1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 16, 2010
Tamera Lynn, Author
by Tamera Lynn
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Tamera Lynn
In May, I had the privilege to be one of the first students of Platform Building 101, by Jacquie Rogers and Ann Charles. Until then, like many writers, I was under the impression “if you write it, they will read.” Not so. Name [...]
Judith Laik | July 20, 2010
Judith Laik, Regency Romance Author
Interviewed by Judith Laik
1st Turning Point Staff Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Judith Laik and Carol Strickland
Carol Strickland’s website
Media: acrylic landscapes, portraits, and abstract paintings; romance author
JL: Â Thank you for joining us at 1st Turning Point. Â I enjoyed browsing your website, appreciating your lovely art and your versatile interests. Â Tell me a little [...]
Norman W Wilson PhD | July 2, 2010
Norman W. Wilson, Ph.D, Author
by Norman W Wilson, Ph.D.
1st Turning Point Forum Moderator
Copyright © 2010 Norman W Wilson, Ph.D.
One of the hardest concepts to swallow is that marketing is not all about you, the author; nor is it just about marketing your book. Randy Ingermanson, author, writing teacher, and creator of the Snowflake technique, says [...]
Jim Thomsen | June 30, 2010
Jim Thomsen: True Crime and Mystery Author
by Jim Thomsen
1st Turning Point Staff Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Jim Thomsen
Craig Lancaster is the author of the literary novels 600 Hours Of Edward (Riverbend Publishing) and the forthcoming The Summer Son (AmazonEncore). In Part 1 our our interview, The Billings, Montana resident shared the story of his improbable journey [...]
Gerri Russell | June 25, 2010
Gerri Russell and her first three books
by Gerri Russell
1st Turning Point Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Gerri Russell
After launching five books into the marketplace, I have tried a lot of ways to affect my sales, from bookmarks, advertisements, a spa-day give-away, t-shirts, pens, bubble bath, etc. The list goes on and on. I honestly do not know [...]
John Klawitter | June 18, 2010
John Klawitter, Author, Screenwriter, Director
by John Klawitter
1st Turning Point Staff Columnist
Copyright © 2010 John Klawitter
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If you ride the buzz on the various literary links, you know there’s a clever author and marketeer out there named Parnell Hall who YouTube’s mildly satirical country western ballads about the troubled experiences he’s had marketing his novels. He laments, I’m [...]
Marie-Claude Bourque | May 31, 2010
Marie-Claude Bourque, American Title V Winner
By Marie-Claude Bourque
1st Turning Point Guest Instructor
Copyright © 2010 Marie-Claude Bourque
Every minute you spend online could be spent working on your best promotional tool: your book. Â But you also need to be online for promotion and networking as previously discussed, and sometimes you just need a break and want to [...]
Judith Laik | May 7, 2010
Judith Laik, Regency Romance Author
by Judith Laik
1st Turning Point Staff Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Judith Laik
Promo Primer for Unpublished is a series of articles intended for those who haven’t yet started to do any self-promotion, or who may have begun but feel hopelessly at sea over all the options and the technical aspects.  (I’m in the latter group, [...]
Judith Laik | March 23, 2010
Judith Laik, Regency Romance Author
Interviewed by Judith Laik
1st Turning Point Staff Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Judith Laik and J.L. Anderson
JL: Jennifer, thank you for joining us at 1st Turning Point. We’re excited to have you visit, and excited about the beautiful, original pirate-girl-and-parrot illustration you made exclusively for our contest. I wish I were eligible to [...]
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | February 5, 2010
Kris Tualla Author
by Kris Tualla
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Kris Tualla
I recently attended PodCampAZ 2009, an “unconference” to discuss relevant social media. Â This two-day event pounded out the same message over and over: for any person, business-or author-to thrive in today’s market, three things are needful.
1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. An active Blog
(And a website [...]
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