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29 April

CreateSpace books now on The Book Depository!


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29 June

Struggling Author's debut novel published and out now!
Long serving Struggling Author, Teresa Geering has her first book out now! The Eye of Erasmus is already available on CreateSpace and will soon be listed on Amazon etc. If you want to find out more about the book, visit Teresa's site at > http://tgeering.blogspot.com/
 
To see a book trailer for Eye of Erasmus or catch Teresa reading aloud an excerpt from her book, visit our YouTube channel at > http://www.youtube.com/user/StrugglingAuthors
 
To buy the book direct from CreateSpace, kindly go to > https://www.createspace.com/3461744
 
Stay tuned for more information on forthcoming books from the SA stable


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19 June

Marketing yourself and your books by creating a YouTube channel
[Excerpt from a new article on the Struggling Authors site]
 
These days any writer knows (or should know) that it takes a lot more than just a well written, complete manuscript to get published. You need to be a salesman, and develop self-marketing skills to sell your story to an agent. If you do this well, these efforts can assist your agent in selling your story to a publisher, then to your vast audience. So what should you do? Everything you can, anything that gets you and your writing exposure. Do you tweet, do you blog? Do you Youtube?
 
Building a Youtube channel (page) can be beneficial in many ways. First and most obviously is getting viewed on Youtube. It gets your name and your book's out there in the public's eye. If you have your own web-site, (and you should) it can turn viewers into readers by advertising your site on your Youtube page and on the videos themselves...
 
The rest of the article can be found here > http://strugglingauthors.co.uk/Creatingayoutubechannel.aspx


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14 June

New YouTube Channel for Struggling Authors
There's a new YouTube channel for authors. Send us your content - book trailers, interviews, book pitches and articles http://www.youtube.com/user/StrugglingAuthors
 
Record a 2 minute book pitch and send it to us. We'll host it for you and you can include the URL (web address) on any communications you have with potential agents and publishers. join the digital revolution with Struggling Authors on film.


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01 June

New ePublisher
Ma2books are publishers of fiction e-books in pdf, dnl and Mobipocket formats and pay a royalty of 50% on a monthly basis to their authors. The only criteria for publishing is the quality of the writing and they are prepared to publish most genres. You can access the website at http://ma2books.webplus.net. The Submissions page has further details and you can download an Author Info pack which includes a sample contract. 


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30 May

Writer's Conference
Writers event at Winchester University 25th - 27th June 2010
Weeklong Workshops: 28th June - 2nd July > http://www.writersconference.co.uk/


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29 May

National Novel Writing Month
Similar to the Novel in a month is NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. Every November thousands of people commit to writing a 50,000 word novel between the 1st and the 30th of November. It's all about quantity not quality, but it's a great way to get you going. You can polish it later. http://www.nanowrimo.org
 


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York Festival of Writing 2011 - dates announced
We've now got dates for the next Festival of Writing! It will be taking place at the University of York, March 25th - March 27th, 2011, and it will surely be at least as smashing as it was last year. If you want to be among the first to sign up when bookings go live, you can register your interest here > http://www.festivalofwriting.com/booking.shtml


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26 May

Interview with Jonathan Walker and Dan Hallett
Following The View From Here's recent review of Five Wounds, An Illuminated Novel, written by Jonathan Walker and illustrated by Dan Hallett (see review), Paul took the opportunity to interview Jon and Dan.  Here is a valuable insight into the collaborative and creative processes that helped shape Five Wounds and Pistols! Treason! Murder! - from initial concept through to publication.
 
 


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23 May

Struggling Authors in The Times newspaper...
We appear in the Times Culture supplement this morning. Page 11 'The Greatest Stories Almost Never Told' by Katharine Hibbard.


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