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WOOT…5 authors with get HUGE scholarships in CO in September

WOOT…5 authors with get HUGE scholarships in CO in September

Are you an aspiring author?
Do you know someone who is?
Calling Aspiring Authors … It will be a BIG day … and five amazing authors-to-be will be awarded scholarships with a combination cash and intensive 12-month mentorship program.
Who will they be? Will it be you … or someone you know? It’s time to submit applications. Forms are here: https://bit.ly/AuthorScholarships

Five … yes, that is FIVE authors-to-be will receive $2,000 in cash PLUS participation in an extensive 12-month …

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I wished I had learned this 10 years ago …

I wished I had learned this 10 years ago …

The Master of eMail Marketing joins AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Judith Briles for this info-heavy session. Expert Tom Antion has never had a job. He’s an Internet Multimillionaire who has sent out over a billion emails over the past 29 years with virtually zero complaints. He’s the founder of the only licensed, dedicated Internet and Digital marketing school in the country and the subject of the Hollywood Documentary “The American Entrepreneur” premiering …

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Do you know an aspiring author who could use $2000?

Do you know an aspiring author who could use $2000?

The Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame
Creates FIVE $2,000 Scholarships to Aspiring Colorado Authors

The Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame is offering up to FIVE $2,000 scholarships to aspiring Colorado authors, as well as an extensive 18-month mentorship to support their success as an author. The scholarship is part of The Hall’s commitment to encourage, support, and nurture Colorado connected writers.
Sponsored by the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame, an organization that celebrates the most prolific authors with …

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Authors Need to Ride Surfing the Publishing Wave

Authors Need to Ride Surfing the Publishing Wave

Thirty plus years ago, one of my author friends coined one of my favorite book titles: Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers. It’s all about change and slashing through the things that continually hold people and companies back. Fast forward 20 years. I ran into the author Bob Kriegel at a conference we were both speaking at. He was still talking about burgers and he reminded me of a story he told me long ago …

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Author, Writing and Book Publishing Tips and Ahas

Author, Writing and Book Publishing Tips and Ahas

 

 
Rule the World Hands Free!
The TechSlinger … not sure if you would call this a “tip” or but what the heck … if you have a lot of gadgets and want to be “different”… this could be for you! www.techslinger.com
 
 
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Get ye to Slogan Slingers—the ultimate in quick and easy ways to get talented writers come to your aid. http://www.sloganslingers.com/  
 
 
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Traditional Publishing, Self or Independent Publishing: Which to Choose and Why…Advice from the Book Coach / Book Shepherd

Traditional Publishing, Self or Independent Publishing: Which to Choose and Why…Advice from the Book Coach / Book Shepherd

Ahhh, times have changed—which publishing road does an author take today? With the Internet and today’s technology, traditional publishers are being turned on their heads, self and independent publishers have morphed into new critters—ranging from “Wow—look at these books, they are amazing” to “Wow—these like they were done with Elmer’s Glue at the kitchen table.”
The publishing road answer: it depends. Authors are choosing to bypass the traditional method that had been so coveted by the …

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Authors, Books and Webinars Go Together

Authors, Books and Webinars Go Together

One of the challenges that every Webinar seems to encounter is the talking head syndrome. In TV land, this is typical of your news shows. Your Webinar needs even more energy and when your attendees can’t see you. Your challenge is to create action in their eyes with your words, your phrases, your pausing, your illustrations, your speaking style, your examples, your stories, your segways, your everything … it’s your show and whether the attendee comes back for another Webinar will be based on whether you can connect with your audience or not.

Why Publishing on Your Own Is a Very, Very Viable Option

Why Publishing on Your Own Is a Very, Very Viable Option

Once upon a time, in a land no so far away, there were two types of publishing: the coveted traditional route, where thousands of books were printed, media releases created and publisher reps marketed the books that only real authors wrote; and the disdained vanity press—here the giant spitting sound. Authors went the vanity press route only as a last resort. Under the vanity umbrella dwelled the small presses and self-publishing, costly ventures where mass …

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5 Blunders Guaranteed to Crush Your Publishing Efforts … Part I

5 Blunders Guaranteed to Crush Your Publishing Efforts … Part I

Everywhere you turn, there is info via the Internet , on the bookshelf,  via videos,  and certainly from workshops. Info that tells you want to do with your publishing efforts; what not to do.
You would think that any beginning author would start with a quick search on the Internet to begin their quest–a quest that would identify common snafus  and traps that newbie authors fall into. It would certainly reveal a plethora of information—how to do it; …

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