Hey! The ACFW Conference is just around the corner, and we at MBT want to help you get published (and stay published!) Every week for the next 10 weeks we’ll offer a tip on how to PITCH your novel. And TIP #1 is… FINISH YOUR BOOK! I know you have a great book idea, and you are anxious to get it out there – worried that someone might even steal it, but as a first time novelist, you need to have your book finished before you pitch it – for a couple reasons. Watch the video and discover WHY! Need more help? Check out our Pitch and Promotion Seminar! Go write something brilliant! See you next week – XO! Susie May
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Stuck in the Quagmire of Editing?
Now that the joy of finishing my first draft has faded, the angst of editing the manuscript has begun. I completed the first draft, the rest should be a piece of cake. Right? Not. Even. Close. All of a sudden I had a multitude of questions and not enough answers. First I tried an easy approach. I purchased “Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing”. While it was an interesting read, it didn’t answer all the questions that arose while editing my manuscript. I also went to Chip MacGregor’s blog. He recently posted a huge list of resources to help writers. http://www.chipmacgregor.com/blog/career/150-resources-to-help-you-write-better-faster-and-more-persuasively/ Finally, I went to my friends Beth Vogt and Edie Melson for assistance. They suggested I look at the big picture and keep it simple. We […]
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Social Media Minute—10 Quick Tips to Help Your Twitter Grow Faster
by Edie Melson A lot of you have done the basics and now you’re sitting back waiting for your Twitter account to explode with followers. Well, if you’ve followed the previous four posts you’re in a good position. But, today I’m going to share10 tips to help your Twitter grow faster. If there are any of these you aren’t certain how to implement, don’t worry. I’m going to post a list of links to previous blog posts about Twitter to help refresh your memory. 1. Tweet regularly. Just like you need to keep a regular blog schedule for that to grow, you also need to keep a regular Tweet schedule. I recommend scheduling a minimum of 4 – 6 tweets per day. 2. Focus on your audience. When you’re sending […]
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Featured Fiction Friday is BACK! Meet Kathleen Fuller
This year’s Frasier Contest has come to a close. The finalists and semi-finalists have been announced, and we are all eagerly awaiting the Pizza Party to find out who the winner is. In the mean time, lets meet one of the Judges that made it all possible: Kathleen Fuller, with her new book Letters to Katie. Q: Kathleen, give us a tag line and a little blurb about your story. A: Everything changed between them the first time he called her Katie. Katherine Yoder has loved Johnny Mullet since the two were children, but he’s never returned her affections. Now Johnny is trying to forge a new life for himself by purchasing a farm and building a business of his own. But times are tough, and he soon learns that he […]
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