With all the buzz this month about the up-coming Arthur Ellis Short-list (Short List Events take place April 18, 2013 in cities across Canada), I'd be a naughty little Crime Writer if I didn't pay homage to the CrimeWriters of Canada (CWC) and their exceptional work in raising the profile of the Crime Fiction and… Continue reading Spring in Canada — a wonderful time (and place) to be a Crimewriter
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Hooray for March!
At Carrick Publishing, we're thrilled to (nearly) see the end of winter! True, it's had its moments of glory, with plenty of snowfall for the kids to enjoy and lots of socializing for the adults. And it was a productive season, with e-Books and appearances galore! Plenty of work for this formatter, as Carrick Publishing… Continue reading Hooray for March!
Carrick Publishing Presents… EFD1: Starship Goodwords, available Sept. 14/12
Ta da! It is with great pride that we bring you the first in our series of 'cross-genre' anthologies, EFD1: Starship Goodwords, featuring more than 20 of today's talented authors. Now available at Amazon for your Kindle or Kindle App. Compiled and edited by Donna and Alex Carrick, this collection includes: Mystery, Crime, Flash Fiction,… Continue reading Carrick Publishing Presents… EFD1: Starship Goodwords, available Sept. 14/12
Announcing “Beyond the Excerpt Flight Deck” — an opportunity for members only…
And now, our announcement as promised! This will be of interest only to members of the Excerpt Flight Deck FaceBook group: As soon as our group reaches 200 members, we'll set a date to begin accepting submissions to the first of a series of Kindle anthologies designed to feature authors from across all genres. Formal… Continue reading Announcing “Beyond the Excerpt Flight Deck” — an opportunity for members only…
Join us on June 3, 10am, for our Sunday Morning Workshop: Building Your Platform ~ Social Media for Authors
ARE YOU ATTENDING THE BLOODY WORDS XII CONFERENCE IN TORONTO, JUNE 1-3? Register now for our Sunday Morning Workshop at the Bloody Words 2012 Conference Toronto Downtown Hilton Hotel June 3, 10am - 1pm Building your Platform ~ Social Media for Authors Donna & Alex Carrick will present an interactive, hand's on session. Learn more...… Continue reading Join us on June 3, 10am, for our Sunday Morning Workshop: Building Your Platform ~ Social Media for Authors
A “Great News” Week at Carrick Publishing…
I can honestly say there are times when Alex and I have no idea where this roller-coaster writing life will carry us next. Of course we have goals and plans -- you can't set off on a journey like this without some kind of road-map. And yet hardly a week goes by without an exciting… Continue reading A “Great News” Week at Carrick Publishing…
The Platform “Voice” John Rakestraw~ BlogTalkRadio, on Indie Publishing
The Platform "Voice" ~ BlogTalkRadio host John Rakestraw and co-hosts Liz Borino and A.T. Russell speak with Donna and Alex Carrick on the topic of Indie Publishing. Tune in for the Mother's Day edition of The Voice: Listen to internet radio with John Rakestraw Talks on Blog Talk Radio
Guest Author Troy Lambert (Redemption) ~ Twenty Years in a Day:
“Dude, your book was great! I read it in a day. I started yesterday morning, and I didn’t go to bed until I was done last night.” A great compliment that drove a nail into my heart. It took me nine months to write that novel and you read it in one day? And really… Continue reading Guest Author Troy Lambert (Redemption) ~ Twenty Years in a Day:
Today’s Author: Building a platform, Part IV- Twitter, a hard look at the numbers
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach him to Tweet and he’ll forget to eat… One of the key benefits of Twitter over other Social Media platforms is the ability to interact with such a large and diverse group of people. If you’ve been following our series (See Building a… Continue reading Today’s Author: Building a platform, Part IV- Twitter, a hard look at the numbers
Today’s Author: Building a platform, Part II- Networking
So, you’ve got your blog running at full steam… (See Today’s Author: Part I at Carrick Publishing -- Blogging.) You’ve been toiling for weeks, churning out your most interesting thoughts, spinning tales into cyber-space. What’s that you say? Your site had three hits yesterday? Two of them were your mother? How do we entice readers?… Continue reading Today’s Author: Building a platform, Part II- Networking