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    Author Marketing Part II: Action Items 9-12

    Sue Coletta

    Welcome back to the Author Marketing mini-series. If you missed Author Marketing Part I: 8 Action Items, you can find it HERE. Let’s get right to it, shall we? I’ll see you in…

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    Author Marketing Part I: Eight Action Items

    Sue Coletta

    I invited my friend Staci to chat about the M-word. I’ll let her explain. We’ve got a lot to get through. I’ll see you in the comment section. Be sure to check back…

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    Pinterest for Authors: Generate Traffic & Gain Readers

    Sue Coletta

    Today, I have Janice from Mostly Blogging to show us how authors can use Pinterest to generate traffic and gain readers. Thanks for joining us, Janice! Pinterest for Authors If you are going to…

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    Tips To Correct The Pacing In Your Novel (part 2)

    Sue Coletta

    If you missed part one of this post series you can find it here. Today I’d like to talk about structure and show vs. tell vs. really showing. By structure I mean scene and…

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    Don't torpedo your career. Be professional.

    I wavered all day on whether to post this or not.  In the end I decided it was an important subject. What I read this morning shocked me.  Many of you might have…

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    Building your audience with Triberr

    Let’s talk Triberr. For those of you who don’t know about Tribber, let me briefly explain.  Triberr is a social media site for bloggers of any kind.  It’s especially great for writers.  Once…

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    Test Your Story’s Opening Line– Fiction Writing

    Sue Coletta

    I’m taking a masters class through Writers Village and I thought I’d share with you the “secret formula” to your opening lines. It’s called the Hologram test.  What is the Hologram test?  It’s…

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    When is a writer an author?

    When does a writer make the leap to author? This is a question I’ve pondered for years.  I know what “they” say.  By “they” I assume it means industry standards.  They say a…

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    New Authors Blog– Prose & Cons are breaking out!

    Today is the day folks! Our new authors blog, Prose & Cons on Blogger launches today.  The Prose Cons are authors, literary agents, publishers, book reviewers and editors– books start with us.  We…

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Sue Coletta

Sue Coletta is an award-winning crime writer and member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. In addition to her award-winning Murder Blog, she also blogs on the Kill Zone (Writer's Digest "101 Best Websites for Writers"), Writers Helping Writers, and Story Empire (Positive Writer's "Top 50 Writing Blogs"). Sue's backlist includes psychological thrillers and true crime/narrative nonfiction. Now, she exclusively writes eco-thrillers (The Mayhem Series, books 5-9 & continuing). She's appeared on the Emmy award-winning true crime series, Storm of Suspicion, and three episodes of A Time to Kill on Investigation Discovery. Links to her newsletter and books can be found here: https://linktr.ee/suecoletta Email: sue(at)suecoletta(dot)com

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