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Our $uccess blog will feature writing, marketing, and publishing tips we continue to learn since writing our 2009 INDIE Finalist workbook $uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book keeping our readers abreast of the everchanging skills required to write, publish and sell a successful book. We will also have guest commentators. Achieving your goals as a writer is what matters. Anything we can do to help you get there is our goal. We welcome your comments and hope you will sign up for our bi-monthly (or whenever we have enough material) newsletter.

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National Travel Writing Month

Monday, January 2nd, 2012
I am passing this on to our blog readers as it is a great opportunity. It’s not to late to start.

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the latest installment of National Travel Writing Month (NaTraWriMo). The goal of this project is to challenge you to start working on those freelancing goals you’ve set for yourself this year.

Current challenge

  • January 1-31, 2012


What you’re expected to do

  • Whether you’re a travel writer, travel blogger, or travel photographer, your goal for the month of January is to send out a query, pitch, and/or letter of introduction to a publication (print or online) you’d like to see your work published in for the next 30 days.
  • This challenge is mostly for those who are freelancers writing and/or photographing for other publications and not necessarily for their own blogs.
  • We’re assuming you already know how to craft a solid pitch. NaTraWriMo will not be teaching you how to write one.
  • The goal is not to bombard inboxes of editors with poorly thought-out queries. Please do your research when approaching a publication and make sure your pitches are tailored to the publication’s needs.
  • Please remain professional when approaching publications you’d like to be published in.

How to get started

How to record your progress

  1. Once you’ve sent out your pitch, go to the “Daily Update” page and find the thread for the particular day you sent your pitch. You can share some information about the pitch you sent, but please – do not share the editor’s name, publication, or even your idea so it doesn’t get poached.
  2. Under “Edit Profile“, update your NaTraWriMo count, and save your updates.

Welcome to NaTraWriMo and looking forward to seeing how we all work towards our goals this month!

AdministratorsLanora MuellerLola Akinmade Åkerström.

Visit National Travel Writing Month at: http://natrawrimo.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

CityRoom, JustLuxe, The Epoch Times, Big Blend, Spa Review Magazine, Global Writes

Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, “$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book,”

Paul J Krupin Shares an Educational Article About Pitching Stories

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

The information below is from Paul J Krupin who shares an article about pitching stories.

Here is a link to a rather hilarious and educational article about pitching
stories to newspapers. Although it focuses on freelancing, the lessons
learned are applicable to all sorts of other publicity seekers and media as
well.

http://www.alligator.org/news/features/article_81ce33c8-1b1a-11e1-ada2-001cc
4c03286.html

Short link: http://goo.gl/IiGPL

The article supports my long-standing philosphy and the recommended tactics
about recognizing that media are publishers who seek to monetize their
publishing and will only publish stories that support their income streams:
subscriptions and advertising.

The article offers a fresh insight into the reasons for the trends about why
certain types of coverage (including things like book reviews), are sadly
dropping by the wayside.

It emphasizes the need for writers to focus on writing that interests people
and sells.

Paul J. Krupin, Direct Contact PR
Reach the Right Media in the Right Market with the Right Message
http://www.DirectContactPR.com

Discover the Secrets of Book Promotion with Dan Poynter

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Dan Poynter

Brenda, Norm, and I have all heard Dan Poynter speak as we took part in a writers conference with him in Santa Barbara and Pennsylvania. We were also fortunate to have him endorse our book on the back cover, Success, Your Path to a Successful Book. I cannot think of anyone who has book marketing for self-published and traditionally published authors down to a science better than Dan. That is why, I’m sharing the opportunity below–not for a commission, or any remuneration, just because he is GREAT.

I receive many requests as to promoting and marketing. Most authors are charting unfamiliar territory and many cannot afford publicists. Even with publicists, you still need to market yourself. I feel I know a lot, but it is miniscule compared to what you can learn from Dan.

Discover the Secrets of Book Promotion with Personal Guidance and Proven, Weekly Learning Opportunities.

Dan Poynter’s Para Promotion Program celebrates books and honors authors by bringing public attention to your books.

The Para Promotion Program is a series of book promotion projects the author can accomplish without leaving home. The weekly assignments show
the author what to do to reach his or her target audience.

For both fiction and nonfiction, there are readers who are as fascinated about your subject/category as you are. This program shows you how to find
them—all over the world.

Each week, authors receive a book promotion assignment from Dan Poynter.

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Each of the 42 book-promotion projects takes the author anywhere from five to 120 minutes to complete. The program not only shows the author how to promote his or her current book, it is a crash course in book promotion that can be applied to future books.

This program does not recite traditional book promotion. It is guided by Dan Poynter’s exciting, proven program of the future.

Meanwhile, Program PR expert Barbara Gaughen is spinning her electronic Rolodex to get notice for your books. Gaughen (“gone”) has been in the
public relations business for decades and she focuses on books.

Dan Poynter’s Para Promotion Program is not an overwhelming list of projects for authors; it is a collection of individual lessons with full
instructions and personal guidance by successful industry experts.

And there is an added bonus: authors who understand how to reach their audience tend to write books their readers want. They begin to understand
who their readers are, what their readers want, and how to reach their buyers. The Para Promotion program makes authors more successful.

Authors of one or more books may sign up for $497.
Publishers may sign up several of their authors for just $397 each.
That’s less than $12 a week to reach your buyers.

Dan Poynter has been in the book publishing business since 1969 and has written more than 125 books. He is often referred to as a “book futurist.”

The Para Promotion Program debuts on November 1, 2011, may be started at any time—and runs for 42 weeks.

For details, see: http://parapromotion.com and begin your book promotion today.

CityRoom, JustLuxe, The Epoch Times, Big Blend, Spa Review Magazine, Global Writes

Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, “$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book,”