What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My book is called Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs (Seal Press October 2009) Tell us something about yourself. I grew up in a small town in Louisiana called Brusly. It’s near Baton Rouge. I love my adopted…
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Cathy Diez-Luckie – Author Interview
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. Dinosaurs on the Move: Movable Paper Figures to Cut Color, and Assemble (April 2010) Dinosaurs are always a thrill to children and adults. Fearsome, fast carnivores, enormous herbivores, and flying lizards that resembled giant bats-have captured our imaginations for nearly two centuries. With…
The Challenges of an Indie Publisher
When I decided to become the first author of an independent Publisher, I had no idea what I was getting into. There are benefits to being part of a small independent publisher who’s just starting out, but there are also drawbacks. Since I’m the type of person who prefers to make lemonade out of lemons,…
Piero Rivolta – Author Interview
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. THE CASTAWAY It’s a novel about a man who is rescued in the Gulf of Mexico and can’t remember anything but his name. Nursed back to health by an old and irreverent Jesuit priest in a small village in the Yucatan, he meets…
Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis – Author Interview
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. “The Addiction Monster and the Square Cat.” This is my first children’s book. It’s aimed at young children from age 10 and up. It tells them how drugs are bad for them and even worse, that drugs can lead to addiction. It is…
Sing Your Own Praises
If you’re in marketing or advertising, this rule has undoubtedly already been tattooed onto your brain. For everyone else: you need to give people credible and compelling reasons to buy what you’re selling. And that means you have to think in terms of what’s in it for them. WHAT IT MEANS: Every ad, brochure, e-mail,…
L. Diane Wolfe – Author Interview
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My latest book is The Circle of Friends, Book V…Heather. Described as “encouragement personified”, this Southern-based, YA series portrays love and friendship overcoming all obstacles. Book V follows Heather, a feisty young woman about to embark on a coaching career at Clemson. Sadly,…
Writing a Proposal for Your Non-Fiction Book
When I started writing Marines in the Garden of Eden, my goal was to have it published by a traditional publishing house and stocked in every major bookstore in the United States. I signed a publishing contract with Berkley Publishing Group, part of the Putnam/Penguin global publishing giant. Marines in the Garden of Eden appeared…
Derec Jones – Author Interview
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. The last book I published is The Three Bears, a novel. The book has been described by one reviewer as a “work of art, in the fullest sense”, and that’s how I see it. Don’t expect a pretty landscape or a stunning portrait,…
Create Involvement Between You and Your Readers
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