Yes, today I'm crying on Canadian Expat Mom. Not sobbing, just crying out of one eye only. How is that even possible? Read my guest post to hear all the damp details...
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What's the secret sauce to being a writer...
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Have you considered hosting a Facebook event to promote yourself as an author? 8 author buddies and I did just that. Today I'm sharing how we did it and 8 essential steps for hosting a wildly successful FB book event. This happened last spring, but our event is still on FB so you can scroll through the amazing posts: Escape to France: Travel Tips from Authors Living in France. To be honest, some sort of magic happened during our event. It wasn't a shouty-grab-my-book-NOW...
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Last Saturday (and by that I mean March 2013), I jumped onboard another of Toby Brother's awe-inspiring Literary Salons - (here in Paris) this time on Moby Dick or The Whale, by Herman Melville (published in 1851). It was 427 pages long. But in teeny-tiny font with itty-bitty footnotes. It required a halogen reading light - I dunno how 19th Century folks read it. I only received the book on Tuesday - four days before the Salon, so I...
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