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Playing Around the Edges

April 28, 2015 //  by Wendy Lawton//  44 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

A few years back I blogged about a comment from a frustrated editor. The warning bears repeating. The editor, speaking about a writer we knew, said, “I just wish he would spend less time networking—Twittering and Facebooking— …

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Exploring Your Social Media Persona

April 29, 2014 //  by Wendy Lawton//  115 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

I’ve always enjoyed personality assessments. I’ve taken the Myers-Briggs Indicator®, the StrengthsFinder 2.0, and Florence Littauer’s Personality Plus assessment. I’ve tried a number of tests that helped highlight my spiritual gifts. I’m sure there are …

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Workarounds– Here, There and Everywhere

September 17, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  11 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Problem: Catching the attention of an agent and getting him to ask for a proposal or manuscript.

Traditional Solution: Write a smashing query letter, send it to multiple agents and …

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Workarounds–Friend of a Friend

September 14, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  10 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Problem: Catching the attention of an agent and getting him to ask for a proposal or manuscript.

Traditional Solution: Write a smashing query letter, send it to multiple agents and …

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Worst Case Scenario–Genre Fail

April 14, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  11 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Weather: 68º and partly sunny

Yesterday I set up a brand new worst case scenario. Here it is: You have an amazing book burning a hole in your life. You …

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Marketing, Schmarketing

April 9, 2010 //  by Janet Grant//  21 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books &  Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

As regularly occurs at writers conferences, while I was at Mount Hermon, I heard again and again the importance of an author partnering with his/her publisher in …

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The State of Publishing 2010-Style

April 6, 2010 //  by Janet Grant//  18 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Whenever I’m on the faculty of the Mount Hermon Writers Conference, I’m always on the lookout for a chance to chat with editors about how their publishing …

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MARKETING MATTERS: ACFW Wrap-Up

September 25, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  7 Comments

Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist

Location:  The Woodlands, Texas PR Office

Weather:  A chilly 68 degrees!

Last week I joined 500+ others at the annual American Christian Fiction Writers conference in Denver. Those who were there know what a worthwhile event …

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MARKETING MATTERS: Networking for Newbies

February 11, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  3 Comments

Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo

Location: PR Office, The Woodlands, Tex.

Are you Twittering yet? I certainly hope so!

That means you’ve dipped your toe into the pool of social networking. Bravo! Now what? Send your Twitters out where they will reach …

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MARKETING MATTERS: Five Top Tips for Twitterific PR

February 4, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  7 Comments

Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist

Location: PR Office, The Woodlands, TX

Weather: 62 degrees and sunny

Last week, I talked about Twittiquette, the rules of etiquette on the popular social networking site Twitter. Assuming you’ve all learned how to be a …

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