Happy #NaNoWriMo, everyone! Today’s featured debut author is indie publishing advocate and extraordinaire Emlyn Chand, who is founder of the author PR firm Novel Publicity and purveyor of the famous Facebook Karmic Fridays (try saying THAT three times fast!). Emlyn’s Facebook bio claims that she “emerged from the womb with a fountain pen grasped firmly [...]
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Meet Emlyn Chand
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Alex Kosmitoras, Blue Crown Press, E-book, Emlyn Chand, Farsighted, Goodreads, Novel Publicity, Odyssey, Public relations, publish, Twitter, young adult on November 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Meet Author Jessica Harlan
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Arts, cookbook, Day job, Facebook, Jessica Harlan, New York City, oprah, publish, Ramen to the Rescue, Recipe, Twitter, Ulysses Press, Writer, Writer's block on October 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I met today’s featured debut author, Jessica Harlan, back when we were both working for a home furnishings trade magazine at Fairchild Publications in New York City in the 1990s — she was writing about housewares, I was writing about furniture. Since that time, both of us have sort of changed gears but have found [...]
Meet Steve Umstead
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Caribbean, Day job, Evan Gabriel Trilogy, Facebook, Gabriel's Redemption, Goodreads, Mexico, publish, Steve Umstead, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Twitter on August 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A big welcome to today’s featured debut author Steve Umstead, an entrepreneur, a work-at-home dad and an esteemed member of my #1kaday crew. :) Name: Steve Umstead Name of book: Gabriel’s Redemption (Book 1 of the Evan Gabriel Trilogy) Book genre: Science fiction/adventure Date Published: February 2, 2011 Publisher: Self-published What is your day job? [...]
Meet Author Jane Roper
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged author, Eden Lake, Facebook, Goodreads, Jane Roper, Last Light Studio, publish, St. Martin's, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Twitter, writing on August 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Yes, this week’s Debut Author Q&A is a day late, but is far from a dollar short (as my father-in-law likes to say). Big thanks to author Jane Roper whose interview today is thoughtful, enlightening and chock-full of truths about the writing life — I was nodding my heading in agreement the whole way through. [...]
Meet Karen Bonnet
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Arts, Book Expo America, Book signing, Facebook, Fiction, Hauppauge, Karen Bonnet, Legwork Team Publishing, Manhattan, publish, Twitter, Whale Island and the Mysterious Bones, Writer, Writer Resources, YA on July 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Although I officially met today’s featured debut author, Karen Bonnet, at Book Expo America in May, something tells me our paths may have crossed a year or so ago while I was attending an Arts in Education showcase on Long Island — I have a distinct memory of chatting with an author there about whale [...]
Meet Belinda Frisch
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, Uncategorized, tagged Belinda Frisch, Dead Spell, Facebook, horror, Ouija board, publish, Self-publishing, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Twitter, Writer, Writing process on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Are you a lover of the horror genre? Today’s featured debut author is Belinda Frisch who has woven a scary tale involving a Ouija board — that lone is enough to make me want to hide under the bed. :) Name: Belinda Frisch Name of book: Dead Spell Book genre: Horror Date published: March 2011 [...]
Meet Joe Paretta
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged AllVoices, Credit card, Facebook, Hay House, Home, Joe Paretta, LinkedIn, Master The Card, Personal Finance, Twitter on June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s been a while since we featured a nonfiction writer in these here parts… Joe Paretta, this week’s featured debut author, has taught at the college level since 1996 and also tutored for 20 years. He and his wife Jessica purchased a home in the Pocono Mountains after divesting themselves of their own credit card [...]
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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.
About the Novel
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.
About the Author
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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