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What's Your Biggest Challenge with Your Book?
Replied Sep. 8, 2008
HOW VALUABLE ARE BOOK SIGNINGS TO SALES?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Mary McCauley Sep. 13, 2008.
What's Your Biggest Challenge with Your Book?
Replied Aug. 3, 2008
Marilyn A. Hudson -Author, Book Promoter
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- About Me and My Book:
- A professional librarian, historian, and storyteller. I also do book promotion for Oklahoma authors or Oklahoma themed books at OKLAHOMA WRITERS (www.okwriters.blogspot.com) and a free - but professional - review service at , "REVIEW IT!" (http://reviewservice.blogspot.com/).
My books:
"Off the Page!: Basic tips for sharing stories with Children".
"Elephant Hips Are Expensive" a children's first chapter book.
"Shadow Tales of Oklahoma"
In the Works:
"When Death Rode the Rails"
"The Year Without a Halloween: Some Oklahoma Halloween History"
"Word and Women"
In the works with a partner:
A suspense novel...
- Website:
- http://www.freewebs.com/whorlbooks
BOOK REVIEWS
There are no guarantees. Good reviews are earned by good books. What we offer is a fair reading. With only a limited number of slots in the professional review sources, the new author can have a hard time getting reviews because even the "old hand" can find it tough.
Interested? Send a copy of your book (or CD) to: Marilyn A. Hudson 5658 NW Pioneer Circle Norman, Oklahoma 73072 Email: marilynahudson@yahoo.com
Books are not returned but they do find a good home in libraries, schools, hospitals, VA Centers, etc. This means exposure for your title and your name.
If your title is reviewed you receive: a review on the "REVIEW IT!" page, if your book is listed there, we post a review on Amazon.com and we add your title to either the "AUTHOR JUNCTION" or "OK WRITERS book promotion blogs for even more web-exposure. You are then free to use review text on your own PR materials.
Not in print yet but still want a review? This is possible and no copy of the text will be retained once the review has been generated. This is especially recommended so that an author can get those valuable -and hard to find - book jacket comments.
Also, we can provide some hints on promotion, link you up with a value priced graphic artist for book jackets and other promotional helps.
Email me with your questions....
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THOSE PESKY VERSES OF PAUL
Author Marilyn A. Hudson tackles a topic that has long afflicted many women in the Christian church. For one of the few times, the apparent limitations of women in the life of the church are examined by a woman. The words of the Apostle are balanced by examing the actions of Jesus Chr… Continue
Posted on August 19, 2009 at 3:30pm —
New Book Started
A new book is in the works...and I have the most delightful collaborators....they work cheap(milk and cookies mostly) and giggle a lot!
Posted on March 15, 2009 at 8:23am —
New Review posted for "Reluctant Guest" by Kenneth Shelby Armstrong
Posted on February 24, 2009 at 8:10am —
Calling Paranormal Authors!
Marilyn A. Hudson
5658 NW Pioneer Circle
Norman, Oklahoma
Posted on February 24, 2009 at 8:00am —
A REVIEW OF MARY MCCAULEY'S BOOK HAS BEEN POSTED
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 4:59am —
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I would like to connect with you there also. I am trying to make more friends and fans so that I can spread awareness for breast cancer during pregnancy. I was diagnosed Stage 3 in the 5th month of my pregnancy in May. My status updates on Facebook and LinkedIn are usually about my fight.
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Let's connect here and on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=publishing&init=quick#/profile.php?id=1007096486&ref=profile
Twitter, too: http://twitter.com/WillowRaven
My website is: http://willowraven.weebly.com
I invite you to follow my blogs and comment, critique, and network with me as friends (so I can follow your work too).
I have found ning in general to be the best marketing and reference tool compared to any advertising, networking, or leads I have ever used -- free or paid for. And all it's costs is our time.
Many of you are already in my friend network, and thank you for sharing your work with me. For those of you reading, this that I have not introduced myself too, I would like to now, and ask we be friends so I can follow your craft as well.
We all need to support each others work through this economic distress, no stimulus or bail out is going to help us.
In my latest blog post, you will also see three other ning networks that I have created. One for children's book professionals/enthusiasts, one for southern/Tennessee writers, artists, etc., and one for WillowRaven clients (present, past, or future) or simply just fans of my work. I invite you to join the appropriate ones for you as well.
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Check out my latest blogs about my design project for the upcoming release of Confessions of a Former Rock Queen.
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Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference 2009
Literacy is our purpose.
Fulfilling dreams is our goal.
www.scribblersretreatwritersconference.com
@ Sea Palms Resort, St. Simons Island, Georgia
February 12-15, 2009 – Elizabeth Blahnik, Ernest Gilbert, Pam Mueller, Kathy Kerr, Maggie Toussaint, Dr. Jim Outlaw, Lee Carter, Millie Wilcox, Monica Simmons, Roger Pinckney
May 14-17, 2009 –Dickie Anderson (F), Ed Ginn, Ervin Williams, Holly McClure, Cappy Rearick, Harlan Hambright, Constance Daley, Bud Hearn, William Rawlings
August 13-16, 2009 – “SciFi, Fantasy, Mystery, Inspirational”
November 12-15, 2009 – “Novels, Short Stories, etc”
Scribblers’ Retreat is a non-profit organization established with the goal of reaching writers of all ages; to inspire and promote their hidden gifts and talents.
By involving the local community, authors, publishers, editors, journalists and all forms of the literary world, we are opening their minds and bringing hope where there was doubt.
Scribblers’ Retreat is not the typical classroom setting. It was designed to bring world-class authors, literature professors, editors, journalists, illustrators, photo journalists, proofreaders, publishers, publicists, screenplay writers, and website/graphic designers, etc. one-on-one with young and old alike. It is the opportunity of a lifetime for someone who has had a manuscript in a desk drawer for 40 years or who has an outstanding poem that simply must be read.
Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference
Where “can’t” is not in our vocabulary.
For more information:
Jeanie Pantelakis
Co-director
Scribblers' Retreat Writers' Conference
1-800-996-2904
912-230-2207
cpantelakis@gmail.com
I want to show off my latest cover design for one of the books I am illustrating and invite you to comment on my latest blog post introducing Puff Bear Goes to the Hospital and it's author.
Hope to see your comments there...
Aidana WillowRaven
www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
Check out my latest blog post to read about my newest cover design, read the latest book review and find out how to attend my first book signing for the JGDS (Junior Geography Detective Squad) children's mystery state book series (signing as illustrator of course).
Here is the cover for the second book in the series just to tempt you further...
Isn't my job cool?
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One of the hurdles for small presses and self-published authors is getting titles reviewed. Books are sent out -free - to numerous potential reviewers but in many cases it is simply money down the drain. As a professional libraian whose has had to buy thousands of books over the years, I know that libraries and schools look for books with reviews to provide a rationale for purchase. They want, usually, the big name review sources, yet the simple truth is there are far more books published (in just the major houses) per year than EVER see a review. So what chance do small presses or self-publishing authors have? When I do a review of a book, it is in the manner I would if I were considering them to be printed in a librarian focused publication. I apply all the professional criteria to provide, hopefully a jump start to promoting and selling a worthwhile title. Reviews provide backmatter copy, website comments, and other valuable promotional material. Not all books get reviewed, however, and I am up front about that. If a book is not worth putting on a book shelf, I do not provide a review for professional reasons. I do, however, provide tips and suggestions to the author ( a spoon ful of sugar helps the medicine go down, they say....). I have links on my blogpage at www.whorlbooks.blogspot.com
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