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About Me and My Book:: The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success
ISBN: 978-0-9785158-7-4 Publisher: Red Engine Press

There are gremlins out there determined to keep your work from being published, your book from being promoted. They —resolved to embarrass you before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for you —lurk in your subconscious and the depths of your computer programs. Whether you are a new or experienced author, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success will help you present whistle-clean copy (whether it's a one-page cover letter or your entire manuscript) to those who have the power to say "Yea" or "Nay." It's the second in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers.

Website:: www.howtodoitfrugally.com

This, the first in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers (www.howtodoitfrugally.com) is the winner of USA Book News Best Professional Book Award and the sought-after Irwin Award. It is the result of learning targeted promotion the hard way, by promoting my own literary novel, book of short stories and chapbook of poetry--the hardest kinds of books of all to promote! (-:

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Out-Of-The-Box Promotion Contest Winners Ideas Shared with Writers as E-Book

M E D I A R E L E A S E For Immediate Release Contact: Kathe Gogolewski E-Mail: kgogolewski@sbcglobal.net March, 2008 TRI Studio LLC www.tri-studio.com announces the winners of the Out-of-the-Box Promotion Contest for Writers, featured in The Fiction Flyer, a free e-zine for writers at www.tri-studio.com/ezine.html . Judged by promotion guru Carolyn Howard-Johnson, the contest called for largely untested promotion ideas for writ… Continue

Posted on May 9th, 2008 at 10:47am — No Comments (Add)

Yessss! I wanted you to know about this free writers' conference!

I thought you'd all like to know about a FREE writers conference coming in May. I will be presenting. You don't have to be Catholic to attend. I'm not Catholic and they asked me to present. LOL! It is a wonderful opportunity, at any rate. Here is the release with more information: Carolyn Howard-Johnson will host a workshop on editing at the first annual Catholic Writers’ Conference Online, Monday,.May 8 at 1 pm EST. She will co-present a seminar with Karina Fabian on book promotion tha… Continue

Posted on March 19th, 2008 at 9:29pm — 6 Comments (Add)

Watch for This Great New E-Book Full of Winning Ideas

M E D I A R E L E A S E For Immediate Release Contact: Kathe Gogolewski E-Mail: kgogolewski@sbcglobal.net TRI Studio Announces Winners of the Out-Of-The-Box Promotion Contest For Writers March, 2008 TRI Studio LLC www.tri-studio.com announces the winners of the Out-of-the-Box Promotion Contest for Writers, featured in The Fiction Flyer, a free e-zine for writers at www.tri-studio.com/ezine.html Judged by promotion guru… Continue

Posted on March 1st, 2008 at 7:54pm — 10 Comments (Add)

My First How-To Short Published by Amazon's Short program

Don't put it off any longer. You can learn the knack of book proposals without so much pain, I promise you. You can be a pro with and investment of only 20 minutes and 49 cents with my Great First Impression Book Proposal short from Amazon.

And, yes, editing is super-important in anything that's a "First Impression!" So this sure enough isn't off-topic. (-:

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USA Book News names Frugal Editor Best Publishing Book

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At 2:01pm on January 10th, 2008, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: Milli, as you know I like to officially thank you in my Sharing with Writers newsletter. I always link to a page when I do that and throw in something that promotes the author who was nice enough to do something for me. One good turn deserves another. (-:
Thank you! Let me know!
Oh, and anyone who would like to subscribe to my newsletter, just send me an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line to HoJoNews@aol.com. (-:

Best,
Carolyn

At 7:47am on January 10th, 2008, Milli Thornton said…: Hi Carolyn!

Lovely to hear from you and thanks for posting a comment on my page.

Check out my blog entry of today for another place authors can request a free listing of their book. The listing includes a large image of the book cover, a 25-word teaser and a 250-word synopsis, as well as a link to your author Website and blog.

Happy 2008,
Milli Thornton
www.fearofwriting.com

At 11:00pm on December 3rd, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: Oh, how sweet of you to let me know. And, heck. Why not do it frugally. Most of the frugal promotions works better than the stuff some authors pay for. (-: Have you contributed any of your tips or successes to my newsletter? I'd love to hear from you.

Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

At 9:05am on December 3rd, 2007, Satis Shroff said…: Hi Carolyn! Thanks for the ad on my page. I am doing it frugally, you know. I'm still thinking about the potholes you were talking about. Peace be with you and whish you lots of copies sold.
Regards,
Satis

At 9:24pm on September 27th, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: Until then, I have one, Diane. It is The Frugal Book Promoter. It is the first in this series of HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers. Maybe until you get one going, you could recommend mine? I'd love it and I'd love to send you a copy to be sure you can recommend it. I teach seminars on the subject, too. I'm an instructor for UCLA's Writer's Program. And that's exactly why I wrote it. For my classes. It's won two awards, including USA Book News Best Professional Book. My e-mail is hojonews@aol.com if you want to talk personally. (-:

Best,
Carolyn
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

At 5:04pm on September 27th, 2007, L. Diane Wolfe said…: I like the title - Frugal! My husband says I need to put together a book called How To Promote a Book on a Shoestring Budget. (Since I teach seminars on the subject, I really need to write one soon!)

At 7:26pm on September 22nd, 2007, Max Elliot Anderson said…: Carolyn,

Good to hear from you.

Max

At 11:17am on September 20th, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: Perfect. Thank you, Val! (-:

At 11:09am on September 20th, 2007, Val D. Greenwood said…: Carolyn, I sent you a message at your hojonews@aol.com address. Hope you got it. My e-mail address is val@valgreenwood.com
Thanx again.

At 10:56am on September 20th, 2007, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…: Not really. Never grew to that part. I was the youngest person ever hired as a staff writer for The Salt Lake Tribune. I wrote a lot of fashion, teen, weddings, etc. But they did let me cover some city stuff because I nagged them and they couldn't resist a cute teenager. YOuth has its advantages. Sighhhh!

Sounds as if your book is valuable to humanize what reporters do.
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
www.howtodoitfrugally.com

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