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"AC is the current that propels your writing career." ~ Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Authors' Coalition Founder

You will find at least one promotion, writing or tech tip on every page on this site. Sometimes you'll find, two or three! Happy browsing and collecting!

Go straight to a page that will give you the skinny on all the levels of Authors' Coalition Membership!

Learn more about writing, editing, promoting and more FRUGALLY on this site's Resources for Writers page.

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The New Book Review and Carolyn Howard-Johnson Help Authors Get More Mileage From Their Favorite Reviews. FREE!

Sometimes a review so good comes along that we are loathe to let it die. We might include it in our media kits or add it to our websites. Now its life can be extended even further with my blog, The New Book Review.

It is a review blog that doesn't judge a book by its cover or by the press used to print it. If one reviewer loved a book, that qualifies it for more coverage. Authors are asked to follow the guidelines given in the left column of the blog and, in return, are asked only to let their fans and the media know it is there. That helps expose every review on the blog (a cross-promotion of sorts) and gives authors an opportunity to reach out to the public.

This blog is associated with Authors' Coalition (http://authorscoaltionandredeneginepress.com), the writers group I founded. The New Book Review (www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com) is an extension of how this group reaches out to help authors. We even have a free e-book section on the site.

Directors are Pat McGrath Avery and Joyce Faulkner (www.redenginepress.com). It is also an extension of the "Back to Literature" column and reviews I write for www.MyShelf.com.

Curious readers and writers alike will find reviews of works by authors like Yvonne Perry, Erica Stux, Joyce Anthony and Cheryl Kaye Tardiff who wrote the famous Whale Song. It includes reviews by well-known reviewers like Mayra Calvani and historians like Arizona's Marshall Trimble.

Find guidelines at The New Book Review. Scroll down. Find them on the left.

More information on me is available at http://www.carolynhoward-johnson.com and www.howtodoitfrugally.com. I also blog at www.sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com . I hope to hear from you soon!

Sharing with Writers For Writers and Readers Brings Opportunities and Information Writers Need to Blogspot

Simply go to Sharing with Writers to read new posts and find related blogs that might be a resource for you. You'll also want to subscribe to the Sharing with Writers newsletter, a kind of extension of the writing and promotion ideas you find in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers. Send a subscribe message.

Learn to Make Any Book Fair into a Sizzling Success

Go to the Authors' Coalition blog to learn about book fairs we are sponsoring and how we make them hot! Hot! HOT! It's all about value-added promotions and you can join us or use the ideas at your own fair, wherever it happens to be. Oh, by the way. You'll also find a list of book fairs at the Resources for Writers page of this HowToDoItFrugally website. And all this instruction is, yes, free to members and nonmembers alike.

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When you visit a blog do yourself a favor. Leave a helpful comment. Sign the blog and include your blog or website address. It's a win-win way to utilize blogs.

Find at least one tip on writing, promotion or tech on every page of this website.

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Calling All Authors!

Participate in Authors' Coalition at so many levels!

Start with our book fairs:

Then our newsletters and blogs:

AC associated blogs: Learn more about our blogs including one that lets authors extend the life of their favorite reviews at no cost.
Learn more about our associated newsletters on this page (see above).

Learn more about author-participation here!

Directors:

Pat Avery, publisher River Road Press
Joyce Faulkner, publisher Red Engine Press

Sponsoring Organizations and Authors:

Your Logo Guy
Red Engine Press

HowToDoItFrugally.com
RRP Consulting
Web for Authors

Purchase THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER as a thick, full-size e-book priced to accommodate the budgets of starving students and authors at Star Publish.

Purchase THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER and THE FRUGAL EDITOR in trade paperback at Amazon. The Amazon Short, THE GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION BOOK PROPOSAL, too!

Purchase THIS IS THE PLACE, HARKENING and TRACINGS at Amazon.

Purchase CHERISHED PULSE at the Compulsive Reader.

Purchase and find all the audios for writers at Double Dragon Publishing.

"Careers that are not fed die as readily as any living organism given no sustenance." ~ Carolyn Howard-Johnson

This author is founder and a proud member of Authors' Coalition.

(Directors: Joyce Faulkner and Pat Avery)

This site is powered by Dianna Faulkner, carmelfaulkner@aol.com

Studio photography by Uriah Carr

Logo by Lloyd King

Future Plans for How To Do It Frugally Series:

The Frugal Amazon Promoter
The Frugal Retailer Promotes
The Frugal Author Builds an Agent-Friendly Package

Important Resources

Book Proposal Help

Former book acquisitions editor Terry Whalin says, "editors and publishers don't read manuscripts. They read book proposals. In Book Proposals That Sell: 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success, you learn the inside scoop to achieve your dreams." I highly recommend it.

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Promotion Services

You'll find direction in the Frugal Book Promoter for building your own media kit; if you choose not to build your own, the information there will make you a better partner for a publicist you might hire to help you. I recommend PressKit 24/7, the brainchild of publicists with over forty years' experience. We know the speed at which you need to work, and we know what it takes to get the media's attention. It was critical for us to be able to create professional online press kits for our own clients. So we understand what you need for yours.

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