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The RUNAWAY SMILE Blog Tour
Hello awesome bloggers!!
I am SO excited to welcome today’s very special guest, NICHOLAS ROSSIS!! Nicholas is a talented author, a great Social Media Director for RRBC and … well, he’s just an awesome guy!! 🙂 Today we have the pleasure of his company, as we join him on his exciting blog tour!
If you enjoy writing, write!
Ever since I remember myself, I have enjoyed writing. At school, many of my classmates dreaded essay-writing, whereas I could count on my essays to be read in class. So, when I finished high school, I figured I’d try writing for a living.
Expecting words of praise, I showed one of my short stories to a career councillor who was a family friend. Instead of the expected thumbs-up, she told me in no uncertain terms that I had no future in writing, and I had best focus my energy on…
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Authors Lament: The difficulty of getting reviews and waiting for reviews to be posted. :(
Readers. Please leave book reviews.
Marlena Hand in “WHO’S ON THE SHELF WITH NONNIE JULES?”
I've got a soft spot for Mrs. Marlena Hand. She handled my first blog interview. I was really nervous, but she made the process easy. And since she's awesome, and a fellow member of the Rave Reviews Book Club, I'm reblogging her interview:
Help a Writer Out . . .
As some of you may know, I am in the last stages of finishing my latest manuscript, Countdown to Chaos. Well, that's been the title of the manuscript for some time now. But now I'm wondering if it fits. See, the protagonist in Countdown to Chaos--her name is Angel, and this book is actually the …
A Song on the Brain
I've got this song stuck in my head.... It's a song I like to jam to first thing in the morning. It's also a great driving song, makes for a fantastic sing-along when you're alone in the car and don't have to care about how you sound. You can exercise to too. So I really …
To The Ignorant Noise Maker
This is too funny! I must reblog!
How to network without being creepy in five simple steps
In the spirit of writers helping writers, I’m reblogging this useful advice from aussieownedandread.com blog
I know how hard it is to contain your excitement with you go to a conference and see an agent or an editor that you think would love your story. But the last thing you should do is follow them into the toilet and shove a USB stick under the cubicle door that has your manuscript on it. Not only is it gross and unhygienic, but creepy as well.
It can be so hard to get noticed and build a profile for yourself, but here’s some tips on networking in the publishing industry without coming off like a stalker.
1. Be social on social media: Retweet things, reply to people, strike up conversations (this does not mean: “Can I send you my MS), and follow great #hashtags.
2. Volunteer for stuff: Interning is a volunteer position, but it’s great to have on your resume and can introduce you to a…
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Building a Platform
When I first began thinking about getting published, I heard lots of chatter about the importance of the writers platform. "What's That," you ask? Well . . . Yeah. As a creative person searching for an audience, you kind of need a platform. There are still publishers that deal with the promotional side, the platform …
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