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Meet Author Rebecca Emin

Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Bullying, Facebook, Goodreads, Grimoire Books, New Beginnings, Publishing, Rebecca Emin, Young-adult fiction on May 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »

How coincidental that I’ve spent the entire morning working on a nonfiction book about bullying and today’s featured debut author, Rebecca Emin, has written a young adult novel about the very same topic. It’s like I planned it. And I totally didn’t. Really. Name: Rebecca Emin Name of book: New Beginnings Book genre: Children/YA contemporary [...]

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Meet Cathy Presland

Posted in Debut Author Q&A, eBooks, tagged Amazon, author, Business, Cathy Presland, Creativity, entrepreneurship, Facebook, Non-fiction, publish, writing on May 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Today’s featured debut author, Cathy Presland, wants to help you get your business up and running and has written a nonfiction book to show you how to do it. Name: Cathy Presland Name of book: Get Momentum Guide to Starting a Business: 30 Days to Turn Your Inspiration to Income Book genre: Nonfiction/Business & Entrepreneurship [...]

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Meet Author Sidney Bristol

Posted in Debut Author Q&A, eBooks, Erotica, tagged Amazon, Contemporary romance, Ellora's Cave, erotica, Facebook, Flirting with Rescue, New York City, publish, Sidney Bristol, Twitter, Writer on March 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Is it hot in here or is it just my interview with Sidney Bristol? :) Please help me welcome today’s featured debut author and self-described “smut writer” who enters the erotica genre at a time of great excitement and an explosion in sales led most notably by ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’ Name: Sidney Bristol Name [...]

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Writing Tip #74

Posted in Uncategorized, Writing Tips, tagged Arts, baby grand, Exclamation mark, Facebook, Writers Resources, writing on March 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Use exclamation points effectively. I’m a fan of the exclamation point. I use them all the time in Facebook posts or text messages when I want to note my exuberance about something, which is quite often. But posts and texts are quick and solitary bursts of information: Finished my taxes! Yippee! It’s GAWGEOUS outside! When [...]

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Thriller Book Cover Fonts: Go Big or Go Home?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby grand, Barnes, Barnes & Noble, Book, Book cover, E-book, Elizabeth Kirke, Facebook, font, Google, Noble, Thriller on March 7, 2012 | 4 Comments »

Yesterday, after reading my post about eBook covers, author Elizabeth Kirke stopped by my Facebook page to mention she had blogged about the importance of titles and fonts, something I’ve actually been thinking about for a few days. As a thriller writer, I’m not a big fan of the way thriller book covers are presented [...]

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Meet William Kenney

Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged A Dream of Storms, Facebook, Fantasy, Goodreads, In the Shadow of the Black Sun, Lord of the Rings, oprah, publish, Starbucks, Twitter, William Kenney on January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Today’s featured debut author is William Kenney, whose dark epic fantasy made its debut last summer. I agree with William when he says that one of the most challenging aspects of writing a book is “keeping my facts straight.” In fact, next week’s writing tip will offer helpful ways for you to do just that. [...]

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Meet Juliette Sobanet

Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Arts, chick lit, Facebook, France, Goodreads, Juliette Sobanet, New York, New York City, Paris, publish, Self-publishing, Sleeping with Paris, women's fiction on November 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Today’s featured debut author is Juliette Sobanet, a French professor who writes fun, sassy women’s fiction with (you guessed it!) a French twist. Thanks, Juliette, for a terrific chat — and, by the way, I just LOVE the book cover! Name: Juliette Sobanet Name of book: Sleeping with Paris Book genre: Chick lit/Humorous women’s fiction [...]

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No Social Media Zone

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Marketing, No Social Media Zone, Social media, Social media marketing, social network, Twitter on October 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I don’t know about you, but I’m a Social Media junkie. I Facebook, I tweet and I LinkIn (haven’t gotten quite as into Google+ yet), and that can keep me entertained for hours. I’ve heard lots of my colleagues often talk about the perils of social media, but it wasn’t until yesterday that I realized [...]

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Meet Robyn Bradley

Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Facebook, Forgotten April, KickStarter, LibraryThing, publish, Robyn Bradley, Self-publishing, Twitter, women's fiction, YouTube on October 25, 2011 | 6 Comments »

“True deep desire breeds motivation.” That’s what Robyn Bradley said when I asked her what motivates her to write. I don’t think a truer statement was ever uttered. “True deep desire,” I believe as well, is the thing that separates the people who start writing novels from the ones who finish writing them. You’ve gotta [...]

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Meet Author Dan McNeil

Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Arts, Dan McNeil, Facebook, historical fiction, I Publish Press, oprah, Ottawa, publish, The Judas Apocalypse, Twitter, World War II on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Is it Tuesday already? Gee, time flies while you’re slaving over a manuscript (Day 2 of #1kaday and counting!). A hearty welcome to today’s featured author: Dan McNeil. Name: Dan McNeil Name of book: The Judas Apocalypse Book genre: Historical fiction Date published: May 2008 Publisher: I Publish Press What is your day job? I [...]

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Making 'Baby Grand' chronicles the road to publication for my first novel, Baby Grand. I also blog about the writing life, interview debut authors (Tuesdays) and offer writing tips (Sundays) that I've picked up along the way.
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A curly-haired toddler, a down-on-her-luck writer and the bad guys who brought them together. Set in present-day New York.

Represented by Stonesong in New York City.

Status: 'Baby Grand' will be released as an eBook through Amazon's KDP Select program in spring 2012 and also made available as a print-on-demand paperback later this year.
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Dina Santorelli has been a freelance writer and editor for 15 years. She served as the "with" writer on the book, Good Girls Don’t Get Fat, by Robyn J. A. Silverman, Ph. D., which was published in October 2010 by Harlequin.

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