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Message from the Editor
This wonderful, eloquent lady asked for my autograph and talked books after my writing lesson at the Darlington County Library, about 100 miles from me here in South Carolina. She has great old photographs from 70-80 years ago that she wants to meld into a creative history. How smart!
I'm crazy busy these days with these library sessions and my own writing, plus more requests are pouring in. Not a bad place to be professionally, but writing has to fit in somewhere.
Speaking of writing, I turned in Echoes of Edisto to the publisher this week. What a load off my back! Book three of the Edisto Island Mysteries. That makes three in each series. Now comes the question...which series gets the fourth book next? Carolina Slade Mysteries or Edisto Island Mysteries? On Facebook, that question drew about a 50/50 split. So . . . I want to hear from you.
SLADE or EDISTO? Which gets the fourth book? My publisher is leaving it up to me . . . and I'm asking you. Email me at hope@chopeclark.com or hope@fundsforwriters.com or just hit reply to the newsletter and give me your choice.
Editor, FundsforWriters
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EDITOR'S THOUGHTS
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NOT SELLING? PULL YOUR BOOK OFF THE SHELF
One of the great advantages of indie publishing is being in control of your book. Recently a reader contacted me, asking my opinion about publishers. He was republishing a book done in 2011 that had not done well, blaming it on the vanity press. As someone ever interested in deterring folks away from those entities, I took a look at the book in an effort to assist.
The cover was the best part. Beautiful. But it declined from there.
The writing was chock full of grammar issues. The writing wasn't fluid. It was a memoir of sorts and wrought with the word "I". The blurb was minimal and likewise full of errors. The author had no website, but worse, had not taken advantage of the Author Central page on Amazon, a freebie that every author ought to have fleshed out. As much as I abhor vanity presses and their predatory nature, I saw where they had done just what was asked of them. This was all on the
author.
My suggestion? Pull the book. Take it down. It hadn't sold well, so there was about used book sales keeping it active in the B&N and Amazon databases.
I told him:
1) Pull the book
2) Cancel dealings with that press
3) Rewrite the book
4) Get feedback from a critique group
5) Get feedback from an editor
6) Redesign the cover
7) Acquire new blurbs
8) Acquire testimonials from those who did like it
9) Study indie publishing
10) Hire someone to format the print and digital book (although I adore Joel Friedlander's book templates)
11) Get his own ISBNs, especially if he intends to write more books
12) Use CreateSpace for print on Amazon
13) Use IngramSpark for print on non-Amazon sites
14) Use Amazon KDP for ebook on Amazon
15) Use Draft2Digital for ebook on non-Amazon sites
Don't worry, this author won't recognize himself here. I get a few of these every week, asking how to proceed after a vanity press deal has flopped. I'm adamant about protecting people's privacy, but I received enough questions on this topic to warrant this week's editorial. If you think this is you, don't let it bug you. Trust me, you have ample companionship in this dilemma. Your job now is to learn from your failures and spin it into success. That's why we
fail in the first place: to take us a step closer to doing it well.
Thanks
- Hope
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Upcoming Book Signings and Classes!
Feb. 13 - Workshop - Georgia Writers Assoc, Kennesaw, GA
Feb 19-21 - Deckle Edge Literary Festival, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Feb 23 - Darlington Library, SC - Plot Development - 6:30 PM
Feb 25 - Anderson County Library, SC - Plot Development - 6:30 PM
Mar 3 - McCormick County Library, SC - Character Development - 6:30 PM
Mar 7 - Ann Carlson Georgetown, SC Book Club - 3:00 PM
Mar 10 - Calhoun County Library, SC - Character Development - 6:30 PM
Mar 14 -21 - EDISTO BEACH, SC! Signing at Edisto Bookstore.
Mar 22 - Darlington Library, SC - Character Development - 6:30 PM
Mar 24 - Anderson County Library, SC - Character Development - 6:30 PM
Apr 7 - McCormick County Library, SC - Successful Editing - 6:30 PM
Apr 14 - Calhoun County Library, SC - Successful Editing - 6:30 PM
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May 4 - Timberlake Book Club, Chapin, SC - 1:00 PM
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WORDS OF SUCCESS
"Writers write about what obsesses them. You draw those cards. I lost my mother when I was 14. My daughter died at the age of 6. I lost my faith as a Catholic. When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is."
- Anne Rice
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Is it a flesh and blood killer -
or restless spirits?
According to Sophie, the resident yoga mistress and psychic, beautiful Edisto Beach becomes a hotbed of troublemaking spirits every August. But when a visitor dies mysteriously during a beach house party, former big-city detective Callie Morgan and Edisto Beach police chief Mike Seabrook hunt for motives and suspects among the living. With tourists filling the beaches and local business owners anxious to squelch rumors of a murderer on the loose, Callie will need all the help she
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SUCCESS STORY
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Hope-
After reading your last editorial "Again with the Erosion of Income," I deleted my application to a low-paying writing service. It was a desperation move that I was not comfortable with, and your words and the comments of other readers gave me the confidence to follow my instincts. Thanks!
Christine Venzon
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Read Your Writings – for a Fee!
By Kate Williams
As writers, we get a buzz from knowing people are reading our work. But have you ever thought of reading it out loud, to an audience? Neither did I until recently. Now it’s a regular sideline gig.
If you write on a specialist subject, why not talk about it, too? Or talk about being a writer! It’s a pretty offbeat career that would interest many. If you write comedy, give those sketches a whirl. In my case, I had a drawer full of rhymes about the flip-side of gardening and modern life, so I shaped them into 60-minute presentations for gardening and over-50s clubs.
The social aspect of the work provides an antidote to the laptop, and you can control bookings to suit your time – and bank account. It’s potentially lucrative, depending on factors such as advertising levels, travel and topic flexibility, and caliber of events you’re comfortable speaking at. I choose to keep bookings occasional and low-key, with earnings correspondingly reasonable rather than great. But if you’re confident you can keep a large, high society
audience gripped for 45 minutes or more! Some hosts will pay handsomely for a polished, spellbinding talk. Whatever the venue, it’ll offer a platform for your books.
Rich market
Online searches will reveal innumerable societies, many engaging speakers for meetings. Here are some examples, but bear in mind that opportunities vary:
- Sports, especially mainstream
- Personal interests (e.g. gardening, bee-keeping, wine-making, family/local history, books)
- Age-related groups (e.g. 50s/60s; grandparents, war veterans)
- Social groups (e.g. singles, single parents, women’s)
- Charities (for fundraising events)
- Businesses/professional groups – for training or social events.
Finding markets
Society websites: some societies have their own websites, with handy information such as usual topics, timings, audience numbers and contact details.
Society affiliation websites: in some cases, you have to visit the society’s regional or national affiliation website and comb its listings for your local group. Follow these links to sample affiliations, and spot their speaker/talk references:
1. The Royal Horticultural Society (speakers’ register page): https://www.rhs.org.uk/communities/pdf/aff-socs/speakers-and-judges-registers/total-speakers-register
2. Scubaboard.com, USA: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/new-england/491173-club-speakers-ct-club.html Scroll down to second item: "Club speakers"
3. Federation of Family History Societies, USA:
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/overseas/usa.php The first society on their list mentions a meeting with a speaker on their website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bifhsusa/
The first one links to the speakers’ register of the UK’s leading gardeners’ organisation, to which I added my name (free) with positive results.
If you have trouble finding a group, try a related website such as that of your local community, tourist information centre or charitable organisation, for group or event listings. Here’s an example produced by a search for "interest organizations, Boston": http://www.december.com/places/bos/activities.html
A brief deeper delve using the search term "talks" took me to upcoming events: http://www.bostonhistory.org/?s=osh&p=calendar
Some clubs may only supply a telephone number: no matter! A human voice may kindle interest in your speech offer.
Also look up speaker agencies. See what opportunities they offer, and browse their client profiles for inspiration. I picked US examples .randomly:
1. APB Speakers International: http://www.apbspeakers.com/;
2. The Speaker Agency, California: http://www.thespeakeragency.com/;
3. Washington Speakers Bureau (for businesses): http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/
4. Great Garden Speakers: http://greatgardenspeakers.com/
How much to charge?
Before setting my fee, I checked other speakers’ rates via agency websites and enquiries to local groups. The range is huge, but to me, audience response is as important as check size; besides, a happy group will refer you to others.
My audiences are courteous, attentive, and prompt to pay.
So, what’s stopping you?
Biog: Kate Williams is a published children’s poet with about 150 poems in a range of books, pamphlets and magazines for youngsters. She also writes for teaching magazines and writing websites. Website: poems4pockets.blogspot.co.uk
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Several topics are open for submission. Payment is $200 and ten copies for up to 1,200 words. Subjects are:
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