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
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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 III- Twitter Basics
Ask not for whom the bird Tweets. It tweets for you… One of the questions I’m asked by fellow authors is: How can I build a strong network on Twitter? By now you’ve set up accounts with several of the major Social Media forums. (See Building a Platform, Part I: Blogging and Part II: Networking… Continue reading Today’s Author: Building a platform, Part III- Twitter Basics
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
What’s with this 99¢ e-book Craze?
There’s been a lot of discussion in author chat groups recently regarding the flurry of Free and 99¢ e-books available through Amazon Kindle, Smashwords and other e-book retailers. Within the writing community, opinions on the matter appear to be split. Traditionalists argue the low-priced and free e-books are undermining the value of quality books. Meanwhile,… Continue reading What’s with this 99¢ e-book Craze?