Bower Bird. Figment: Write yourself in. Freelance educational writing jobs | Jooble. Writer Jobs. Pan Macmillan Australia. How can we help? We create author and book profiles for you on our own website, making it easy for your readers to find out about your book and connect with you. We build communities through our Facebook and Twitter accounts, YouTube channels and more. We amplify your “voice” by linking to your blog, site and social media accounts from our social platforms. We build an audience for you by keeping them informed about your latest books and events.
We provide guidance and advice on how you can grow your online profile. Our social media team will help create buzz online. Your Readers Want to Hear from YOU Share reviews, interviews, news Listen to conversations Get to know your audience Participate in online communities Find the social network(s) that’s best for you facebook How much time does it take? We suggest that you post at least three or four times per week. Your page will take some time to grow organically. Facebook Tips: Learn more: Twitter Tips: YouTube Tips: Carus Publishing. Cicada Magazine - www.CicadaMag.com - Inspiring a Passion for Reading and Creative Expression in Teens and Young Adults. A Word on Women Writers.Or, What Does My Future Hold? | Inside My Worlds: R.L.Sharpe. OK, this is going to be a little long, but bear with me for I think this is a very important topic.
I read an overwhelming amount of YA books, an area where female writers are both prominent and dominant, so I had no idea of the problems facing women writers, had no clue that a problem even existed. Everywhere I looked the shelves where overflowing with female authors. So expect my soul crushing disappointment to find out that there is actually a problem. One of the most devastating things to find out was that some men won’t read a book if it is written by a woman. Jaw-dropping, I know. I have joined the Australian Women Writers challenge this year for this very reason.
I was already reading Australian women writers anyway and wanted to help bring them into focus on a larger platform, and the AWW challenge has helped me to do that. Recently I read three articles that have brought some startling revelations to my attention. And the next article I read hit even closer to home. Like this: Tricks | Ellen Hopkins. I am honored to say that Tricks debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List, in its very first week. Thanks so much to my fabulous readers for their continued and growing support!
I couldn’t have done it without you. Tricks tells the story of five very different young people, from five very different parts of the country, who fall into prostitution for five very different reasons. For all of them, as for most real teen prostitutes, it boils down to one simple thing: survival. Videos Tricks Book Trailer Tricks Excerpt Eden I Am Less Than a Ghost I am a corpse, sleepwalking the streets of Las Vegas. I should just head on out into the desert, lay down on a soft mattress of sand, close my eyes against the diamond sun and circling black wings. It might be preferable to this cement bed behind a Seven-Eleven dumpster. There are lots of us living on the street. There are shelters, I’ve been told, where you can eat free. But I’m afraid of the questions.
Of my soul. I stink, too. A motel room. Self-Publishing Resources | Elisa Nuckle. In March 2011, I finally decided to self publish (some) of my future novels. Eager and laughably ignorant, I journeyed through the great internet to research and snoop around for information to aid me down this rather daunting road. These are the resources I came up with, my gems. Links with an asterisk (*) are the ones I highly recommend. If there are any broken links, please comment or email me at elisamwriter (at) gmail (dot) com, and I’ll fix or remove them. If you have any suggestions, anyone or anything you feel is a great and valuable resource to add to the lists, comment or email me the link and I’ll consider putting them up.
Ebook Ebook Conversion Services Directory: Literally a list of the businesses that provide ebook conversions. *Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing: Again, a great author resource. *Barnes and Noble’s PubIt! *Smashwords: distributes ebooks for authors and small presses and publishers. Blog Like this: Like Loading... Aurealis - Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Links. Lightship First Chapter Prize 2013. The Prize - Expert Mentoring / Possible Publication Do you have a literary novel in you? Have you written the first chapter and a synopsis? Enter Lightship Publishing’s flagship contest, First Chapter, for a chance to win the dream prize of every aspiring novelist. Imagine getting priceless feedback from an acclaimed literary author, a top literary agent and a commissioning editor as you write your novel. That is what you get if you win First Chapter. You will receive three professional mentoring sessions over the course of a year from each judge: award-winning author M.J Hyland; David Miller of Rogers, Coleridge & White, Alessandro Gallenzi of Alma Books.
Not only will the winning First Chapter be published in the Lightship Anthology 3 in 2013, but if, after the mentoring process, your finished novel is as enthralling as your First Chapter, David Miller will agree to represent your work and Alma Books will publish it as a book. The Rules How to Enter Online entry costs £16. Write yourself in. Figment. Young Adult and Children's Stories. The Race Against Publishing Technology. Of all the problems publishers face today, one of the thorniest is the struggle to keep up-to-date with the latest technology. Start-ups with novel ideas for content, marketing, distribution and much more. Established vendors rolling out new systems and features. And outside players coming in and changing everything with the release of a new device (read: Apple in 2010). It’s either the most exciting time ever to be in publishing or the most frustrating. Just yesterday, we saw Flipick release a new version of its ebook production tool, Sumbola launch a new social reading platform for mobile and the Web and YUDU add features to its textbook conversion tool.
Yesterday wasn’t even particularly busy when it comes to these type of announcements. But it doesn’t end there for publishers. To get all the ebook and digital publishing news you need every day in your inbox at 8:00 AM, sign up for the DBW Daily today! The rest of the day’s top news: Ebook Revolution Building In Germany? Related Posts: L. E. Armbruster (LEArmbruster) (4 books)