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Conference Antics – Fun Fridays – June 8, 2018

By Steve Laubeon June 8, 2018
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At the recent Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference last month there were some creative people who made Bob Hostetler and I the target of some memes.

Enjoy the “hilarity.”

HT: Michelle Cox

Then came the evening where a few would not go their rooms until they had Lobby time with Laube. “Honestly” I’ve never heard that joke before!

It was fun telling some of the crazy stories of book ideas I’ve heard. And some of the unusual “fan mail” that Lynette Eason has received. There were two hours of non-stop story-telling and laughter.

HT: Molly Realy (aka Scooby Snack Attack – note the evidence on the arm of my chair?)

If you come to that conference next year, we might have to do it again. If Bob or I am invited back…hmmm.

 

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Fakespot

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon June 7, 2018
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As a reader, I enjoy perusing book reviews. I usually start my assessment of a book by reading one-star reviews to see the worst the reviewers think. One-star reviews will tell me the book’s pitfalls and problems, and are less predictable than glowing reviews. I do read across the star rankings, though. The best reviewers across all the rankings provide lots of good information. I cringe when …

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Category: Reading, ReviewsTag: Book reviews, Reading

I Feel This Post May Hurt Your Thinkings

By Bob Hostetleron June 6, 2018
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Everyone has pet peeves. I have a menagerie of them. One of my favorites is the common (and fairly recent) tendency of English speakers and writers to confuse and conflate the words, “feel” and “think.” But feelings are not thoughts and thoughts are not feelings. That might seem obvious and elementary, but it drives me nuts how often people miss or ignore the distinction. Consider headlines and …

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Category: Craft, Creativity, Language, Writing CraftTag: Language, Vocabulary, Writing Craft

Book Reading in a Social Media World

By Dan Balowon June 5, 2018
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At some point every writer confronts the trend of readers who would rather consume 140 characters in social media than 140 pages of words. Social media and smart phones change everything in our world and their impact on book reading and writing is substantial. At the same time social media and smart phones have made people closer and more accessible than ever before, they also allow others to …

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Category: Craft, Creativity, Writing CraftTag: Creativity, Media, Writing Craft

Book Proposals: The Nonfiction Annotated Outline

By Steve Laubeon June 4, 2018
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Since we recently discussed the role of a synopsis in a fiction proposal I thought it important that we address what the nonfiction author needs to provide. This is one of the main differences between the fiction and the nonfiction book proposal. I’ve seen many authors confuse the two and create extra work for themselves. Not a Synopsis but an Outline I intentionally did not use the word …

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Category: Book Proposals, Get PublishedTag: Annotated Outline, book proposals, Get Published, Nonfiction

Fun Fridays – June 1, 2018

By Steve Laubeon June 1, 2018
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How fast can you read and still retain comprehension. This is a fun video that in just over a minute illustrates the exercise. Enjoy!  

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Four Ways a Proposal Gives You Focus

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon May 31, 2018
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Sometimes I receive queries from writers wondering where their focus should be. They are unsure where they fit in with publishing. Here is where writing a proposal can help: 1.) Who am I? Your author biography, written in third person, (as is your entire proposal) forces you to decide how to present yourself to the world. 2.) What am I writing? Look at your work. Where does it fit? If you are …

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Category: Book Proposals, Get PublishedTag: book proposals, Get Published

Five Ways Getting an Agent is Like Dating

By Bob Hostetleron May 30, 2018
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At a recent writers’ conference, I enjoyed my first “speed dating” experience. Maybe I should clarify. “Yes, you should,” says my wife. These were “speed dating for writers” sessions, in which writers sat down for rapid-fire five-minute appointments with editors, agents, and authors (many conferences provide writers with the opportunity to sign up for fifteen-minute appointments, which pass …

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Category: Agents, Conferences, Get Published, PitchingTag: Agents, Get Published, Pitching

Don’t Put Everything in Your Book

By Dan Balowon May 29, 2018
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One reason platform-building is a such a problem for some authors is the feeling they must place everything important in their book, leaving little or nothing left to say for platform purposes. This puts an author in an awkward position where they either deviate from their core book-message for their platform (social media and other efforts) or they treat their platform only as a “teaser” or …

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Category: Branding, Career, Marketing, Pitching, PlatformTag: Branding, Marketing, Message, Platform

Book Puns! – Fun Fridays – May 25, 2018

By Steve Laubeon May 25, 2018
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Book Puns! Create a combination of a book title and author that together make a great pun. Below are a few that have recently circulated on social media. I’ve included some of my own. Your assignment is to post a new one in the comments below (please keep them appropriate). Enjoy! How to Write Big Books by Warren Peace What You Should Believe by I. Noah Tall The Art of Archery by Beau N. …

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