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1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | June 3, 2010

Carrie Lofty, Author

by Carrie Lofty
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Carrie Lofty
When I first started attending conferences, both at the national and regional levels, I did so with clear goals.  Primarily, I attended workshops to better hone my storytelling skills and scheduled pitch appointments to secure a few precious minutes of face time [...]

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1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | January 19, 2010

Carrie Lofty, Author

by Carrie Lofty
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Carrie Lofty

Launching a new book can be an intimidating prospect.  So much rides on a thriving release, but so many variables stand between an author’s best intentions and success.
A caveat: I have not released a hundred books, or even ten, but I’ve done all [...]

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1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 10, 2009

by Carrie Lofty
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2009 Carrie Lofty
After receiving a few rejections for my first manuscript, SERENADE, set in Napoleonic Austria, I did what my market researcher husband would do: I took a good hard look at the market. When I realized how few romance novels set outside the British Isles have [...]

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