I hope you’ve gotten the message that we now have a new podcast series running. Author in the Headlights is available on Spotify, Facebook and Youtube, as Strider does one-on-one interviews with authors, discussing their books and the process it took to get them published. We have fun as Strider gets the info on the […]
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I had the great honor to announce the finalists for the Chanticleer International Book Awards, Military and Front Line category. The Grand Prize winner was Lost in Beirut, by my good friends, Ashe and Magdalena Stevens. A first hand story of Love, Loss and War. A big hand for them and their achievement. Ashe and
It’s taken a while, but we’re on the roll again. You might have noticed the new authors we’ve added to Duramen Publishing – Guest Authors site. I keep telling my friends and fellow authors ‘I’m going to get it done’, but life doesn’t always work the way we would like. The new author’s pages may
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Seriously, It’s true. We are looking for reviewers for our new audio book, Stone. It took forever, but it’s finally here. Now we need honest people to give it an honest review. It’s that simple. A free audio book for a promise to give a review. With this one-time-use link to Authors Direct mobile app,
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Our newly published book Stone, of The Adventures of Rhone & Stone series, has just been announced as, in the list of Semi-finalists for the 2021 CIBA awards / Dante Rossetti – Young Adult fiction category. With luck, we’ll make it to the finalists. Maybe even the Grand Prize Winner! Check back and we’ll keep
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A big “Thanks” to all those who purchased a copy of Stone. Without readers, being an author is pretty much a wasted effort. For those of you that have read and enjoyed, a review would be greatly appreciated. E-book versions are easy, with a follow up review request attached at the end of the book.
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We’ve done a push here at Duramen Publishing, getting our book into honest-to-goodness bookstores. It’s something most authors may never accomplish, but we’re working hard to do it right. What I hadn’t expected was that every bookstore does it differently, or rather their own way. It’s not bad, just means more homework and more miles.
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An Author’s first book sale is definitely a WooHoo moment, but not their first. Getting your book published, seeing your cover art, completing the manuscript, getting your first 5-star review, all are woo hoo moments. Here’s another. The Bookit Nook, in Poulsbo, WA is the first brick-and-mortar book store to carry our title. What a
Old news maybe, but Amazon required a link to a blog before they would acknowledge the award in an ad campaign. It’s okay. Nothing wrong with blowing your own horn I suppose. It did take hours of research, trying to figure out what they meant, but that’s my slow side. My specialty is hammer and
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It’s when you think you have a handle on things that you realize, you simply forgot to open the mail. I should change my business directive to, “How to find problems when you thought you were in the clear.” Not very interesting is it. I’m sure you all have similar problem. New technology outpacing your
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