Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Category: writing conferences
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Beach Theme Gift Tote
In September, I’ll be at the Alpena Book Festival, signing books and speaking about writing. I’m donating this beach bag full of swag, too, for a raffle that benefits literacy. I had so much fun putting it together, I thought I’d share. It’s a good marketing tool, although that’s not why I’m doing it. I’m…
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#1 Question Writers Ask
I was at a writing conference last weekend and had a fabulous time. The workshops were inspiring, the food was delicious, the keynote speaker’s jokes made me laugh. He had a serious message, too, as all keynote speakers do. He’d been hearing the same question all day. “How Can I Make Money From Writing?” Seriously,…
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Crisis of the Writing Soul
When I cut 140 pages of my most recent manuscript, I had a crisis that led to a startling revelation. I’d been revising for awhile and knew the problem with the manuscript was a really boring subplot. At first, unwilling to do the necessary radical surgery, I tried to fix it. Much cutting and pasting…
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Content is Queen
My heart sank a little at last weekend’s conference when Chuck Sambuchino, the keynote speaker, said he’d been writing, and steadily climbing the publishing ladder, for ten years. I was first published in the ’80s, so that’s, uh, longer. But Chuck did say something valuable, something I’d forgotten. He talked about how there is so much about…
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Marketing for Introverts & Other People
Are you an introvert? Many writers are. I know I am. Therefore I’ve made a list of easy things shy writers can do to help sell their work. As I said in yesterday’s post, if you publish, you need to market as well. So here’s what you can do to improve your visibility as a writer: 1. Join…