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Marketing Tips for Authors with A Small Press: How to Market Your Book
In order to market your small press book, you must marshal all the resources available to you free of charge. Choose a title that is self-explanatory. Use your blog, your local organizations and Skype to publicize your book. Get reviews by finding people who review similar books online. Continue reading
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The Problem of Genre
The Problem of Genre I was not quite seventeen years old when I wrote the first chapter of The Few Who Count. I was twenty-three by the time it was finished. It was my first novel. I sent … Continue reading
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Forced Choices
My daughter and her cousin were playing a game. The name of the game was “Would You Rather.” “Would you rather be eaten by sharks or burned in a fire?” A moment of hesitation. “Eaten by sharks.” “Okay. Would you … Continue reading
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Spartan Mothers
Mother’s Day is despised by many people as a holiday full of sentiment and empty of any thought and meaning. Many see it as just another commercial occasion to sell flowers, candy and bath oils. Part of the reason for … Continue reading
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Traveling with Cabeza de Vaca: Introduction
This is going to be a recurring feature of PubWages, a column about the writings and travels and life of Cabeza de Vaca. Continue reading
A Book Review: Vacuum County
Vacuum County is a novel written by Aya Katz, which opens with the predicament of the character Verity Lakeland in jail. Verity makes the odd request to phone someone in Moscow for her one allotted call, which is not something … Continue reading
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