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The Writing Life: Paper Towns and Book Marketing
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. Paper Towns and Book Marketing. This weekend the movie. Released. If you don’t read young adult novels, then you probably don’t know what I’m talking about. The well-done film is based on the third novel, Paper Towns. His bestselling book, Fault in Our Stars. Also had a movie attached to it. For the launch of Paper Towns, check out his unusual marketing ideas, for example this video of the. Get Found, Get Lost Tour. Over 110,000 views on You Tube as of this writing). It was a smart...
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The Writing Life: My Once-A-Year Indulgence
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Sunday, July 05, 2015. Do you have something that you do once a year as a special experience? I never used to have such an indulgence but it started a few years ago and carries on this year. For me, it is reading a new book from. The bestselling thriller writer produces one book a year which releases about this time each year. The former journalist at CNN has written 18 novels. I discovered his books several years ago and slowly read all of them through my public library. The autographed book is not pers...
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The Writing Life: The "Almost" Forgotten Story
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005. The "Almost" Forgotten Story. In a few days, the film Memoirs of a Geisha. Will open around the U.S. First, we want to celebrate that another book has been changed into a feature film. It’s a true rarity—especially when you recognize less than 600 feature films. Are made each year and how many novels were written? Last year alone over 25,000 new novels or editions. Were released in the fiction. Then come back for my comments. Golden worked on his novel for ten years—rese...
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The Writing Life: Listen to This Podcast to Grow Your Writing Life
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Listen to This Podcast to Grow Your Writing Life. Interviewed me for his podcast Writers On Fire. We were scheduled to go about 45 minutes but actually went almost an hour and a half. John edited the podcast down to a rich 63 minutes. You can listen to it on his site ( click the link. On the site you can listen to it there or download it to your computer. Thank you in advance for listening to this podcast. And I hope it helps you grow your own writing life. Back to the home page.
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The Writing Life: The Value of Persistence
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The Value of Persistence. In the writing world, it happens often. A writer will craft a piece of writing like a query. Or a book proposal or a magazine article. Or a book manuscript. They will approach an editor or literary agent. And either get no response or a polite no thank you. At this point in the process, the writer can give up and chalk it up to experience. Or they can choose another path of persistence and keep getting their work into the marketplace. What challenges ar...
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Right Writing Home Page
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Right Writing Teaches Skills and Provides Opportunities. Is your writing right? If you want how-to information about writing, then you've come to the right place. If you are looking for more opportunities to publish your words, welcome. Who is producing this content? For over twenty years, W. Terry Whalin. Through this site, Terry offers proven tools and methods to help you succeed. Every single link and page will focus on helping launch your career. Whether you want to produce: a nonfiction book. And th...
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The Writing Life: If You Write It, Will They Read It?
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Sunday, August 02, 2015. If You Write It, Will They Read It? The classic movie with Kevin Costner, Field of Dreams. Is centered on a man who builds a baseball field in an Iowa corn field. When he gets it built, players show up and then crowds of people. Throughout the movie the saying is echoed, If you build it, they will come. While the movie is a terrific story, it is a fantasy or a make-believe story. Every book ( nonfiction. This week's issue of Publishers Weekly. Includes an article from. I encourag...
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The Writing Life: You Must Enter To Win
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015. You Must Enter To Win. I'm a big fan of Goodreads. According to their website, there are 40 million active members. On this site. If you don't know much about Goodreads, I encourage you to take this teleseminar. And learn about it. As an author, you need to be there. Also you need to be reviewing books as a reader of books on Goodreads. During the last few months, I've initiated two other Goodreads Giveaways. By W Terry Whalin. Giveaway ends July 31, 2015. See the giveaway details.
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The Writing Life: December 2004
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Friday, December 31, 2004. I Resolve.Not To Resolve.But To Change. This year, I've decided to take a different stance on resolutions. I'm resolving not to resolve. I will not take any evalution time to make a list of promises or plans for myself. Instead, I'm going to handle it in a general attitude check manner. I'm going to resolve to continue to change and grow. For many years, I've been in the writing and publishing business. My serious take on it began in high school or about. This type of tool keep...
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The Writing Life: Why Authors Must Report Their Activities
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Thursday, July 16, 2015. Why Authors Must Report Their Activities. Recently one of my Morgan James. Authors contacted me and asked, Is my book really inside any Barnes and Noble bookstores. It was a good question and I turned to a colleague to find the answer. Surprise Information to Authors. Hardcover books have a high rate of return (90% some years). It’s why when you go into your local Barnes and Noble there are hardcover books in the entry way which say Last chance. It is the last chance for ...Every...
