1st Turning Point

Amber Scott | September 8, 2010

Amber Scott, Author

by Amber Scott
1st Turning Point First Mate
Copyright © 2010 Amber Scott

If you’re a paranormal fan and haven’t heard of the Foundation for the Ethical Treatment of the Innocently Damned, Undead, and Supernatural yet, you will soon.  Today, I have an interview with James Durham, who is creating outside the lines and succeeding at [...]

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1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 25, 2010

Susan Schreyer, Author
by Susan Schreyer
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Susan Schreyer
And here she is, our very own….
The lights dim, the curtain goes up, and you’re standing center stage with your book in your hands as the audience applauds.  You smile, bow, and squint into the darkness.  Are the seats filled?  Is it standing [...]

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1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 11, 2010

Karen Dodd, Author
by Karen Dodd
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Karen Dodd
This article may not relate to you unless you are self-published, published by a small press, regional press, your book has a small market, and you have limited funds.  If you have loads of money, then pay through your nose and get some [...]

Category: Advertising Basics, E-press, Guest Columnist, Marketing, Name Recognition, Newly published, Small press, Social Networking, Unpublished | 14 Comments »
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Chassily Wakefield | August 9, 2010

Chassily Wakefield, Writer and 1st Turning Point Cabin Girl
by Chassily Wakefield
1st Turning Point Staff Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Chassily Wakefield
A lot of authors I know have a problem with self-promotion, particularly female authors.  I include myself in their number.  I do it, and I’ll continue to do it, even now, before I have an actual book out [...]

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Robert W. Walker | July 29, 2010

Robert W. Walker, Mystery-Suspense-Thriller Author (MSTA)–MUSTA READ!
by Robert W. Walker
1st Turning Point Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Robert W. Walker
Following up on some of the glaring differences between traditional and non-traditional publishing discussed in Part 1, allow me to add some other hard-won lessons to the list.
The traditional publisher determines design matters such as single or multiple [...]

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Amber Scott | July 26, 2010

Amber Scott, Author
by Amber Scott
1st Turning Point First Mate
Copyright © 2010 Amber Scott
It is my great pleasure to share this month’s round of promotion Q&A with bestselling author Bob Mayer.
AS:  Through your Warrior Writer class, Ancient Whispers author Marie-Claude Bourque discovered why she wants to write—that deep down core reason she has chosen the writing path [...]

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1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | July 19, 2010

Jonathan Papernick, Author
By Jonathan Papernick
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
First published at Beyond the Margins
Within weeks of publication of my first collection of short stories eight years ago, I received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and a full-page rave review in the New York Times. My name was mentioned in the same [...]

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1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | July 16, 2010

Laurie Schnebly
by Laurie Schnebly
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Laurie Schnebly

Note: This is part 2 in a series of 3. To read Part 1, click here.
Okay, remember how there are nine different enneagram (ANY-uh-gram) types and how each one has its own distinctive strength and weakness?  You can get the details by reading last [...]

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1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | June 16, 2010

Gina Robinson, Author

by Gina Robinson
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Gina Robinson

Last fall the editor of a popular series of romance short story anthologies approached me about contributing a story to an upcoming anthology.  The offer came out of the blue.  I write in the subgenre that she was going to feature in this [...]

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Marie-Claude Bourque | May 28, 2010

Marie-Claude Bourque, American Title V Winner
By Marie-Claude Bourque
1st Turning Point Guest Instructor
Copyright © 2010 Marie-Claude Bourque
“She’s everywhere! “
That’s the feeling you want to send out when you think about your online presence, when you try to generate the so-called author buzz online.
But where exactly do you start?  The web changes so fast that it’s hard [...]

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