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Book Business PaperclipPost #71 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Business – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

Does this sound familiar?

memoir-writing-publishing-booksYou’ve been working on your memoir for a year or more and you’re beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Your story has come together, you’ve settled on a powerful opening paragraph, you have an organization that works. Your narrative arc is strong. And your conclusion…well you certainly didn’t let the air out of the tires. Congratulations.

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Building a Memoir Writing Platform (Part 3)

by Kendra BonnettMarch 5, 2010
Building a Memoir Writing Platform (Part 3)

We’ve got a real find for you all this week. It’s called Tumblr; it’s a blogging platform. It’s free, and it’s loaded with all the bells and whistles you can imagine. It may not be a replacement for a professional WordPress blog site, but it’s a great way to get started for zero money…and still look good.

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Marketing Your Memoir…All For the Sake of Cheap Lobster

by Kendra BonnettFebruary 21, 2010
Marketing Your Memoir…All For the Sake of Cheap Lobster

As authors, writing our memoir is only half our our job. The other half is marketing and selling our book because these days few publishers will help you. You need a marketing strategy in order to create a set of sales tactics. This is the first in a series designed to help you market (and sell) your book. Let’s start at the beginning.

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Helen Ginger Reports on “Getting Published” Panel

by Kendra BonnettFebruary 12, 2010
Helen Ginger Reports on “Getting Published” Panel

We enjoyed such a positive experience on the Story Circle Network conference panel “Getting Published” that we asked panel moderator Helen Ginger to summarize the advice. This was a powerful panel, full of great ideas.

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More From Deep in the Heart of Memoirs: Story Circle Network’s Conference

by Matilda ButlerFebruary 8, 2010
More From Deep in the Heart of Memoirs: Story Circle Network’s Conference

Book Business: Five authors discuss Getting Published with moderator Helen Ginger. In this first part, Helen poses the question: Is the memoir genre on the right or the decline? Listen as the panel responds to Helen and to questions from the audience.

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A Tale of Two Authors, Part 2

by Matilda ButlerJanuary 29, 2010
A Tale of Two Authors, Part 2

Book Business: As our thoughts turn to next week’s Getting Published panel, we talk about two authors and two attitudes toward getting your memoir published and marketed.

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Leveraging Linchpin for the Best-Ever Online Book Launch

by Kendra BonnettJanuary 26, 2010
Leveraging Linchpin for the Best-Ever Online Book Launch

With the current popularity of memoirs, memoir writers face a challenge being discovered and read. Seth Godin’s experience with his newest book, “Linchpin,” may offer memoir writers a smart promotional tactic.

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