Authors for Authors ~ www.AuthorsForAuthors.com
Authors for Authors encourage and support writers as they market and sell their work. They celebrate the joy of reading with "Kids Who Read Succeed." They provide services for authors including book fairs, writer conferences and mini book critiques. More information and a registration form is located at AuthorsForAuthors.com or email VAllenWriter@gmail.com.
Book Fairs and Writer Conference: Provide venues for authors to showcase their work, make presentations, and engage in networking with others in the publishing field.
` Events are sponsored in March and November each year in warm and sunny Florida
` The Brevard Authors' Book Fair & Conference is in March (Includes workshops, vendors, and discussion groups)
` Meet the Authors Book Fair is in November (In conjunction with the Art Works Festival)
` Display Book option available for authors who cannot attend the book fair
Editing/Critique /Feedback Services: Before you get too far down the writing road, have your manuscript reviewed and critiqued.
` Save time and money
` Stop making the same mistakes over and over
` Save yourself from hours of frustrating rewrites
` Get specific feedback on your work to improve and find satisfaction in your writing
` Mini critiques are available for fiction, nonfiction, poems, and children's books
` Find submission requirements at AuthorsForAuthors.comor email VAllenWriter@gmail.com
Kids Who Read Succeed!
` Books are provided for children at no cost to encourage reading for pleasure and understanding
` Books are donated by authors, individuals, libraries, and book stores
` Teachers and schools are given books to create their own classroom library to use with their students
Articles to Improve Your Writing ~
For your FREE copy of any of these writer tips email: VAllenWriter@gmail.com and indicate the name of the article you would like.
` Business Cards with Benefits
` Developing Dialogue ` Facts of Fiction
` Internet Marketing Simplified ` Mighty Monosyllable
` Monitor Your Marketing
` Ol' Whatshisname
` Pesky Pronouns
` Repetitive Redundancies
` Rules of the Road
` Sentence No Nos
` Sentences: It's All in the Presentation
` Syntactical Arrangement
` Wasted Words
` Wise Word Usage
Benefits of Networking at Book Fairs and Workshops ~
` A resource of people
` Exposure to different ideas
` Exchange of information
` Developing contacts and connections
` Making referrals
` Learning tips and trading ideas
` Obtaining recommendations
` Mutual support alliances
` Stirring your creative juices
` Sharing your book
` Practicing your pitch
` Finding feedback for your work
` Locating book reviewers
` Bartering books, goods, services
` Group support and encouragement
` Sharing common interests and goals
` Creating good will among your peers
` Finding an expert or those with expertise
` Making friends and getting known
` Build a sense of community
` Matching authors' needs with solutions
` Developing leads to book clubs, library groups
` Finding a speaker for your group
` Becoming a speaker for another group
` Creating awareness of you and your book
` Name recognition as a topic expert
Books for Writers ~ ` Class Act Barbara Techel
` Eating an Elephant: Writing Your Life Patricia Charpentier
` Hooking the Reader: Opening Lines that Sell Sharon Redell-Smock
` Mosquito Marketing for Authors Michelle Dunn
` Relaxing the Writer Amer Polo
` Smart Branding Without Breaking the Bank Brenda Bence
` So You Want to Write a Book Marshall Frank
` Speaking in Public Jan Yager, Ph.D.
` Starting a Successful Writing Business Joyce Henderson
` The Frugal Book Promoter Carolyn Howard-Johnson
` The Frugal Editor Carolyn Howard-Johnson
` The Great Grammar Book Marsha Sramek ` The Kindle Publishing Bible Tom Corson-Knowles ` The Therapist Writer Sylvia Clark, LMFT
` Word Trippers 2nd Edition Barbara McNichol
` Write, Publish, Sell! 2nd Edition Valerie Allen
` Write the Darn Book Mike Reuther
` Writing Content Roger W. Nielsen
` 60 Seconds to "WOW!" Scott H. Lewis
Web Sites for Writers ~
` Amazon.com Amazon/Kindle/Shelfari/CreatSpace
` AMInstatute.com Headlines/Title Analyzer
` AuthorsForAuthors.com Authors for Authors
` Bamm.com Books a Million
` BN.com Barnes & Noble
` BookCrossing.com Worldwide Library
` CanaveralPenWomen.org Pen Women Brevard County FL
` CreativeArtsBrevard .org Teen Authors of Brevard
` GoodReads.com Post and Market Your Book
` HowToDoItFrugally.com Frugal Editing and Promoting
` Facebook.com On line networking
` FloridaBookNews.com Florida Authors & Events
` Floridawriters. net Florida Writers Assoc
` Fsanlapw.com FL League American PEN Women
` LibraryThing.com Library on line
` MilitaryWriters.com Military Writers
` ParaPub.com Dan Poynter Para Publishing
` PinkPorchLife.com Reading and book discussions
` RTIR.com Radio for Writers
` SCBWI.com Society of Childrens' Writers & Illustrators
` SCWG.org Space Coast Writers Guild
` SharingWithWriters.comWriter tips and marketing
` Shelfari.com Post and Market Your Book on Amazon
` SmashWords.com Free e-book publishing
` STC.org Technical Communications
` WordPress.com Blogs for writers
` Worldcat.org World wide card catalog