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Hometown:
Los Angeles
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:
http://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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Early Bird Signing Opportunity for LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books

Join mw now as a signing author at the Authors' Coalition booth at the LA Times Festival of Books on the beautiful UCLA campus and get a substantial discount. It is the last weekend of April 2009. The book-signing portion of the fair requires that you attend but other value-added promotions do not. You'll hear more about those later. Authors' Coalition will again be sponsoring a booth at the LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books on April 2009. We focus on making a humdrum fair into a sizzling success… Continue

Posted on August 14th, 2008 at 10:40pm — No Comments (Add)

Authors' Advocate's Blogs Take 2nd Award in a Month

M E D I A R E L E A S E Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com Fax: 818-790-4299 Phone: 818-790-0502 For Immediate Release Editor and Author's Blogs Honored 2nd Time in a Month The Frugal, Smart and Tuned-In Editor blog (www.thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com) was named Blog of the Day Award at Blog of the Day Awards blog, http://blogofthedayawards.blogspot.com/2008/07/frugal-smart-and-tuned-in-editor.html. The winning blog is an interactive blog where writers of every ilk send q… Continue

Posted on July 28th, 2008 at 2:31pm — No Comments (Add)

Summer Poetry Reading at the Palisades

As you may know, I rarely read my poetry. It's certainly not from lack of love of the genre. But two very special poets have asked me to read at an exceptionally supportive bookstore in Pacific Palisades in a couple of weeks (info below). I hope you'll join us and support our efforts. I'll read a couple of poems from Tracings, a couple from my coming chapbook She Wore Emerald Then co-authored with Magdalena Ball. Maybe a couple brand new ones, too. Please mark your calendars. Carolyn Howard-Joh… Continue

Posted on July 24th, 2008 at 10:25am — No Comments (Add)

Writer's Digest Names Sharing with Writers.blogspot to 101 Best of 2008

E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com Cincinnati: Brian A. Klems, online managing editor at Writer's Digest, named award-winning author Carolyn Howard-Johnson's blog, Sharing with Writers (www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com ) to his magazine's 101 Best Websites in 2008. Klems cites that the blog is full of "cheap ways to promote your book" but also mentions her Sharing with Writers newsletter as a source for writers. See the June, 2008, Issue, p. 54. Howard-Johnson is the author of a novel, book of cr… Continue

Posted on July 18th, 2008 at 9:43pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Authors' Coalition Looking for LA Times Festival of Books Participants

Authors' Coalition (www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com) is looking for 2009 participants for the presitious LA Times Festival of Books. Christine Alexanians (tinooshik@yahoo.com) is handline the booth and I'm directing promotion. She's love to hear from you. There's a steep discount for early signers. Best, Carolyn Howard-Johnson Author of the award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers www.howtodoitfrugally.com

Posted on July 18th, 2008 at 8:39pm — No Comments (Add)

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At 7:16pm on August 18th, 2008, Lisa Manyon said…
Hi Carolyn,

I've updated the blog to include the ability to comment immediately -- only a year or so later. LOL. Hope al is well with you.

Lisa
At 7:42pm on August 14th, 2008, Leona G Shankle said…
Hi Carolyn, so glad I found you here. I visited your frugal site a few days ago during a research session. I will certainly come back here often for more.
At 10:22am on July 24th, 2008, Carolyn Howard-Johnson said…
Summer Poetry Reading at the Palisades

As you may know, I rarely read my poetry. It's certainly not from lack of love of the genre. But two very special poets have asked me to read at an exceptionally supportive bookstore in Pacific Palisades in a couple of weeks (info below). I hope you'll join us and support our efforts. I'll read a couple of poems from Tracings, a couple from my coming chapbook She Wore Emerald Then co-authored with Magdalena Ball. Maybe a couple brand new ones, too. Please mark your calendars.

&Carolyn Howard-Johnson will read from her chapbook of poetry, Tracings, Monday evening, Aug. 11, at 7:30 pm at the Village Bookstore 1049 Swarthmore Ave, Pacific Palisades, CA. Poets Alice Pero and Lois P. Jones sponsor ongoing featured readings called Moonday. Learn more at www.home.earthlink.net/~pero/moonday.html

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my mentor and inspiration, Suzanne Lummis. And please feel free to bring friends and fellow poetry lovers.
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

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