August 16, 2008
Sharing with Writers
A newsletter that is also a community. Share your ideas. Learn from theirs!

From the Desks of
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
And Authors' Coalition Friends
Sharing with Writers is the official newsletter of Authors' Coalition,
www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com
An organization of writers who help writers.

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To read this newsletter in PDF (with a bit more pizzazz) at Authors Den go to:
http://www.AuthorsDen.com/adstorage/1713/SharingwithWriters_SpecialInvitation_2008.rtf


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Special Invitation

Dear Subscribers and Authors' Coalition Members:

You are invited to Post a Note Professional Connection Wednesday and Thursday, Aug 20 and 21. It can work as if you are getting a f r ^^ consultation on any of these subjects or any related subject of your choice:
1. Great First Impression Book Proposals and Why They Aren't Just for Nonfiction
2. How to Make a Hum - Drum Book Signing into a Sizzler
3. Editing: Aww C'mon. How Can Editing Be a Writer's First Offense for Great Marketing?

You’ll be visiting the Post A Note bulletin board to ask questions over a two day period . After that time, the Question and Answer threads will be posted as a transcript.
Directions
To participate go to the Post A Note entry page: http://longridgewritersgroup.net/ or go to the Long Ridge Writers Group Website: www.longridgewritersgroup.com and click on the Post A Note link on the right side of the page.
Register your name as the user and create a password for yourself. Then enter the Post a Note site. You’ll find Categories in dark green bars. My Professional Connection Live Interview Category is at the bottom of the page. You’ll see a ‘welcome’ topic that announces my segment along with the suggested topics (though you can certainly ask whatever you wish!). Click on a topic ‘button’ and you’ll see a list of posts below.
When you’re ready to leave, just click on ‘logout’ at the top of the page. Remember your password! You’ll need it to come back in to get the answer to your question and to learn from the questions others have posted.
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Essential Book and Record Keeping:

This letter is an entity of Authors' Coalition http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com

Edited and distributed by Carolyn Howard - Johnson,
http://carolynhoward - johnson.com

This is a place to share with others and learn from others.

Though I do attempt to verify information used within this newsletter's pages, Sharing with Writers does not guarantee entities or information. Subscribers should research resources.

To submit information articles, tips or other information, e - mail Carolyn at HoJoNews@aol.com. Please put "Submission: Sharing with Writers" in the subject line.

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Ordering Information:
Order the Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't at stores like UCLA, Dayton University and San Diego State University's bookstores or at Amazon where it is discounted:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/193299310X/qid=1149015406/sr=2 - 1/ Order it as an e - book at http://starpublish.com/carolyn_howard - johnson.htm

The second in the How To Do It Frugally series of books, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success, is available at www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/

The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less, is available on Amazon as a Short for 49 cents.
http://www.amazon.com/Great - First - Impression - Book - Proposal/dp/B000YG6O5U/

This Is the Place,
Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, Tracings,
www.howtodoitfrugally.com.

Tracings, a chapbook of poetry, published by Finishing Line Press may be ordered at
www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599240173/qid=1139084827/sr=1 - 1/

Contact Information
Websites: http://carolynhoward - Johnson.com (literary)
http://HowToDoItFrugally.com (all things about writing)
Authors' Coalition: http://www.AuthorsCoalitionandRedEnginepress.com
For the Frugal Editor, Amazon - direct: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/

Blogs:
http://AuthorsCoalition.blogspot.com, a blog focused on book fairs

http://www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com, a blog on all things publishing

http://www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog focused on YOUR reviews

http://www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com, a blog focused on editing, formatting and craft

http://www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com War. Peace. Tolerance. And Our Soldiers.

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