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Grammar Done Right! Karen L. Reddick ISBN 978-0-9789904-1-1. An easy to use quick reference book
for: numerals and numbers, punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, and word choices.
Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips™ for Better Writing. Mignon Fogarty. ISBN 978-0-8050-8831-1.
A fun, helpful book to help you avoid common mistakes in writing. Written by the host of Grammar Girl’s Quick and
Dirty Tips for Better Writing podcasts.
Tricks of the Trade: Learning to Write for Children
In this two CD, two workbook complete program, children's writer,
and writing coach, Suzanne Lieurance, reveals tricks of the trade
to help you break into today's growing children's market.
Peter Bowerman's book, The Well-Fed Writer: Financial
Self-Sufficiency As a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less, teaches
aspiring writers how to
become a Well-Fed Writer.
Here's an eight-week coaching program
for writers who want
to become working freelance writers. Suzanne Lieurance
and I have done many joint ventures together.
The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write
by Mark David Gerson. ISBN 0979547555.
Writing classes and information about starting a freelance writing business. Yvonne Perry offers writing lessons on an individual
basis for those who want help to improve a manuscript or are looking to enter the freelance writing business.
Work with an editor on an hourly basis as much or as little as you want.
On Carol Denbow's writing forum,
A Book Inside
you may chat with other writers and authors. Learn from other
authors how to write a book,
find a publisher or self-publish, and sell your story.
Francine Silverman is editor/publisher of
Book Promotion Newsletter, a bi-weekly e-zine for
authors of all genres, and author of Book Marketing from A-Z (Infinity Publishing 2005), a compilation
of the best marketing strategies of 325 authors from all over the English-speaking world.
A Book Inside E-zine - Learn to write, publish, and market your book.
Articles and helpful information on writing, publishing, and selling books posted semi-weekly.
Writer’s block? Get Suzanne Lieurance’s
Morning Nudge when your pen won’t budge.
Writers Gazette is a newsletter published by Krista Barrett.
Liberty States Fiction Writers is a multi-genre organization dedicated
to the education and support of all fiction writers.
Authors, publishers, and editors interested in being interviewed for the "Featured Author" section
of Jo Lindsell's blog may
correspond giving details about yourself and your writing. Please include your Web site address.
Published by Westview is located in Nashville, Tennessee and
has a premier publish-on-demand (POD) service able to bring a book to market through
Ingram Book Distributors and Lightning Source Inc.
Literary agent Irene Watson
is accepting authors with books in a variety of genres.
Her tremendous desire to help authors is equal to her ability to do so.
She has placed several books with publishers.
Victor Volkman of
Loving Press is a conventional publisher of a wide variety
of genres.
Outskirts Press is a quick and easy way to publish your book and e-books. Many of our
podcast guests used Outskirts and are pleased with the publishing experience.
Gini Graham Scott with
Publishers and Agents pitches books and screenplays to 1,300
editors at major and medium-sized publishers and about 900 literary agents as well as film producers and production
companies, film agents, and managers. Phone (510) 339-1625.
Publisher Valerie Connelly of
Nightengale Media LLC works with Ingram Book Distributors
and Lightning Source Inc to bring books to the market. Phone
(847) 810-8498.
Anne Walls and John Singleton are the co-founders of
WordHustler.com— a Web site dedicated to providing writers with everything they need to submit work to literary
agents and publishers.
A Cappela Publishing
You may not need an agent. You may need an author's advocate.
The Film
Connection will put you in contact with a producer, production company,
or agent for your screenplay. Sell film rights to your book or life story. Connect with film distributors,
directors, casting directors, talent agents, or entertainment lawyers.
Americas-Press has offices in Houston, Seattle,
and Ann Arbor. All books
are manufactured in Houston, TX
Lightning Source will print digital or large quantity runs for
publishers or self-publishing authors.
United Graphics Incorporated is a reliable printer in Illinois. The quality of the print, paper,
and cover for a soft cover book they did for
Barbara Techel (our client) is exceptional.
Full Circle Admin can help with administrative duties such as
calendar management, data entry, Excel spreadsheets, job search
services, light bookkeeping, making copies, phone answering service,
typing, virtual assistant, voice over, and photography.
Godaddy.com for domain names, hosting, email marketing plan, and much more.
Jessica Dockter LEE Design for logos, book interior layout, book cover design,
simple Web site design, and help with branding your business image.
Kevin Leier provides hosting through his company,
Tao Interactive Inc. (701) 402-2166
Taryn Simpson has created many
videos for books for satisfied WITS authors and does a great job
capturing the essence of the book and personality of the author.
Compare the
popularity of your site
with similar ones. This also gives keyword analysis to
show you where you stand in search engines, and a view of
how your Web site's search engine saturation has performed
over time.
Put a stat counter on your
site with a code for the widget to see how many visitors you
have.
If you are confused about creating Web sites and need some
easy solutions, answers, and tips on what to watch out for,
you might want to get Just the FAQs –
Web sites.
Producing Video Podcasts
a Guide for Media Professionals by Richard Harrington and Mark Weiser with Rhed Pixel
is filled with photos and rich content to help you produce a high-quality video podcast.
Business Writer Marichelle Rocha can develop technical manuals, sales literature, training
guides, online help menus, and other documentation for
businesses and organizations. marichellerocha.com
Calling All Authors is a show produced by Nightengale Press featuring authors and
book industry experts.
Download the free podcast about freelance writing and
how to get started as a freelance writer, the most common
challenges, typical misconceptions about the process, writing successful query letters, and how to be a ghostwriter.
Grammar Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tips for
Better Writing Podcast makes it fun to learn about word usage and grammar.
Knowing Spirit for authors of spiritual / new age genre.
Lillian Brummet has two talk shows:
Conscious Discussions for books
with a spiritual topic; and for all authors who would like to read from their published work, Lillian’s show
Authors Read is perfect.
Phil Harris’ show
All Things That Matter invites authors to speak about
their book and engages a wide variety of topics.
Suzanne Lieurance’s
Book Bites for Kids is a perfect match for authors of
children’s books or for people seeking good books for classroom or family.
Writers in the Sky Podcast interviews selected authors with
qualifying books as part of an author publicity.
On Published & Profitable membership site, Roger Parker
shares what he’s learned about writing and publishing to help new authors avoid some of the
mistakes he’s made and seen others make.
Reader Views a book review service with many other helpful
services for authors. The owner, Irene Watson, has twice been a guest on our podcast.
Listed in 101 Best Web sites for Writers, Allbooks Review
will review POD as well as traditional books.
Fast Pitch Networking
has a great PR service. Post one press release each day for
$99 yearly membership fee. Users say they average
4,000-7,000 views per press release and are high-ranked in
search engines.
PR/PR is a public relations firm that gets experts, authors, and speakers into the media.
Visit president Pam Lontos on her business Web site.
Online Promotion Made Easy by Yvonne Perry is an interactive
e-book that teaches step-by-step how to promote a book online the easy and inexpensive way.
Book Promo 101: Learn the basics of book promotion by Nikki Leigh.
Calling All Authors How to Publish With Your Eyes Wide Open by Valerie Connelly. ISBN 1-933449-43-8. A manual to assist authors who
want to learn more about the publishing industry and how the process works.
From Book to Best Seller
An Insider’s Guide to Publicizing Your Book! by Penny Sansevieri. ISBN 1-60037-085-3
Talk Radio for Authors
Getting Interviews Across the U.S. and Canada by Francine Silverman ISBN 0-7414-3787-2.
Twitter Revolution
How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business & Market Online by Warren Whitlock
is a great book for those interested in online networking trends.
I See Your Name Everywhere: Leverage the Power of the Media
to Grow Your Fame, Wealth, and Success by Pam Lontos.
Sell Your Book on Amazon: The Book Marketing COACH Reveals Top-Secret "How-to" Tips Guaranteed to
Increase Sales for Print-on-Demand and Self-Publishing Writers by Brent Sampson.
Aiming at Amazon:
The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Your Books with Print on Demand and Online Book
Marketing on Amazon.com by Aaron Shepard.
Print-on-Demand Book Publishing: A New Approach
to Printing and Marketing Books for Publishers
and Self-Publishing Authors by Morris Rosenthal.
Texas Book Marketing Handbook
by Dana Lynn Smith features contact info for Texas bookstores, libraries, media,
book fairs.
The Savvy Book Marketer Guide
to Successful Social Marketingwill help you harness the power of viral marketing and online community to sell more books! Learn how to promote through social networking,
virtual reader communities, blogging, social bookmarking, social news sites, media sharing, expert sites, and online forums.
Lillian and Dave Brummet's e-book,Purple Snowflake Marketing: How to Make Your Book Stand Out in a Crowd,
gives a practical means for authors to design an effective marketing plan and utilize frugal promotional tools with the click of their mouse.
Sarah Bolme's book, Your Guide to Marketing Books in the Christian Marketplace, provides an
overall view of the Christian marketplace and to equip publishers, self-publishers, and authors alike with specific resource names and
contact information for marketing your books in this special
marketplace.
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