By Laura Marshall Very soon I will turn the big 3-0. And though the cliche is that everything goes downhill from here, the truth is I’m looking forward to putting my 20s behind me and...
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Why I’m Not Making New Year’s Resolutions Anymore
By Laura Marshall The countdown begins. The ball drops. And everyone starts singing. Yes, the New Year has officially been rung in. And with the New Year comes the annual tradition of your New Year’s...
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10 Marketing Things You Can Do for Free (or Very Cheap)
By Laura Marshall If you had a million dollars, what would you do to promote your book? …that would be pretty sweet, wouldn’t it? But do you have a million dollars lying around? I didn’t...
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Convention Networking 101: Don’t Network!
By Laura Marshall The 2014 World Fantasy Convention is right around the corner. I couldn’t be more excited to buy books, see old friends and make new ones. One of my favourite parts of a...
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In the summer of 2012, I attended Clarion West in Seattle where I had one of the single best experiences of my writerly life, and this year I’m going to participate in their Write-a-Thon program to raise money. To give you a taste of what the program meant to me, I’m going to excerpt at length from the...
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A good poster is hard to find. The next time you’re on the subway take a look at the ads filling the train. Notice anything? A lot of them are promoting books. Now you probably aren’t looking to buy advertising space in the subway or on a bus shelter. But chances are you need an...
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As many of you know, in January Helen will be leaving the land of ice and snow to start her post-doc at Oxford University. And what’s more, today she turns the big 3-0! Helen and I have lived together (on and off) for the past 8 years and it’s been one hell of an adventure....
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By Laura Marshall and Helen Marshall We’ve shown you the principals of a marketing plan and given you tips for successful marketing, but that’s not enough is it? What you really want to know is what there is to do your marketing – all the tactics available to put your book out there. To satisfy...
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Congratulations to all the nominees for the World Fantasy Award! The World Fantasy Convention 2013 will be held in Brighton, United Kingdom. The fill list of nominees are: Life Achievement Winners Susan Cooper Tanith Lee Novel The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday) The Drowning Girl,...
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Clarion West Write-a-Thon