Next weekend, writers will descend upon Lambertville, NJ, for the first-ever Winter Writer’s Retreat presented by Open Door Publications.  This affordable weekend at Lambertville House, offers workshops from top experts in the fields of publishing, marketing and social media. If that’s not enough, here are five great reasons you should attend.

1. Meet Other Writers. Writing is a solitary business and all too often writers just…

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This week on [REALITY CHECK] I have Jolie du Pré, author, editor, and power promoter. Jolie is a successful freelance writer and writes for several major outlets including Yahoo! and omg! She is also our marketing coordinator for us at …

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Happy autumn! Beginning the new season as Book of the Month (Social Sciences), September 2012.…

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Do you have a marketing plan for you book? When was the last time you looked at it? Better yet, when was the last time you actually worked on it? You might say you are thinking about marketing all the time, but take a good look at the reality. How much of your marketing time is spent jotting down brilliant ideas and how much is devoted to actually carrying through with those ideas?

Like most things in this world, if we block time on our calendars for an activity, especially one we…

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Please feel free to check out my review of Lawrence Schiller's first solo exhibit in the US, Marilyn & Me (Steven Kasher Gallery, May-June 2012).

World Film Locations: Paris was reviewed in The Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice's special issue on "Creative Tourism" (vol. 4, no. 2, 2012). Here are some excerpts from the review:

“For it is the obsessive collection of film stills, of contemporary colour photographs of…

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There was never a greater time to become an author. Technology such as print-on-demand, e-books and enhanced books that include video, audio and web links, are changing our concept of the book as well as the way in which we purchase them. Although many people have looked at the recent downsizing and closing of major bookstore chains as the death of reading in general and the bookstore in particularly, nothing could be farther from the truth. Books – both fiction and nonfiction – are a…

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This week on “Reality Check,” Elizabeth K. Burton, editor-in-chief and owner of Zumaya Publications, gives her insight on what…

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Recently we held a book signing for an unknown, first-time author. A doctor, the book is non-fiction, and details the effect our emotions have on our physical health. I don’t mean to make the book sound boring – I’m quite proud of it, and think it’s an enjoyable read. I’ve described it in barest of terms to make a point. How many people do you think would attend a book signing for the book I mentioned in the first two sentences? Not too many! Well, we had over 200 people at the event and…

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Check out Visual Culture Blog for Marco Bohr's essay about "Koyaanisqatsi" which was published in my edited collection, World Film Locations: Las Vegas. …

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No one ever said getting published and building an audience was easy.

 

Wait a minute...yes they have. There are lots of online gurus who say this all the time. Can’t write? No problem! Can’t tell the difference between an infinitive and a run-on sentence? Who cares!…

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I wish to share the exciting news that the Italian translation of my first edited collection, Situating the Feminist Gaze and Spectatorship in Postwar Cinema, was recently published and is now available.…

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I was recently asked to give my thoughts about the question "Why Popular Culture Matters." My remarks and comments were subsequently published--kindly see them below. …

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The Directory of World Cinema: Eastern Europe, in which several articles of mine appear, was recently published. …

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Pump Up Your Book is proud to host the authors and publisher of Zumaya Publications at their 5 year birthday bash chat book giveaway! The party will be held on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 starting at 8 p.m. eastern, 7 p.m. central, 6 p.m. mountain and 5 p.m. pacific time) and ending at 11 p.m. (eastern time). Tell your book friends that not only will this give them an opportunity to chat with the authors and editor of Zumaya Publications, but they will be eligible to win lots of…

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DRAGONFLY eBOOK CONTEST LAUNCHED TO MEET INDUSTRY DEMAND

“Dragonflies are reminders that we are light and can reflect light in powerful ways if we choose to do so.”

To keep pace with the growing demand for eBook related services and opportunities, Five Star Book Awards follows the successes of the third annual Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for children’s books and second annual Royal Dragonfly Book Awards for all genres and ages with the launch of the Dragonfly eBook Awards, which… Continue

Calendar with paintings by Janet Snell

Shiva's Arms, a novel by Cheryl Snell

Calendar, landscapes by Gladys Snell

Shana Linda~pretty pretty, poems by Nanette Rayman… Continue