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Get Published Episode 64 – Know Your Audience

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I was very fortunate to attend a brand new Convention for Writers and Readers here in Calgary called “When Words Collide” a week ago. The convention had several VIP guests including Robert J Sawyer who agreed to be interviewed for the show. He talks about marketing and promotion in the Tips and Typos section. I also interviewed Marc Johnson. Marc is a self-published fantasy author living in the Bay area. He talks about why he made the decision to self-publish and how he is treating his writing as a business. Both authors talk about something I found very interesting and that is, knowing your market and targeting it. It’s an important lesson for me and one I think all authors […]

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Rite of Passage

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I feel like I just made it through a Rite of Passage this last weekend. It happened when I attended the first ever “When Words Collide” conference for Writers and Readers here in Calgary. I wasn’t sure what to expect because it was the same weekend as a conference I attended last year that was less than stellar. I considered not going until I saw the guest list. People like Robert J. Sawyer and Jack Whyte were VIP guests AND my editor, Robert Runte was also going to be there. That pushed me most of the way in my decision. What sealed the deal was when I agreed to sit a couple SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) panels. […]

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Last Minute Mention – When Words Collide

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I am fortunate to be participating in the Writer’s Conference “When Words Collide” this weekend. It is being held in Calgary, Alberta and I will be on two YA Writing panels. I know, for most of you, this is impossible to attend since you aren’t actually in Calgary. For those of you who are, please come by and say “hello”. For details about the Con go to: http://www.whenwordscollide.org/.

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On the Subject of Guest Posts

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I spoke about this very subject on “Get Published”, episode 63 (the last one for those of you who listen) and I wanted to share my thoughts here as well. Guest Blog Posts. Good or Bad? I’ve been giving it a lot of thought, especially as I have seen and participated in several of these myself the past while. In essence, a blogger or blog-site asks various people to write (as a guest) a post on some subject to be displayed on the blog. The key to getting eyes on your page is to provide new and interesting content regularly. Getting someone else to actually write something for your site would do just that and with minimal effort to the site’s […]

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