How to Make Your Memoir Stand Out “Books on illness don’t sell.” “Unless you’re famous, you’ll never get a book deal.” “Just another cancer story, what makes you different?” When I decided to write a memoir about my battle with an ultra-rare stage IV cancer, I knew it wouldn’t be easy. However, admittedly, what I
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The Power of Persistence: #1 in a New Series by Katie Coleman, Author
Power of Persistence I’d stared stage IV cancer in the face at twenty-nine and had come out on the other side. Yet now, the idea of facing strangers gathering in the lobby downstairs suddenly felt like an insurmountable challenge. As I hid in my room, attempting to summon the courage to go down to mingle
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A SFWC Success Story: John Hyde Barnard
I moved to the Bay area in 2020, a week before the COVID shutdown. Ironically, this provided time and opportunity to concentrate on my book: The Creole Incident. As I prepared the book for presentation: editing, query letters, synopsis of the book, ‘about the author,’ etc., I realized I needed guidance. This led to an
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TWO’S COMPANY….THREE’S A MULTICAST
Coming to you live from the 2024 SFWC, it’s a special blog post from Squeaky Cheese Productions! TWO’S COMPANY….THREE’S A MULTICAST by Ralph Scott, Producer/Narrator SQUEAKY CHEESE PRODUCTIONS, LLC, Petaluma, Calif. (15 Feb. 2024) AUDIOBOOKS ARE ON FIRE. A 2023 sales report from HarperCollins that broke this past week (‘Profits Soar at HarperCollins as Audio Sales Boom’) supports
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Coming Full Circle at the SFWC
Coming Full Circle at the SFWC By Meredith Jaeger In the early aughts, I dreamed of becoming a novelist. At my office job, I imagined what my characters might be doing—their lives were far more exciting than mine. For six months, I took classes through The Writing Salon at night, until finally, I had completed
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Judging a Book by Its Cover
Judging a Book by Its Cover By: Bruce Wawrzyniak It would be interesting if there was a study done on consumer behavior as it relates to purchasing habits, as follows. In my opinion, I feel as though if you go to an online retailer (we all know which one I’m talking about) to buy a
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