This is the first post about my experience reading David Meerman Scott‘s book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR. As I said in November, I am going to post a few different posts about what I learned from reading…
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What’s on my bookshelf? 12-7-12
One of my all-time favorite movies, and books, is The Princess Bride by William Goldman. I thought it would be appropriate to write about this book, since for my birthday a couple weeks ago, my older brother and his wife…
Tagged with: Cary Elwes, Dread Pirate Roberts, Fred Savage, Inigo Montoya, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, Prince Humperdinck, Princess Bride, Westley, William Goldman
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#NaNoWriMo winner!
Yes, I am a NaNoWriMo winner! I wrote 51, 246 words in November (National Novel Writing Month). Let me tell you, it wasn’t easy. There were days when I really didn’t want to write, but I needed to do this. The…
Tagged with: books, Fiction, Holidays, National Novel Writing Month, novel writing, November, Thanksgiving, writing
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What’s on my bookshelf from my grandfather?
I apologize to those of you who follow my blog for not posting as regularly last month. I took a break from posting because, two weeks ago, my grandfather passed away. He would have been 79 on November 29. It’s…
Tagged with: books, English, Fiction, Grandparent, Hunt for Red October, Literature, Memorials, National Geographic, Social Sciences, Sum of All Fears, thriller novels, Tom Clancy, tom clancy novel, writing
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Marketing and PR on your own as an author
One of the things that has bothered me since I started my journey of being a writer and author is how to market my book to an audience when I’m virtually unknown. Beyond my small hometown and my circle of…
Tagged with: Author, author tips, Book, David Meerman Scott, E-book, New Rules of Marketing, New Rules of Marketing and PR, Public relations, social-media, writing tips
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What’s on my bookshelf? 11-9-12
I’m currently reading the book Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier (and loving it), and that got me thinking that I hadn’t written a “What’s on my bookshelf?” post in a while. So today I will be talking about the books by…
Tagged with: Book, bookshelf, Daughter of the Forest, irish mythology, Juliet Marillier, Literature, love story, Marillier, Shadowfell, son of the shadows
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Cover art for sequel to “Into Fire”
In honor of #WriterWednesday, or #WW, I am excited to show you all a sneak peak at the new cover for the sequel to my first novel. Over Water is the second novel in my planned trilogy about Leora, the…
Tagged with: Author, books, Debut novel, Fiction, Leora, novel, Sequel, writing
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