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September 2011

Genres I Like

After I posted that I review books and will read most anything, a member asked me what genres I actually like to read.

I really do enjoy reading almost everything. I have an…

Blog Genres I Like 2 Likes Satisfaction! So... after months of dreaming it, thinking it over, writing it, re-writing it, designing the cover, doing the video trailer, editing it, re-editing it, formatting it.... I finally have come to the e… Discussion Satisfaction! 1 Like How did you find your way to Authors.com? I was thinking today about how big the internet is and the vastness of its reach. And then I pondered on how we all find our little corners of happiness on the web. Authors.com is definitely one of m… Discussion How did you find your way to Authors.com? 9 Likes Matt T. Schott

Member Matt T. Schott 1 Like A SciFi short story for my ad I am giving away a scifi short story I wrote as an ad. A Program Thicker Than Water, is set in the future with smart houses and smart cars. Detective McGuire's murder case gets complicated when da… Discussion A SciFi short story for my ad 1 Like Promoting a Book

I am amazed at the response I have had recently while promoting my novel Love Hurts. Although it was produced by an independent publishing company, they are only very small and therefore cannot…

Blog Promoting a Book 1 Like My First Book Signing Event is Imminent It is a very exciting time for me. I will be visiting the Waterstones book store in Crewe, Cheshire this coming Saturday (17th September) to do a book signing event for my debut novel. I have no idea… Blog My First Book Signing Event is Imminent 1 Like Mark Twain's memoirs unsealed after a century Twain requested his memoirs wouldn't be published for 100 years. It's an interesting story! <a href="http://news.discovery.com/history/mark-twain-memoirs-unsealed-after-100-years.html">http://news.discovery.com/history/mark-twain-memoirs-unsealed-after-100-years.html</a> If you were to write yo… Discussion Mark Twain's memoirs unsealed after a century 1 Like How Stephen King creates suspense I thought this analysis of his work was interesting. It's good to learn from the masters! <a href="http://writersdigest.com/article/the-3-steps-stephen-king-employs-to-create-suspense/Do">http://writersdigest.com/article/the-3-steps-stephen-king-employs-to-create-suspense/Do</a> you do the same? Discussion How Stephen King creates suspense 1 Like Why Is Love so confusing? Is the thought of "Love' soppose to be complicated? Are we really soppose to date person after person..Til we finally match with one? And of their age? Does it really matter if he or she is like 10 y… Discussion Why Is Love so confusing? 1 Like Pen or keyboard: where do you start? Penmanship is falling by the wayside. I was appalled to read news that schools don't consider cursive writing as important as skill as being able to use a keyboard. The decline of cursive is happeni… Discussion Pen or keyboard: where do you start? 1 Like Spotlight Interview with Author Sean Noonan

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series, Sean! Please introduce yourself and your books to help our readers get to know…

Blog Spotlight Interview with Author Sean Noonan 10 Likes Synopsis writing, just what does it mean to… <a href="http://www.writersandartists.co.uk/2010/11/what-is-a-synopsis-and-why-are-they-so-hard-to-write/">http://www.writersandartists.co.uk/2010/11/what-is-a-synopsis-and-why-are-they-so-hard-to-write/</a> Here's a wonderfully thought provoking article on the 'synopsis'. I read and applied it, discovered… Discussion Synopsis writing, just what does it mean to… 1 Like Drawing out your stories! Since an early age I loved to read mangas graphic novels comics and what not! When I got to middle school I meet two people who would be in my life for a long time and enjoyed the same things, yo… Discussion Drawing out your stories! 1 Like Are writers and creatives often night owls? I was just thinking about this because I definitely am more of a night owl than an early bird and I know many other writers that also like to burn the midnight oil. Some say that's when they do their… Discussion Are writers and creatives often night owls? 2 Likes Roald Dahl's Hat is in up for £500,000 to sa… Now I write where and when I can, but if I could I'd buy a place near me called Hagrid's Hut, a round house in the Scottish countryside that looks too small for a family but just the perfect size for… Discussion Roald Dahl's Hat is in up for £500,000 to sa… 2 Likes Google's Author Markup Support makes It easi… Google just revealed it's supporting authorship markup HTML tags. This may seem like a small tweak, but it's seriously good stuff if you're a writer wanting to find your work online--and it could eve… Discussion Google's Author Markup Support makes It easi… 1 Like Amazon rankings Since forever I've been rank on Amazon at arount 500,000 out of 750,000. When i sold 1 book I went up 3,000 points on Amazon's ranking. When I checked this morning I was ranked 82,000 up 420,000 po… Discussion Amazon rankings 3 Likes Spotlight Interview with author Garry E. Lewis

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series, Garry! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know…

Blog Spotlight Interview with author Garry E. Lewis 7 Likes Share the story of your book cover please! I've seen some cracking good book covers being showcased by our new members and I'm nosy. :D So spill the beans and tell us all about it please! Who designed it, where the idea came from, etc., as mu… Discussion Share the story of your book cover please! 4 Likes What is the best price for selling with Kind… Hi Folks, My publisher recommended $5 per book, but I see many go for a lot less... what is a good price to sell and why? Discussion What is the best price for selling with Kind… 2 Likes