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7 Invaluable Writing Tips From Stephen King from Policymic

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Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn has written an article from information included in Stephen King’s book “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft“.  He offers seven tips from King including “Everything Begins With Rejection”, “Master the Fundamentals Of Writing” and “Always Be Honest”.

Our favorite quote from the article is “To be a good writer, you must master the fundamentals of vocabulary, grammar, and style. Use only the vocabulary that you feel most comfortable with. Know your grammar.”  Too many authors forget the basics of good writing because they see badly written books like “50 Shades Of Gray” selling millions of copies and getting made into a movie.  This book was the exception to the rule and writers need to understand this.

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Techniques of the Selling Writer

Techniques of the Selling Writer provides solid instruction for people who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. It gives the background, insights, and specific procedures needed by all beginning writers.   Readers can learn how to group words into copy that moves, movement into scenes, and scenes into stories; how to develop characters, how to revise and polish, and finally, how to sell the product.

This book is really for people who want to sell what they write.  This book is particularly helpful for new writers but will also help writers who haven’t been able to get sales.

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7 Things Authors Can Do While Waiting for A Book to Be Published

Screen shot 2013-10-20 at 11.34.06 PMA client forwarded this article to us today.  You’ll love “7 Things Authors Can Do While Waiting for A Book to Be Published” by Shelley Hitz on The Future of Ink Blog.  Shelley gives us seven things to do while our book is awaiting publishing.  For self published authors you can work on these items while you’re writing the book or better yet hire a Virtual Assistant to do this grunt work for you.  To read the full article click the link in the title above!

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Tell Readers Who You Are

erachTo help potential readers bond with you be open about your life, your past and your dreams.  Don’t reveal information that would be damaging, obviously but help people see the best in you.   Even if you write about business talk about your hobbies.  Got a passion for golf, chess or animal rescue?  Talk about that too.  Nothing is irrelevant if it gives potential readers an insight into how your mind works.  Dozens of famous authors like John Locke and Amanda Hocking shared themselves with potential and current readers and it helped them sell books.  It can work for you too.

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Mini Q&A with Seattle author Wendy Call

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The Writer’s Block: Living a Writer’s Life blog has a mini Q&A with author Wendy Call from the upcoming book “Everyday Book Marketing“.  Wendy discusses her book, book promotion and gives advice for new writers.  Our favorite quote is “This is no time to be shy. Nor humble. Put yourself out there; push yourself a bit past your comfort zone.”  All writers should heed this advice and learn to become their own best supporter.  You can read the Q&A here.

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Write Erotica? Be Careful With Your Kindle Books

Amazon.comAmazon.com has started cracking down on authors who publish erotica.  This popular niche has blossomed in the past year with writers literally coming out of the woodwork to write these racy tomes.  In the past Amazon.com published any and all original erotica stories but a backlash has started.  In an effort to clean up their catalog some erotica stories are getting unpublished and blocked.

According to erotica authors there are ways to avoid having this happen.  The key is to create an inoffensive cover, title and cover.  Then add a disclaimer to the description about the book contents.  If this doesn’t work pick up the phone and call Amazon.com.  Many authors are reporting that a simple phone call can clear up many problems.

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What Do Readers Want?

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New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Marie Force, has conducted a survey and announced the results in her blog post “The Readers Sound Off! How They Read, What They Like and Where They Find Us”. 2,951 people replied to the 44 questions in June of 2013 so the data is still very new. To read the results of the survey read “The Readers Sound Off“.

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AMI Launches READ THIS! The Book Review Show

(PRWEB) August 14, 2013

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READ THIS! The Book Review Show is Author Marketing Ideas’ (AMI) new web-based show featuring on-air host Patrick Morgan reviewing books, interviewing authors and presenting remote spots from book expos around the world. The current episode features books by R.D. Craze and T.M. Nagarajan and clips from Book Expo of America where RT filmed authors talking about their work. READ THIS! airs on its YouTube Channel, the AMI website as well as other social media venues. With millions watching online videos, READ THIS! is an innovative approach to target marketing. Using the morning talk show model, RT is a way for book buyers to learn of new releases and a way for authors and publishers to create awareness of new product. Each review is a comprehensive look at the book, emphasizing genre and market appeal.

AMI Vice-President Ellen Green says, “Author Marketing Ideas was created to find new ways to help authors market their work. There is no show like READ THIS! and AMI is proud to lead the way.”

The new episode of READ THIS! can be viewed at AMI’s YouTube channel.

About Author Marketing Ideas (AMI):
Thousands of publishers and authors from around the world work with AMI to maximize online marketing for their books and their brands. Many start with the basics of Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Linked In and Amazon Quite a few clients work with complete PR packages on a country or global basis. AMI also has special marketing and distribution packages for ebooks.

AMI has consultants and partners in the US, UK, India, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, and Buenos Aires. AMI attends over twenty of the top book fairs around the world. AMI specializes in helping international authors enter the lucrative US markets and assisting US/UK/Aus authors in reaching Asia and Latin America.

As part of their commitment to becoming a major hub for publishers and authors in book marketing, AMI offers a no obligation and free review service called the “Digital Footprint Evaluation” to provide a focused strategy to anyone wanting to improve their online marketing efforts.

For more information please visit the site and write us a note, or contact:
Jessica Smith – support(at)AuthorMarketingIdeas(dot)com
USA: +1 703-899-8128 (Eastern Time Zone)

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World Literary Cafe Helps Authors Sell More Books

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Another really useful site for authors is World Literary Cafe.  Join the World Literary Cafe community and find opportunities for author interviews, editors, reviewers, book giveaways, beta readers and more.  One neat feature is that you can hold and host a book club discussion of your book.  You will also find all kinds of writing and publishing advice.  Pop over to World Literary Cafe to look for yourself.

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Biblio Connection Loves Bibliophiles And… Authors!

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Biblio Connection defines bibliophiles as “collectors, readers, authors and sellers”.  The site was created to bring these people together and there are a number of ways authors can benefit from this wonderful celebration of books.  Authors can find potential readers by talking about their books, post listings and giveaway copies to the Biblio Connection audience.

To learn more about Biblio Connection read this list of available features from their website.

  • Connect – find others with a passion for books
  • Enjoy – join a discussion, take a quiz or get inspired
  • Find – browse the Classified Ads and enhance your book collection
  • List – your book related services in the Service Provider Directory
  • Meet – fellow writers, collectors, sellers, authors and readers
  • Organize – schedule a book collectors/club meeting, a book fair, invite friends
  • Promote – your book and brand through giveaways and article features
  • Sell – your used/collectable books in the Classified Ads
  • Share – tell your stories and share your knowledge
  • Start – a group and discuss your favorite books or collecting experiences
  • Win – free books through our sponsored book giveaways

If you have a written a book, run don’t walk over to Biblio Connection!

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