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Writing the Book is the EASY Part

Two and a half years ago I took a leap of faith. I decided after 25 years that I was tired of working for someone else. I had been passed over for a promotion, wasn't getting any younger and trying to cope with something called menopause.

My love has always been writing so I decided to take my life experiences and share them with the world in a book. Writing the book was the easy part. Little did I know then that I had my work cut out for me when it came to marketing and promoting the finished product. Since I wasn't fortunate to get a Publisher, I entered the self-publishing world and learned from a-z what I needed to do in order to publish and promote my book without going broke.

Even before you decide to write your book, you need to make out a marketing plan to determine how you plan to proceed with promoting and selling your book.

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Local Writing Groups 6 Replies

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How Long Should Your Book Be? 2 Replies

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Open Mic at Storyteller's Bookstore (Wake Forest) , Fri. 4/10, starting at 7:30pm

Started by Alice Osborn Mar 29.

Writers' Morning Out, Thurs April 9th at Falls River Books, 9:30-11am

Started by Alice Osborn Mar 29.

Quotes citations 9 Replies

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Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing 11 Replies

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Why Do You Write? 3 Replies

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Book Publishing and Promoting

Started by Beverly Mahone Aug. 28, 2008.

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Comment by Bessie Elmore on September 18, 2009 at 1:15pm: Sorry guys I made an error, should have been a post .

Comment by Betsy Smith on September 18, 2009 at 1:07pm: ok, I'm confused. I received a message from inside 919 (Bessie Gilmore, yet I do not see a post from here on the 919 site. I are a Aggie, so will someone please help me know how to respond?

Comment by Jon Batson on July 22, 2009 at 4:18pm: My short story blog has been getting some great comments, though I have received none from Inside 919. Check it out at http://jonbatson.blogspot.com

Comment by Jon Batson on June 18, 2009 at 1:27pm: Check out my blog for my Summer Short Story Series - as of today, episodes 1 & 2 are up. I'll update it weekly throughout the summer and as long as the episodes last. http://jonbatson.blogspot.com

Comment by Margaret Martin on June 18, 2009 at 10:28am: I don't own a Kindle, but have read lots about them as their popularity builds, along with another neat gadget a writer/entrepreneur came up with which is plastic, lighter and slick-looking. Don't remember the name, but will pass it on when I do...My sister owns a Kindle, I'll ask her....:)))

Comment by Lewis Faulkner on June 17, 2009 at 4:46pm: thanks. It's big on Oprah. I just wondered if anybody had one in real life I could look at...

Comment by Beverly Mahone on June 17, 2009 at 4:44pm: Lewis, I don't own one personally and had not heard of it until I went to this link:

http://hubpages.com/hub/What-is-a-kindle

Comment by Lewis Faulkner on June 17, 2009 at 4:37pm: Does anybody in this group own a Kindle? If so, what's your reading experience like?

Comment by Teri B Clark on May 28, 2009 at 11:01am: I've not read the Unhealthy Truth, but I have just read Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About by Kevin Trudeau, The 100 Year Lifestyle by Dr. Eric Plasker's, and The Wellness Revolution by Paul Zane Pilzer. Many interesting tidbits in all three that make me want to rethink my lifestyle choices!

Comment by Margaret Martin on May 28, 2009 at 10:23am: Two books I'm reading and want to recommend: The Unhealthy Truth: How our Food is making us sick and what we can do about it, by Robyn O'Brien, with Rachel Kranz; Julie & Julia by Julie Powell (soon to be a major movie, with Meryl Street and more...:). Have any of you read either of these?