Pulse by Jeremy Robinson In April, Market My Novel told you about a viral video contest by author Jeremy Robinson. He wanted to use this contest as a way to generate buzz about his book. I thought this was a fantastic idea and could not wait to hear the results. Today, Robinson drops by Market [...]
Entries from September 28th, 2009
Viral Video Contest – Is it Worth it? by Jeremy Robinson
September 28th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
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Need Help Finding VBT Hosts? Check out MMN’s New Blogrolls
September 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Review Site Drop Down Menus Some of you may have noticed some changes to the Market My Novel blogroll. At the top of the site, you can find a Review Sites in the navigation menu. I’ve expanded on these lists and Folio Vision installed a fantastic plug in to create drop-down menus for each section. [...]
Details on Virtual Mystery Writers Conference
September 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
PP WebCon 2009 Robert Rosenwald sat down for a virtual interview at my St. Louis Book Marketing Examiner page to talk about PP WebCon 2009, the world’s first-ever cyber mystery writers conference. The fee is only $25 and all proceeds this year go to a local library. Be sure to check out the details. Even [...]
Tags:market my novel·poisoned pen press·PP WebCon 2009·writing conferences
Menaker Offers Straight Talk on Publishing
September 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Former Executive Editor-in-Chief of Random House Daniel Menaker offers an insightful, somewhat somber look at the publishing industry at Barnes & Nobel’s Reviews and Essays blog. Menaker had some interesting things to say about book reviews in point No. 5. Since I harp on book reviews so much, I decided to highlight a few other [...]
Ten Commandments of Blogging
September 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Pimp My Novel offers up a terrific Ten Commandments of Blogging. No. 4 is incredibly important – and something I have trouble sticking to: 4. Remember thy Schedule and keep it, wholly. You don’t have to write a post every day, but keeping a regular schedule is a courtesy and a sort of unwritten contract [...]
Dan Brown’s Worst Sentences
September 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Dan Brown cannot please critics Dan Brown’s a bestseller, but that doesn’t mean he can keep critics happy and joyful about his work. In fact, it seems, many are just not that into his stories. The Telegraph offers up a story with the 20 worst lines from Brown’s books. Some of these are so bad, [...]
Video: Helpdesk for Writers
September 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Fun video for today: I could not resist sharing this one for a laugh. Thanks to Kim Komando for sharing. If you don’t listen to her show or follow her on Facebook, DO SO. She has some terrific info on technology – and makes it a lot less overwhelming. She also shares tips on online [...]
Are You Speaking My Language?
September 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Sometimes things just get lost in translation. With the increasing use of e-mail, Twitter and social networks to communicate, it makes it even tougher, sometimes, to decipher exactly what a person means. A few months ago, I’d booked a tour of multiple authors who did an anthology. In my calendar, I have them down as [...]
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Author Responds to Reviewer Bashing
September 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
I blogged recently about scathing comments of relatives toward reviewer Carol Buchanan, who wasn’t fond of John Lacombe’s Winter Games. The situation was used to highlight a trend I’ve noticed with authors like Alice Hoffman who take reviewer bashing to a whole new level. I also reminded authors in How Big Is Your EGO? to [...]
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What Newton Learned about Being a Writer
September 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
I found this terrific set of posts from UK author Mark Charan Newton about things he never anticipated before he became a published author. In Some Interesting Things I Never Knew About Being a Writer, one of my favorites is No. 5: There is no such thing as a bad review. Or to paraphrase a [...]
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