How to promote your book

A friend asked me this the other day and I sent him some ideas that he turned into a blog post. I'm sharing the link with you. There might be ideas in here you haven't tried yet.

Please share your ideas for book promotion in comments. Let's help each other!

Literary Rejections great resource for authors

I came across Literary Rejections on Twitter recently. What a helpful account for struggling authors. It links to agents open to queries, writing contests and so much more. Do yourself a favor and check it out.  Here are just a few of its recent tweets:

Women Writers Needed for New Digital Publishers | @Novelicious Books | Novels & Novellas | Submit: http://t.co/HbAma3oOU8 | #writing

— Literary Rejections (@LitRejections) July 3, 2013

Lit Agent @SaraDEmic Open to Queries | Fiction, YA, Non-Fiction | http://t.co/2e7d8HokMQ | Interview: http://t.co/HPq24682RZ | #submissions

— Literary Rejections (@LitRejections) July 3, 2013

Literary Agent Alice Williams is Open to Queries | Children's Books, YA | http://t.co/g8POIGmBTh | #submissions

— Literary Rejections (@LitRejections) July 3, 2013

Lit Agent @jawlitagent is Open to Queries | Commercial, Women's, Romance, Thrillers, MG, NA, YA | http://t.co/RfdnZF8RSw | #submissions

— Literary Rejections (@LitRejections) July 3, 2013

Literary Agent @AlisonFargis of @StonesongNYC is Open to Queries | Fiction, Children's, Non-Fiction | http://t.co/TQZ8SQtzC9 | #submissions

— Literary Rejections (@LitRejections) July 3, 2013

Photos from Book Expo America

Here is a slideshow of photos coming from the Javits Center in New York where BEA is under way. I will be adding to this slideshow so check back often.

The Forest for the Trees

"[I]t's the child writer who has figured out, early on, that writing is about saving your soul." — Betsy Lerner (Forest For The Trees)

I just bought Lerner's revised and updated book and can't wait to read it. Have you read it? If you have, did you like it?

New ning community to check out

Hey guys, check out Inkwell. It's a great site for writers, along with Yalitchat.
I started some groups for those of us who write for middle grade that you might like to check out.
Please, become a part of this growing community of awesome writers. Let's help each other do the best work of our lives.
P.S. Please spread the word about our new writing community.