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Aspiring children’s book authors! Submit your manuscript to MeeGenius

by MKMarketing | Sep 9, 2010 | For the love of writing, Freelance Writing

To commemorate National Literacy Month this September, MeeGenius!, a new reading, bookstore and publishing app for kids that features word highlighting, audio playback and story personalization, is holding a nationwide search to discover and publish aspiring...

Talk About Your Book: 7 Tips For Successful Public Speaking

by MKMarketing | Sep 8, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts

Authors are a little like rockstars, setting up tour dates when a new album is released. Readers are hungry to know the writer behind inspiring words, (Check out: Before they buy your book, buyers need to know, like and trust you: How to reach them) and speaking to...

Television as Teacher: 5 things we can learn from TV writers and their characters

by MKMarketing | Sep 5, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts, Who is Writing What?

A few weeks ago I attended the Writers Faire at UCLA. There were over 45 seminars on the craft of writing, presented by a humbling variety of the nation’s finest authors, poets and screenwriters—who just happen to teach at UCLA. (I’m salivating as I...

Before they buy your book, buyers need to know, like and trust you: How to reach them

by MKMarketing | Sep 3, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts, Who is Writing What?

There are millions of books available to read, so why do people buy a particular one? The primary reason is word of mouth, whether that is a verbal recommendation or something you read online or in the paper. In Joanna Penn’s article Book Buyers Need to Know,...

How authors make money. No, really.

by MKMarketing | Sep 1, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Freelance Writing, Guest posts, Who is Writing What?

Writing your first book (or second, third…)  is no small undertaking. In the best of times, getting an agent and finding your book one day in a book store was a long, arduous journey. The task facing today’s aspiring authors can often seem unsurmountable,...
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