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Sep.21.2011
So cool. Somehow -- I can't remember now how -- I discovered that I was mentioned in a Canadian newspaper the other day. And in the best way.
A "Smith Falls local man" (Hugh Long) won the Global eBook Awards in his category and he quoted my comments about his winning book (loyal readers of this...
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Sep.14.2011
By ANASTASIA ASHMAN
Do you ever feel suspended between multiple worlds -- challenged in your pursuits and interests by culture, geography, language or time zone? Welcome to the club.
The Global Niche club, that is. Here we take advantage of our situation mismatches.
In fact, after fourteen years of...
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Sep.12.2011
How Writers & Readers Can Use iftttBy Jason Boog
The free and addictive ifttt app will help you bridge the social networks, apps and online tools you use every day through basic tasks. These deceptively simple connections can create powerful tool for publishers, writers and readers...
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Sep.09.2011
Here are some tips on how to use Twitter to market your books and blogs and build your audience. For those who are new to Twitter, it's a social media site where you set up a profile and post short messages about what you're doing. These messages are called "tweets." People from all around the...
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Aug.27.2011
I was recently interviewed by a south Texas newspaper regarding my opinion of our government's use of social media to monitor events related to the drug war in Mexico. The interview eventually moved on to my thoughts about social media, and its place in my work. My response? I LOVE it!
This isn't...
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Aug.04.2011
What with the writing world being turned upside down - even to the point of some agents recommending to clients to self-publish (yes, all self-pub proceeds are then subject to an agent's cut), it's hard to get noticed. (Hardly a shocking revelation, is it?) Even with a mid-list publishing contract...
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Aug.02.2011
http://www.thebookdoctors.com/the-book-doctors-pitchapalooza-on-kalw-san-francisco-public-radio
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Jul.22.2011
Uh-oh, I've created a monster! I'm sure my fellow writers will readily agree that we have multiple personalities when we write. Not only are we the writer, but we're also the characters we write. This isn't really surprising, but I just took on another persona, or should I say animal-ona (ok, that'...
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Jul.15.2011
Google+ Counts 10 Million Users & 1 Billion Items Shared Daily
By Jason Boog
During an earnings call yesterday, Google CEO Larry Page shared some stats about the rapid growth of his company’s social network over the last couple...
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Jul.12.2011
http://www.thebookdoctors.com/pitchapalooza-movie-trailer
PITCHAPALOOZA
Pitchapalooza is American Idol for books (only without Simon). Twenty writers will be selected at random to pitch their book. Each writer gets one minute—and only one minute! In the last month, three writers...
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