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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!

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Endorsement:

"You've just impressed the hell out of me.  I was reading your email on the group, then saw your sig file.  I so rarely follow someone's sig file to their home page, to their publisher's page, and I've never then gone ahead and bought the book, but I just did it with you.  I don't know what the difference is between your book and the thousands of sig files I see each day..." Tracy Cooper-Posey, author of Heart of Vengeance

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Learn more about promoting on radio, TV and speaking engagements in the Frugal Book Promoter.

CAROLYN'S CONSULTING

Award-Winning author of THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER and THE FRUGAL EDITOR: PUT YOUR BEST BOOK FORWARD TO AVOID HUMILIATION AND ENSURE SUCCESS, helps others boost their writing, publishing and promotion skills. 

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Click here for Carolyn's first person essay, "Beating Time at Its Own Game."

Why Hire a Publicity Consultant Rather Than a Full-Service Publicist?

When a full scale promotion campaign for your book is required (and it always is), you hire a professional  to help you plot you campaign. One hour with Carolyn Howard-Johnson will:

• educate you to the need for publicity.

• show you why free is better than paid. 

• give you resources to get you started and keep you going.

• educate you in the process--everything from media releases and kits to radio and TV appearances.

• equip you to partner with a publicist if you choose that route.

• save you thousands of dollars if you choose to manage your own publicity.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson tailors your promotion to:        

• your personality.

• your pocketbook.

• and she will work to improve your voice if you are submitting a proposal or other writing, not change it.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson is credible because:

•  She has experienced what her clients need to know in most genres (novel, short stories, poetry and nonfiction).

•  she has published every which way (traditionally, self-published, subsidy-published--in trade paperbacks, e-books, booklets, newspapers, magazines and more).

• she has worked as a publicist and journalist--that means she knows how to appeal to both sides of the fence in your search for exposure.

• she is a UCLA Extension Writers' Program instructor.

• she wrote The Frugal Book Promoter, winner of USA Book News Best Professional Book 2004

• she wrote  The Frugal Editor -- and, yes, editing does have something to do with marketing.

• she won Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson's professional and personal life exemplify the American Dream. Her passion for the worlds of PR and publishing resonates with her clients. They leave sessions emotionally charged and ready to function. She passes on contacts and leads for you to pursue.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson customizes her consulting time with you. Reach her by e-mail.

So, why consult rather than hire it done? 

• because you know your book better than anyone else and a good, content-laden consult is all you need to get you going.

• because you are more passionate about your book than anyone else which means that your efforts will bear more fruit than someone else's.

• because much of what many publicists do for you can easily be done yourself including radio, TV and speaking.

• because you have a Rolodex of your own and building it for yourself will bode well for your writing career.

                  For information on Carolyn Howard-Johnson's speaking and judging click here.  

              For information on Carolyn Howard-Johnson's events and teaching click here.

              For information on Carolyn Howard-Johnson's awards click here.                          

              For information on Carolyn Howard-Johnson's editing services click here.

Contact Carolyn

Carolyn Howard-Johnson consulting with client Catherine Yesayan on her memoir in progress. On the Mac screen is the e-cover of Carolyn's Amazon Short, "The Great First Impression Book Proposal."

Experience Counts

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

HERE'S CAROLYN'S CALENDAR.   CHECK APRIL, SEPT. AND OCTOBER FOR ACTIVE MONTHS. Many of her seminars at libraries and book fairs are free.

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