Monthly Archives: January 2010

Marketing

Your Question: Milly Balzarini asks,”The Lost Road Home” became a book because my husband suffers from PTSD due to combat in Vietnam. Writing the book was easy compared to selling it. I am not a salesman and I need some … Continue reading

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Editing

Your question: Lynn Emerick asks – Is editing – reshaping a book – the job of an agent or an editor at a publishing company? Answer from Sue: Reshaping a manuscript is ultimately the author’s job, but, in the case … Continue reading

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February FREE BOOK!

I remember when my dream was to become a PUBLISHED AUTHOR, with READERS and even maybe, perhaps, possibly earning money for what I wrote. I am fortunate. That dream came true for me, but not until I had learned as … Continue reading

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Getting Published

The snow is blowing in hard across the bay. It cuts the face, burns the eyes, numbs the toes, but I absolutely love January, February and March.  Am I nuts? Nope. Winter is the time I hide away and write. Instead of … Continue reading

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Haiti

I’m concerned that the current unrest in Haiti will discourage people from donating  to earthquake relief funds. Yes, there are problems, but pulling back and doing nothing is not the solution. It’s easy to forget the God factor – that … Continue reading

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Book Winners!

Our book winners for January, 2010, are Karyn Kiefer and Roberta Johnson! Karyn’s was the first name drawn, so she will have her choice of our two books, and the other book will go to Roberta. Karyn and Roberta, please … Continue reading

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Book Blurbs

Here are the two book blurbs I promised you. Hope you have entered a post about any book you gave to others in December. If so, yours will be among the names in our drawing on Thursday for one of … Continue reading

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January FREE BOOKS

(FYI: These books have already been given away.  If you would like to enter the monthly drawing for a free book(s), please read the most recent Free Books! Post.) I don’t know about you, but I LOVE getting books. I … Continue reading

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Boundaries

When I was in my late twenties, mom of two toddlers, I was an easy mark. If anyone asked me to serve on a committee or volunteer for a job in our church or our community, I ALWAYS said yes. … Continue reading

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Book-Gifting

When I was ten years old, my Grandma Kate began a Christmas tradition that would profoundly impact my life. She gave me Laura Ingalls Wilder’s LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS. Every year after, she gave me one or two … Continue reading

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