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...
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Laura’s Foul-Mouthed Guide to Surviving Writers
By Laura Marshall Last summer Helen attended the Clarion West writer’s workshop. For her, this meant six glorious weeks of writing and critiquing; for me, this meant six glorious weeks free of writer-drama. So, to...
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7 Tips for Marketing Success
By Laura Marshall and Helen Marshall In The Principals of a Book Marketing Plan we took you through the three principals behind developing a marketing plan – time vs. quality vs. money, SMART goals, and...
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The Principles of a Book Marketing Plan
By Laura Marshall and Helen Marshall You’ve gotten a publishing deal, finished writing your book, got an awesome cover and the first copies are coming in. I bet you’re thinking the hard works all done,...
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By Laura Marshall and Helen Marshall New Year’s Eve has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still make your New Year’s resolution. Frequently, this is a time when our Facebook newsfeeds get cluttered up with new writing goals ranging from finishing off that novel you’ve done that first eight chapters on to...
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By Helen Marshall 2012 has come and gone bringing with it many exciting developments. When I look back on the past year, it feels as if it could have been an entire decade! A new book published, my first professional sale, Clarion West, an unspeakably high number of conventions (at least one of which...
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By Laura Marshall and Helen Marshall Last week on Movable Type we started to develop a classification system for book trailers. One of our main points is that book trailers are still a form in development – people are making this stuff up as the go along. And so are we. Last week we promised...
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by Helen Marshall If you’re living and writing in Ontario, then you might have noticed the first drips of what will eventually be a flurry of Facebook statuses agonizing over grant applications. As a doctoral student, a writer and an editor for a mid-sized press, grants have become my friends. My best friends. The kind...
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Written by Helen I’m very pleased to announce that on Saturday at When Words Collide in Calgary my poetry chapbook Skeleton Leaves won the 2012 Aurora Award for Best Poem! Unfortunately I wasn’t able to be at the event, but from the influx of tweets, texts, and Facebook posts, I’m tremendous gratified at the response! I’ve been calling...
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New Year’s Resolution for Writers