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Read ’em or Not– Reviews

April 13, 2024 //  by Wendy Lawton//  5 Comments

Just this week I was copied on an email from one of my clients, Jill Eileen Smith, to her publicity manager at her publishing house. They were talking about a stellar review she received on her newest book, The Ark …

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A Writing Contest and Some Hints on How to Win

April 14, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  40 Comments

I’m interrupting our normal blog schedule to insert an important announcement: Our agency is sponsoring a writing contest, and we want YOU to enter!

The Writing Contest Why

We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary this year, which signifies 25 years of …

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When Publishing Trophies Become Meaningless

March 6, 2016 //  by Janet Grant//  50 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Publishing trophies come in three forms: signed contracts, making a best-seller list, and winning a writing award. But, with all the changes in the publishing industry, these trophies are beginning to look like kids’ sports trophies–if …

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Splickety Flash Fiction Contest Finalists

November 6, 2015 //  by Rachel Kent//  27 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I’m happy to be the one to announce the top ten Splickety Prime Flash Fiction Contest finalists! Here’s a link to the original posting about the contest, in case you are interested. The winner will be …

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Flash Fiction Contest

September 30, 2015 //  by Janet Grant//  25 Comments

Guest Blogger: Meagan Briggs

Show us your flash fiction skills.

Splickety Prime is hosting a nano fiction contest, and we want your entries. In 100 words or less, write a story that encompasses our holiday theme (see below) and meets …

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The Flash Fiction Challenge

September 29, 2015 //  by Janet Grant//  25 Comments

Guest blogger: Meagan Briggs

From Janet: Come on in, we’re about to have some fiction fun! Books & Such is teaming up with Splickety Prime, a quarterly magazine that specializes in flash fiction. Joining us as a guest blogger is …

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When Marketing Goes Too Far

July 19, 2015 //  by Janet Grant//  49 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

I recently saw two marketing ideas that generated a lot of online noise. They did so because they crossed an invisible line–the line that causes potential customers to be repelled.

Both marketing ploys were contests.

The …

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The Best Best of the Worst

April 22, 2014 //  by Wendy Lawton//  69 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Last week I invited you to come up with the worst first sentence with which to open a book in our Best of the Worst Contest. Goodness! You are a creative community indeed. We had 206 entries …

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The Best of the Worst

April 15, 2014 //  by Wendy Lawton//  208 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

One of the things you may not know about me is that I won the infamous Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest in 1999 for the worst first line in children’s literature.

My line read:

The greedy schoolbus crept through …

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5 Ways to Increase Visibility Through Goodreads

September 9, 2013 //  by Janet Grant//  37 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Every author and/or publisher who has attempted to publicize a book knows that the greatest challenge  is that title’s being “discovered.” Since we readers seldom stroll through a bookstore’s aisles any more, we aren’t snared by …

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