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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- A wannabe author, working on a novel. Also an avid reader.
- Do You Have A Website?
- http://kenfurlong.tripod.com/index.html#family
- About Me:
- Retired, and finally able to indulge my passion for writing
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://kendallskhronicles.blogspot.com/
- Favorite Books:
- An evolving project: currently anything by P.D. James, most 19th century novelists, esp. British, Russian, French, and Portuguese; and of course, that great American novel, Cien Años de Soledad.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Barnes and Noble, Amazon.
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Slides, Anyone?
I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?
A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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When RASCAL wakes up, you'll hear from her and/or her Mom - that would be me, Morgan Mandel.
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My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. I am writing because my debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available, and I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your comments on some of the book review sites like amazon.com. If you're interested, I'd be glad to send you an e-book version of the book. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:
Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894
Thanks so much,
Chris
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Christopher Tusa
Department of English
Louisiana State University
Editor, Poetry Southeast
http://www.christophertusa.com
mail@christophertusa.com
Thank you for accepting my friendship. What is difficult is using one's creative mind to figure out how to be able to write and give up one's former livelihood or the situation that allows for it.
As I get older I find my self not wanting to participate any longer in normal career activity, but I need to complete the writings that I have in my head, before my mental capacity goes out the window (he, he). I appreciate your mutual feelings. write me at my email: sullymagma@yahoo.com!
Length is a big distinction. The sooner your work is completed, the sooner you start earning money from it.
There are some similarities in the marketing of both books and booklets. You have to know your niche for each one. But, while book authors are trying to get orders from bookstores and sell books to inidividuals, booklet authors are selling copies in the hundreds of thousands to those who sell to their niche. This can be done with a book, but not as easily as it can with a booklet.
Also, a booklet can precede your book creating an audience for it when it is released, and It can be used as a value added product to bring life back into your sales once they slow down.
I didn't mean for my comment to sound like you shouldn't write your book. I actually have great respect for any author who is able to finish their book and get it published. It's a long, tough road and it takes alot of stamina to see it through to the end.
A booklet can be an end product in and of itself, or it can promote other work your doing. It depends on your goals.
Kim
Have you ever thought about writing a booklet? A booklet is a fast, affordable way to get into print and in fact, it can help promote your book once it comes off the press.
I was going to write a book but it became a long, tedious process. So, I changed my subject and downsized my book into a booklet. Then, I wrote a second booklet to cross sell the first one. Now my booklets always sell together, netting me twice the sales, although the booklets can be purchased separately.
Today I'm the CEO of Up & At 'Em Publications - a company devoted to publishing, marketing and fundraising with booklets. One thing I really love about booklets is that they can be morphed into so many different formats, thereby expanding your market in ways you may never have thought of. They are also very versatile as they have a wide variety of uses.
Another thing to consider is that booklets are far less expensive to send to reveiwers than full length books. Reviewers can always request the full copy if they need it, but many will write you a nice review from the booklet.
Another nice thing about booklets is they allow you to earn money while you're writing your book. Once I saw what a booklet could do, I gave up the notion of writing a book. I'm now in the process of writing another booklet, and I can't wait to get it on the market because I know it's going to do very well.
If you would like to discuss the possibility of doing a booklet, I'm only a click away. You can also visit my website and blogs at http://www.upandatempublications.com
http://www.bookmarket.ning.com/profile/UpAndAtEm
Thanks for inviting me to be your friend and I look forward to sharing with you on this network.
Kim
I've posted a few of my prose sketches. So, you can now find out if the words are as flamboyant as my site is colorful. :)
Yvon
If there is anything you need please let me know and I will be happy to help. Just pop by my profile and leave a message any time or just come by to say hello. I have some great products that are life changing. I also own a website development and hosting company with a blog if your looking for anything in that line. My wife has a poetry site that I have linked to. Also check out my links to some other great communities.
Check out moneyspace its a great place like this too.
Joine me there at:
http://moneyspaceonline.ning.com/profile/kylewa
Thanks again,
Kyle
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