
In Belly of the Whale, Harper Southwood is an intuitive teenage girl in the mountain town of Pinewood, Colorado, who has spent much of ...
Writing Contests: Writers, Be Aware
Seems to me, there are almost as many writing contests out here to enter as there are writers hoping to win the prize. But at what price? Writers, I say ...
170GOAL! My Kickstarter Novel’s Fundraising GOAL Reached!
April 29, 2013
Deadly Little Secrets is closer to publication thanks to support I've received at Kickstarter.
I have 4 days left to fund raise!!!
For those who may still have interest in supporting ...
From Facts Writers Craft Fiction: AIDS Crisis
'Deadly Little Secrets', the novel I'm raising funds for @ KICKSTARTER is rooted in this experience I will never forget. In 1990, I was a columnist for a local Orange County/Newport Beach daily ...
170Guy Kawasaki: A.P.E. Author-Publisher-Entrepreneur Webinar/SheWritesPress
This Guy Kawasaki webinar hosted by SheWritesPress at Shindig e-auditorium was as close to being there as I've ever felt. It's because of the guest speaker. Notice how his command ...
170Jeff Bezos Addresses Amazon Publishing Critics
Bezos on Competitors, Royalties, Kindles
Apr 12, 2013
Amazon may act as though it doesn’t hear criticism from outside of the company but, according to company ...
NEW! MarketingtheMuse Book Publicity Consultation Service
MarketingtheMuse Book Publicity Consultation Services
Why I launched this service:
Many writers have asked me to help them promote their books. Though becoming a 'book publicist' does not interest me, helping ...
170Bestselling David Brin @SCWC: Your 1st Novel Should Be A Murder Mystery!
I'm not a science fiction reader but I love Ray Bradbury and so does noted science fiction novelist David Brin. Bradbury was his hero like he has been for so ...
Networking Writers: It Pays Off
Once again, the 2013 Southern California Writers Conference was a weekend to remember. Per my usual, I encouraged writers to collect emails and business cards-not just from 'the experts'-but from ...
170Testimonials, QQC’s & Skype Sessions: Valuable to Authors On The Road To Publication.
$35/15 minute 1:1 session available
Very helpful service for writers, in particular those having trouble honing in on core query letter components. In SKYPE sessions, we talk 'story' and my questions ...
Indie Authors TV: Jason Matthews & Marla Miller
Multi published Indie author & writing workshop teacher Matt Pallamary discusses applying shamanic techniques to storytelling. I was skeptical at first but what he says totally makes sense. Just another ...
170PREMATURE PUBLICATION
The good news is, writers are no longer at traditional publishing's beck and call. We have options. Back in the day, we had none. Our only hope? Getting a nod ...