Books that are also movies Old Yeller by Fred Gipson and Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls? (Just the titles make me cry.) Jack London’s, White Fang takes us on quite an emotional journey. Based on L. Frank Baum’s book series, The Wizard of Oz was an annual Easter family event in our…
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Goodreads Giveaways for Authors: Gimmick or Gold?
We authors can be overwhelmed when deciding how much money we should spend, and where, in order to get customers to spend money on our book. Let’s be candid. Most new and independent authors set aside idealistic expectations of initial profit and focus on exposure, ratings, reviews, and the ability to quickly turn these aspects…
THOUGHTS ON MARKETING
I’m in the dreaded days between turning the last revision into the editor and waiting for the acceptance so I can get paid. How do I fill my time? By working on the next book, of course, and, no, I don’t do NaNo. I find it stressful, and a way to focus more on how…
The Goodreads Connection
By Patricia Stoltey So far in my series about blogging and social media I’ve discussed blogs and Twitter. In addition to blogging, I try to use a limited number of social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, and Google+ so far). I’m signed up on Library Thing, however, and may get busy over there once I…