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Welcome our Sponsor... ADRdomainsPlus.com for Your Domain Names and Internet Products GREAT rates and EXCELLENT service.  You are the Box Office Smash: The Personal Screenplay by Gordy Hoffman Right this very second, in the heart of every struggling, undiscovered screenwriter, in the dark, hidden corner deep within, there is a voice, a clear whisper, saying one thing: You're never gonna figure this out. And this is not referring to the story with its gaping hole, the finale missing a payoff, the hit and miss humor, the flat title. I'm talking about freedom. The freedom to work as a screenwriter. Compensation for a home for family and a life. The resources to wake up and ply your craft and pay the freight, without obstacle. The chance to see your writing made into pictures, to work with the industry's best, to fulfill this goal of professional screenwriter. Hollywood success. Behind this voice is the idea that somehow, some way, you'll find the hero, or the hook, logline or pitch that will punch your golden ticket. If you could only figure out what the studio wants, if you can only get a solid bead to this game, you know you can write and execute. What is the script I should write to get an agent? What is the one that will sell? It's not that I don't know how to write, I know how to write screenplays, I just need to know what they want, even though I think I know what they want, but I don't think I have the idea that they want. Yeah. I'm not gonna figure this out, whispers the voice. Why this uneasiness? Does it originate within ourselves? I don't think so. But where does it come from? The daily obsession with box office grosses? The news of the seven figure deals to newbies? The endless procession of boneheadedly conceived franchises-in-waiting arriving in the theatres every Friday? People winning Academy Awards for movies you would not be caught dead writing? Recognizing an idea you came up with years ago on your couch, produced with a $130 million budget drowning in CGI? All these things are but a few of the possible reasons why this seeds unhealthy doubt and confusion in the modern screenwriter. Tracking these forces outside us and beyond our control in an effort to trudge the path to a successful screenwriting career will prove to most to be unproductive and corrosive. Basically, trying to figure out what Hollywood wants will land us in a resentment that makes "giving up" a sane response to the very challenge which used to inspire us. In short, we cannot chase a perceived trend and remember our dreams. You cannot look at the marketplace and find your voice. You can find ideas, trends, and inspiration there, perhaps, but you can find these things driving in traffic as well. But listening to your voice is the key to creating original, compelling stories. Your life is your own story. You have a completely unique thread of experience. By allowing yourself to express these emotional experiences, your screenplay, your story, will be different from any other and powerful, as original as your fingerprint. Why is it powerful? When we have the courage to be specific about what we know about living, we create an authentic world an audience recognizes as the life they are living on planet Earth. This connects your audience to your story. This connection is the foundation of the phenomena of story. Why does story mean so much to us? We recognize the triumphs and tragedies of our lives, with all the hilarity and tears. By seeing it, we are validated and it underscores meaning and purpose to living. If we don't use what we've collected in life in our hearts and spirits, then our story loses its authenticity and the connection the audience should make fails. They do not see themselves, and when they leave the theater, they do not call their friends. When people do not call their friends after seeing a movie, the movie bombs. When a writer opens their person to their work, when they allow themselves to be vulnerable, to risk exposure of the secrets of their life story, they take a huge step towards creating a screenplay of substantial value, a screenplay with a greater potential of a large number of tickets sold. This is precisely why art and commerce have remained bedfellows for thousands of years. To look at the relationship between art and commerce as adversarial or incompatible is just plain foolish. Art happens when people invest their spirits in their work without fear, and story is artful when the writing is truthful and the writer is authentic. And what do we have to be honest about? We can only lie about what we know, and we can only tell the truth about what we know. And that is what has happened to us, our life story. This is what we share. This is not a pitch to write "what you know." This is not about writing stories about where you work or where you live. This is about writing about what you felt. You can imagine characters and worlds and actions and speech you've never personally experienced, but if you remember to infuse your choices with your emotional and spiritual struggles and victories as a human being, your screenplay will be different in the very best sense of the word. The question you have to answer is not what does Hollywood want today. The question is how honest of a writer do you want to be. I guarantee you can write a blockbuster, you can write a box office hit. This will happen when you find an audience. And the correct path to this crowd of people is listening to yourself. If you practice, you will develop an inner ear for who you are and what you know and you will become masterful in loading your work with your fingerprints. Writing is personal work. You are the guitar. You are the box of paint. Give of that and your audience will remember why life is good and they will talk of you. About the Author Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA, Gordy Hoffman has written and directed three digital shorts for Fox Searchlight. He made his feature directorial debut with his script, A COAT OF SNOW, which world premiered at the 2005 Locarno Intl Film Festival. A COAT OF SNOW made its North American Premiere at the Arclight in Hollywood, going on to screen at the Milan Film Festival and the historic George Eastman House. Recently, the movie won the 2006 Domani Vision Award at VisionFest, held at the Tribeca Cinemas in NY. A professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Gordy is the founder and judge of BlueCat Screenplay Competition. Dedicated to develop and celebrate the undiscovered screenwriter, BlueCat provides written script analysis on every script entered. In addition, Gordy acts as a script consultant for screenwriters, offering personalized feedback on their scripts through his consultation service, www.screenplaynotes.com. For more articles by Gordy on screenwriting, visit http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com. A new radio show devoted to book marketing made its debut on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 on Achieve Radio, noon to 1 p.m., MST. Host Francine Silverman will talk with authors, publishers and publicists, providing listeners with a unique perspective on book promotion. To access Book Marketing with Fran, go to http://www.achieveradio.com and click “Click to Listen” at top of page. Should you miss the show, click “Shows & Hosts” on the left and scroll down to Fran’s show and click, “More-Click Here” for the archives. Patricia Fry, president of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers Network) and author of 24 books, will be Fran’s first guest. Patricia’s latest book is The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book (Matilija Press 2006), a comprehensive guide for hopeful and struggling authors. Fran is author of Book Marketing from A-Z and editor publisher of Book Promotion Newsletter, http://www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com Issue 131: February 27, 2008 ISSN 1545-5599 BOOK PROMOTION NEWSLETTER Issue 131: February 27, 2008 EDITOR: FRANCINE SILVERMAN http://www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com http://www.nystatetravel.com Issued every other Wednesday since 2003 Get Published Now! Satisfy a personal publishing dream - Turn family history into heirlooms or augment business income with a book for only $995 (or less.) Visit http://www.FiveStarExpressPress.com for more information. 480-940-8182 INTRODUCTION Well, it appears that McFarland & Co. is my publisher! The editor promised to send me a contract later this week. It's a large reference publisher, whose major market is libraries. They do not market to book stores, although book stores may order copies. Once I receive the contract, I will dance around the room, after all the aggravation I have had between hiring an agent who did not produce and publishers who made empty promises. In conjunction with the book, I am beginning my radio show, The Radio Host Show, on Blog Talk Radio in mid-March. I am using events and holidays as my guide. March is Athletic Training Month so I am interviewing sports show hosts. I cannot begin to tell you how impressed I am with the management team at Blog Talk Radio. Not only does Christie Sweet hold a daily one-hour tutorial to teach the mechanics of using all the links and gizmos on the website when hosting a show but she has helped me personally over the phone to learn the phone and audio system. She is as sweet as her name. Moreover, an email is sent to you a few minutes before your show to remind you. Blog Talk Radio does not charge its hosts, which is no doubt why it has shows in the thousands. But since we are not paying, who would have thought the personnel would be so helpful? In This Issue: 1) Feature Article 2) Grist for Your Mill 3) Progress Report 4) From the Pen Of........... 1) FEATURE ARTICLE Most Successful Authors Today Use The Flip Side of Marketing - The Web by Charles Jacobs This amazing new technology has totally revolutionized the marketplace, and more and more authors are taking advantage. It has flipped the way marketers market, the way promoters promote and the way writers wrestle their way to the top of the search engines. If you haven't grasped this new concept, your online book promotions will continue to founder. Unfortunately too many in the book industry, from beginning writers in their twenties to old pros in their retirement years, are still bogged down in the antiquated approach of reaching out to find their customers. Marketing on the Web has reversed that process. Today's Web surfer is reaching out for YOU. Starved for meaningful information, the burgeoning ranks of surfers turn to online sources rather than offline. The proliferation of web sites, blogs and digital feeds from print media offers unquestionable evidence of this trend. Mastering Online Selling The key to online selling is not simply announcing the availability of information or product as traditional marketing has always strived to do by obtaining press coverage and interviews. They're both important to generating hype about your book, but the key online is determining who is searching for that information and why. Marketers have traditionally relied on a two-fold approach: creating demand for a product and then announcing its availability. In other words simply stating here I am and I have something that you might want. That doesn't work on the Internet. The trick is to discover who is searching for the information or product that you offer. Once you know that, you ferret out the triggers that will bring them to your web site. What words or phrases are they using to find their wanted product as they enter their requests in the Search Engines? Where else are they searching and how? Once you know these answers, you open the floodgates and surfers pour onto your web site. That's what the new industry of Search Engine Optimization is all about. Using Keywords You have heard the term "keywords" time and again. These are the words surfers use to find a source for the product they seek. Companies like Wordtracker have sprung up to help you determine the most effective keywords to move your product. They help you search for synonyms that surfers might use, and show you how many web sites compete using those terms? Find them on the Web by searching for “key words.” With Search Engines monitoring millions of sites, the more frequently the keyword is used by others, the less chance you have to reach a meaningful position in the engines' rankings. For example, I have found that the most obvious keywords in my own work, "retirement" and "writing," are overwhelmingly competitive, forcing me to search far beyond them for other effective words. But I also combine these two words, as I have in the name of my web site http://www.retirement-writing.com to create a discrete key phrase. Other Options There are several very effective ways to supplement your keyword efforts. Linking, particularly inbound links from other popular web sites that deal with the same subject, are extremely effective in moving you up on the search engines listings. Links provide a benefit to both parties. The inbound link will bring to your site readers who may never have heard of you before discovering the link on their favorite site. The sending site benefits by enriching its readers with an additional source of information. The "spiders" that the search engines send out to crawl through web sites and evaluate them for positioning on the engine's listing are highly impressed by quality links. They follow links and in that way constantly discover new sites to evaluate. However, it is important that your links be pertinent to your subject matter and come from well-respected sites. The quantity of links you establish is nowhere near as important as the quality. In fact, if the spiders suspect that you are amassing links randomly through "link farms" or other sources, they will punish you. Press Feeds With an estimated 50 million readers of print publications turning to the Internet to get their news today, News Engines have become a prime source for exposure for Internet marketers. In 2006, Nielsen/Net Ratings reported that Yahoo! News, for example, reaches almost 30 million readers, far more than the New York Times and the Washington Post combined. Companies like PR Newswire and USANews.net are now available to aggregate press releases and feed them to the news outlets. A new technology, Real Simple Syndication (RSS), has blossomed recently that allows you to send material out directly to other sites and to news groups without the intervention of an aggregator. Distributing Articles Perhaps not quite as new as the technologies discussed above, writing and distributing articles on pertinent subjects is a tried and true way of obtaining visitors to your web site and upping your ranking on the search engines. The universe of Internet surfers is voracious in its hunger for information. These surfers will not only read your articles wherever they find them, but, if impressed by what you write, will head right to your site for more. The articles cannot be advertisements or obviously self-serving. That will turn off readers. They must be factual and informative. However, at the end of the piece in a brief biography you are free to mention your writings, your web site or any other means of making contact. It serves as your mini advertisement. Articles may be sent directly to other sites and blogs or can be sent to article distributors like http://www.eZinearticles.com or http://www.isnare.com, two of my favorites. Take advantage of this new world of topsy-turvy marketing and see your book and article sales soar. Do you need help to jump start your writing career? Guidance in choosing a publisher or promoting your book? Click on http://www.retirement-writing.com/retire_write.aspx. It's a total support system at no cost. Ask a question, receive an answer free. Sign up. No fee, no obligations. Get a free eBook as a gift. If you want more extensive personal coaching, it's available at modest hourly prices from author and writing consultant Charles Jacobs. His latest book “The Writer Within You” is a Best Books of 2007 honoree, a 5-star choice on Amazon and B&N and a featured selection of the Writer's Digest Book Club. To order click on http://www.retirement-writing.com/the_writer_within_you.aspx. 2) GRIST FOR YOUR MILL Judith Sherven, PhD, Jim Sniechowski, PhD and Tom Justin have just released a brand new special report. It's an overview of Internet marketing today - dedicated to anyone considering getting involved or who has recently started an online business. It's called, "YOUR FUTURE AS AN INTERNET MARKETER, CAN YOU REALLY SUCCEED?" You can get your free copy by going to: http://www.firststepinternetmarketing.com This from Beverly Mahone: BAM Enterprises is now accepting nominations for women who have made a remarkable difference in their own lives or in the lives of others. Any woman who is 40-plus is eligible. Twelve deserving women will be honored during a luncheon at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort in Daytona Beach, FL on April 19, 2008. Guest speaker for the luncheon will be baby boomer celebrity diva Bern Nadette Stanis, who played Thelma on the TV sitcom, Good Times. The luncheon is part of the First Annual Baby Boomer Girlfriends Weekend Getaway, which will consist of empowerment workshops, pamper me mini-spas, entertainment and fun contests. The weekend will also include the taping of a Town Hall Meeting by PBS Station WCEU-TV where women will have the opportunity to voice their concerns about the issues they face at midlife and beyond. The luncheon is open to the public. To submit a name, go to: http://www.enjoyyourmenopause.com/award.htm This from Dotsie Bregel: The National Association of Baby Boomer Women, http://www.NABBW.com and http://www.BoomerWomenSpeak.com are sponsoring a writing contest titled Favorite Concert Memories. You have 500 words to tell us your favorite concert memory. Lay it on us. Knock yourself out. Take us back. Who were you with, what were you wearing, and what music were you jammin' to? Submissions should be written in a Word document and sent as an attachment to contest@nabbw.com with FAVORITE CONCERT MEMORY in the subject line. PRIZE MONEY - $100.00 and F-R-E-E membership or renewal in the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. Plus your story will be placed in the Our Voices http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com/stories.php section at http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com. Please make sure to include your name, email address, and short bio at the top of your entry - not in the body of the email. Deadline - April 15th 3) PROGRESS REPORT Pamela Harper was the guest of Doug Noll on Fix Your Conflicts on February 4, 2008 on World Talk Radio, http://worldtalkradio.com, repeated on February 6, 2008 on Voice America Radio. http://www.voiceamerica.com Pamela is president of Business Advancement Inc. and author of Preventing Strategic Gridlock: Leading Over, Under & Around Organizational Jams To Achieve High Performance Results (Cameo Publications 2003). http://www.businessadvance.com http://www.pamharper.com 4) FROM THE PEN OF........ A marketing strategy - If your book mentions any companies, business owners, authors or websites, get in touch with those mentioned. Let them know you have given them some free PR in your book. You could ask if they would be interested in reselling the book or offering a link to it from their website. Think strategically. How could your book benefit that business? Make your pitch. from Online Marketing for Authors by Stephanie Chandler (2007). http://www.BusinessInfoGuide.com Francine Silverman, P.O. Box 1333, Riverdale, New York 10471, is author of: BOOK MARKETING FROM A-Z (Infinity Publishing 2005) written by 325 paid subscribers to Book Promotion Newsletter. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-0106967-2029708?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Book+Marketing+from+A-Z&x=22&y=24 TALK RADIO FOR AUTHORS - Getting Interviews Across the U.S. and Canada (Infinity Publishing 2007) an intimate look into 230 talk radio shows that welcome guests. Both books are available at Amazon.com and at http://www.buybooksontheweb.com (Category: Marketing). http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-0106967-2029708?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Talk+Radio+for+Authors&x=0&y=0http://www.amazon.com Subscribers are entitled to a 20% discount on either book. Contact Fran at franalive@optonline.net for code. The publisher's toll free number does not work outside the continental US and orders cannot be processed from its website for shipping outside the US. Subscribers in foreign countries who wish to purchase the books with the discount may email Michelle at michelle@infinitypublishing.com or fax an order (610/941-9959). She will provide confirmation that your order has been received and will be processed promptly. When using these options subscribers should put everything to Michelle's attention and reference the Promotional Code (contact Fran for code). If emailing Michelle, DO NOT put your credit card number in any email correspondence as this is not secure. Issue 132: March 12, 2008 ISSN 1545-5599 BOOK PROMOTION NEWSLETTER Issue 132: March 12, 2008 EDITOR: FRANCINE SILVERMAN http://www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com http://www.nystatetravel.com Issued every other Wednesday since 2003 Want To Make Your Book An Instant Bestseller? Discover how on free telephone seminar Thursday, March 13th On the call, you'll hear from five authors who've used this "bestseller blueprint" to make their books bestsellers and one who sold $184,256.00 of copies at zero cost! To register go here now: http://www.FreeAuthorTips.com/Call065 In This Issue: 1) FEATURE ARTICLE 2) PROMOTIONAL COUPS 3) GRIST FOR YOUR MILL 4) PROGRESS REPORT 5) KUDOS 1) FEATURE ARTICLE Can You Pounce On A Breaking News Event? By Scott Lorenz Can you pounce on a breaking news event? Not everybody can, but if your subject has breaking news potential then you'd better be ready to take advantage of it. One such opportunity presented itself to Westwind Communications on February 19, 2008 when Fidel Castro announced his resignation. One of my author clients has a gorgeous coffee table photo book on CUBA and has made 40 plus quasi illegal trips to the island nation. He's an American citizen and expert on CUBA. http://www.corazonpress.com. Having pitched this book and his story to all major media from Good Morning America and Nightline to Syndicated Radio, all of the big media outlets said - I'm not exaggerating - "Sure we'll cover it… when Fidel dies." So, like vultures circling above, we've been waiting for every slip, fall, missed parade, bad medical report about Fidel so that we could jump on the opportunity. It finally came at 5:30am on the morning of February 19, 2008 with the announcement of Fidel's resignation. That was almost as good as the dictator passing on… less drama but still worth covering since it announced a change in power of the United States' long time nemesis of 50 years. So, I dusted off the release about Fidel's death that had been sitting in wait for two years, changed the headline to reflect his resignation, and a few other items and out it went to my carefully maintained and targeted list of media contacts and put it on the wire by 6AM while everyone else was still sleeping. The result was outstanding. CBS Radio immediately saw the release, set up an interview that ran in Detroit all day and night. Then National Public Radio set up an in-studio interview as did WJR and WCSX radio. Print media got into the act with interviews in The Ann Arbor News http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-26/120352203518630.xml&coll=2, Detroit News, Observer & Eccentric http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=C5&Dato=20080225&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=225001&Ref=PH and Oakland Press http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/022008/loc_20080220268.shtml. We even got interest, but unfortunately no story since the book was not newly released, from the Wall Street Journal. Then, one of Amazon's Top Ten reviewers asked for a review copy, which, by itself could create a ground swell of book sales. (thousands have already read his review http://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Photographs-Jack-Kenny/dp/0976834901). A travel writer from MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23278430 wanted to get Kenny's expert advice on traveling to CUBA and the media inquires are still coming in. Interestingly enough, three producers and reporters called me after they got to their office and found out that Fidel had resigned, needed a Cuba expert, did a Google search and found my press release on top of the Google News section. I love technology! This whole operation was a success because I constantly monitor the news and set Google Alerts http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en to watch for key news items. And, of course, I had the release ready to go. Everything was thought out, my client was ready - for 2 years. The gun was loaded, cocked, and ready to fire. And you know another upside of this? I can still use a version of my original "Fidel's Death…." release later! Don't think bad things about me, somebody somewhere might have your obituary already written too! When should you send out a press release? My acid test is that if it's newsworthy and if it's timely and useful to the reader, send it. It's that simple. There are many factors to weigh when considering the need to send out a press release. As a publicist I have sent thousands of releases over the years and while there are no hard and fast rules, the most important factor is that you've got to make sure it's newsworthy and useful to the reader. Anything else and it's just a waste of time for the members of the media. So what press release do you have in your hip pocket? Are you ready when breaking news hits? ------------- Scott is President of Westwind Communications, a public relations and marketing firm. He has handled public relations and marketing for numerous authors, doctors, lawyers, inventors and entrepreneurs. As a book marketing expert Scott is called upon by top execs and bestselling authors to promote their books. Learn more about Westwind Communications' book marketing approach at http://www.book-marketing-expert.com or contact Scott at scottlorenz@westwindcos.com or by phone at 734-667-2090 Get Published Now! Satisfy a personal publishing dream - Turn family history into heirlooms or augment business income with a book for only $995 (or less.) Visit http://www.FiveStarExpressPress.com for more information. 480-940-8182 2) PROMOTIONAL COUP Cynthia Brian demonstrates how a speaking engagement landed her a column. "After speaking at a Chamber of Commerce meeting, The Lamorinda Weekly newspaper hired me as their garden columnist and I'm gearing up for book signings at upcoming garden events," she says. Cynthia recently returned from three weeks of lecturing throughout South America and will weave the flora and fauna of that area into her new articles. Cynthia is host of Starstyle®-Be the Star You Are! airing on World Talk/Modavox/Voice America plus 12 other networks. http://www.star-style.com 3) GRIST FOR YOUR MILL I came across The Authors Show with Danielle, radio and TV broadcast on the web. To be considered for an interview, fill in the form on the site. Let me know if any of you are welcomed and send me her email so I can email her a questionnaire. http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuthorsShow.html Normally when I receive a new entry for my book, I look to see if the show is appropriate for any one of my clients. However, The Harry Wolf Show on WNJC 1360AM and http://www.WNJC1360.com, airing in Philadelphia and South Jersey, Tuesdays, 7:30pm (ET), has such an unusual theme that I can't possibly know who among you fits the criteria. Here's the theme: Humor - slice of life stories about being a 12 to 15 year old kid in the 60's. His shows, he states, are modeled somewhat from Jean's Shephard's 1964 to 1971 radio show on WOR. He's looking for anyone who has a good, funny, touching story with some relevance about coming of age or to present events. Have a concise story that fits into larger story. If you do and want to contact Harry, here's the information: Harrywolfshow@aol.com 856-261-2941 http://www.Harrywolfshow.com 4) PROGRESS REPORT These are the spots I found for my clients: Two clients were or will be guests of Lillian and Dave Brummet on Conscious Discussions on Blog Talk Radio: Shirley Roe, managing editor of Allbooks Review, was a guest on February 19, 2008 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ConsciousDiscussions/2008/02/19/Allbook-Reviews-Shirley-Roe, and Katherine Scherer, co-author with Eileen Bodoh of Gratitude Works (K&E Innovations 2004) http://www.gratitudeworks.com, will be a guest on March 18, 2008 Shirley is author of two historical novels, Of Dreams and Nightmares (Publish America 2004), and A Call to Faith and Freedom (Grizzly Books Pub 2005). http://www.allbookreviews.com David Spero was the guest of Tony Baker on the Results Radio Show, http://www.resultsradioshow.com on March 11, 2008 on KFAQ 1170am, Tulsa, Oklahoma and on March 25, 2008 David will be a guest on The Iris Fanning Show, http://www.irisfanning.com on Quiet Time World Radio http://www.qtworldradio.com David is author of The Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health When You Have a Chronic Illness (Hunter House 2002) and Diabetes: Sugar-Coated Crisis: Who gets it, who profits, and how to stop it (New Society Publishers Sept. 2006), winner of the 2007 Eric Hoffer Award for best small-press book from Writers' Digest [hofferaward.com] and a Silver IPPY in the Health category from Independent Publisher. http://www.davidsperoRN.com http://www.art-of-getting-well.com On March 3, 2008, Walter Brasch was the guest of Russ Morley, host of AM South Florida on WFTL, airing in Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and West Palm Beach. http://850wftl.com Walter's latest book is SINKING THE SHIP OF STATE: The Presidency of George W. Bush (BookSurge Publishing 2007). http://www.walterbrasch.com Two clients will be guests on Sound Authors with Dr. Kent Gustavson on World Talk Radio Network. http://www.worldtalkradio.com, http://www.soundauthors.com: Saul Silas Fathi on March 21, 2008 at 1 pm (ET) and Carolyn Howard Johnson on March 28, 2008 at 1 pm (ET). Saul's latest book is Full Circle: Escape from Baghdad and the return (Xlibris 2006) http://www.saulsilasfathi.com Carolyn's latest book is The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success (Red Engine Press 2007), which won USA Book News' award in the writing category. http://www.HowToDoItFrugally.com 5) KUDOS Carolyn Howard-Johnson's article "Metaphor and Symbol" was published in the Mar/Apr 2008 issue of Writer's Journal. Shirley Cheng's book, Waking Spirit: Prose & Poems the Spirit Sings, has just received a fourth award, this time The Avatar Award, which is an award given to spiritual resources of exceptional quality and clarity. It is given to those writers, authors, musicians, editors, etc. who have displayed excellence, clarity, and a non-compromising stance when assisting in humanity's spiritual awakening. The award is presented by Avatar Publications, in association with "ALL THINGS THAT MATTER," a blog devoted to exploring issues that confront today's society. The selection committee is comprised of experts in the field of spirituality and spiritual awakening including authors, publishers, and academic professionals. http://www.shirleycheng.com Francine Silverman, P.O. Box 1333, Riverdale, New York 10471, is author of: BOOK MARKETING FROM A-Z (Infinity Publishing 2005) written by 325 paid subscribers to Book Promotion Newsletter. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-0106967-2029708?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Book+Marketing+from+A-Z&x=22&y=24 TALK RADIO FOR AUTHORS - Getting Interviews Across the U.S. and Canada (Infinity Publishing 2007) an intimate look into 230 talk radio shows that welcome guests. Both books are available at Amazon.com and at http://www.buybooksontheweb.com (Category: Marketing). http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-0106967-2029708?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Talk+Radio+for+Authors&x=0&y=0http://www.amazon.com Subscribers are entitled to a 20% discount on either book. Contact Fran at franalive@optonline.net for code. The publisher's toll free number does not work outside the continental US and orders cannot be processed from its website for shipping outside the US. Subscribers in foreign countries who wish to purchase the books with the discount may email Michelle at michelle@infinitypublishing.com or fax an order (610/941-9959). She will provide confirmation that your order has been received and will be processed promptly. When using these options subscribers should put everything to Michelle's attention and reference the Promotional Code (contact Fran for code). If emailing Michelle, DO NOT put your credit card number in any email correspondence as this is not secure. 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