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Contests: To Enter or Not

May 28, 2015 //  by Mary Keeley//  34 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

Over the holiday weekend I spent time debriefing after serving on faculty at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. Up until now, I’ve had vacillating opinions about the long-term value published and unpublished authors reap from …

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Common Writing Pitfalls that Sabotage Your Book

April 16, 2015 //  by Mary Keeley//  48 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

I went to the White Sox home opener last Saturday, which they won after having lost all their earlier away games. As with everything else in life there are wins and losses for writers. But spring is …

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First Pages that Shine

March 26, 2015 //  by Mary Keeley//  44 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

It’s that time of year again. While I’ve been filling out forms and booking flights for the writers conferences I’ll attend this year, my mind automatically trips to the new writers I’ll have the joy of meeting, …

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You Need Mail

August 7, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  42 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

Email, that is. In our efforts to keep you up to date on industry news that affects your writing career, I’ve read several articles in the last few months that offer fresh evidence for the value of …

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Do Writing Contests Help Your Career?

July 10, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  67 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

Recently, one of my clients emailed that two of her stories had placed near the top in a writing contest and would be included in an upcoming anthology. An editor’s note soon followed confirming that all three …

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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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Professional Jealousy: Immunize Yourself from Its Bite

October 3, 2013 //  by Mary Keeley//  78 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

At one point or another we’ve all been bitten by that green-eyed monster, otherwise known as professional jealousy. Ever hovering, seeking whom he may devour, he attacks by surprise at an unfortunate moment when defenses are weakened.…

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5 Ways to Increase Visibility Through Goodreads

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

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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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Q & A–A Novel Idea

June 4, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  54 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

We’re always looking for fresh promotional ideas for books but, unfortunately, there’s very little “new under the sun.” That’s why I perked up when I discovered a brilliant multi-author project–The Trust Chronicles. I asked my client, Amanda …

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