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Beginner's Guide to Perfecting Your Children's Story |
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by Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
You've spent hours, days, weeks, maybe months to create a children's story with just the right ingredients to be THE one, the one you hope will take your writing to the next level. You can't wait to submit it to an agent or to take it to publication. But before you make a hasty decision, you need to do one more thing...
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Rachelle Vaughn's Passion? Romance! |
Perfect for February and red-hot lovers of romance, we have this month's PDB Featured Author, Rachelle Vaughn. Take a few minutes to step into Rachelle's world of hockey, romance, and her thoughts on Nora Roberts. |
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When the End Meets the Beginning in Childrens' Book Writing |
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by Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
Imagine you've worked for months to hone your perfect children's story. You've paid attention to details. You've made sure that your main character has learned important lessons during her journey. The opening of your story has action to hold the interest of your readers and draw them into the book. But what can you do about the ending?
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Book Awards: An Important Marketing Tool |
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by Cheryl Carpinello
You’ve written your book. You’ve published your book. You’ve listed your book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. You’ve joined the Polka Dot Banner and other websites designed to give authors exposure for their books. Now go that extra step. Enter your book in Book Award Contests to get recognized for your hard work.
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Rhyming in Your Marketing Will Sell More Books! |
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by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
Rhyming statements hold incredible power. Anyone remember "If the gloves don't fit, you must acquit!"? Start using rhyming in your book marketing!
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Driving Traffic to Your Blog via a Fiction Series ~ Stuart Nager |
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Using a blog as my creative fiction outlet has been an amazing journey. Tale Spinning, my experiment in creative fiction blog, began in February 2011. This was an offshoot of my other blog, BornStoryteller, where I had been, well, bored. I decided to do a little writing, asking people for some prompts to write a short piece, while I was figuring out the whole blog thing. The creative writing part got to be tremendous fun, and very fulfilling, that it became its own entity.
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PDB Gossip for January 30, 2012 |
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Click now to read the latest PDB author gossip, news and events. Have you noticed the new "Thank You" book covers box on the front page of the site? Wonder how to get listed there? (Details inside) I've collected a basketful of other goodies to share, so jump in and start reading now!
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Sarah Tregay Pens Novel in Verse |
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The Polka Dot Banner recently had the pleasure of interviewing PDB Featured Author Sarah Tregay. Sarah is the author of several books including Love and Leftovers, a novel written in verse (Katherine Tegan Books/Harper Coll
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