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  • Thank you so much for such a detailed list of what you've done.  I'm just starting with my book and wonder the same thing.  I honestly think it's going to be my job to...
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    Author Ruth Ann Nordin I met Ruth Ann Nordin through her books, I have read so many not once but two times.  The characters believable, the plot and story lines in...
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  • I am confused. I thought beta readers were folks who read a book before publication, and made notes. But you're suggesting a group of fifty or so who are going to read...

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  • Sandra Sealy posted a status
    The #writing is one thing (you have to get the substance right) but the marketing? Man, it's a whole JOB! #writinglife #newauthor
  • Mary L. Holden posted a status
    When authors wonder who will read their book, a good place to start the "wandering" is in front of their own bookshelf! When I gave some thought to this, I wrote an ar...
  • Rose O'Connor posted a status
    Hello. I just published my first book! It's called Free to Roam; Tails of a Housesitting Adventure Across the UK. Now I'm hoping to learn more about marketing with the help of She Writes!

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  • Yeeeees, thank you for sharing! You state things so clearly that I can really nod too,...t my instincts as a paid writer (which have been set to "panic and desperation mode" for a few months) have been...
  • Since my novel came out (The Night Counter, Three Rivers Press 2010), it has gotten ve...on't love to hear themselves talk, putting them into a weird split personality mode. As an example of the marketi...
  • Hi Lauren. Thank you so much for your guidance. It actually isn't discouraging at all because I prefer to have my expectations managed. I have a tendency to be hyper-...