“The Seven Stones” Book Signing Happy Hour
Join author Kimberly Ashley for Book Signing Happy Hour at the 6 Mile Chophouse in Lawrence
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Join author Kimberly Ashley for Book Signing Happy Hour at the 6 Mile Chophouse in Lawrence
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Journalist Amber Fraley will talk about her new non-fiction, Kansas GenExistential
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History is exciting! Join us for an afternoon of non-fiction featuring authors Leonard Krishtalka, Bonnie Hanni, Amber Fraley, Ann Anderson, and David Hann.
Also featuring Amity Literary Prize Finalist 2023, J.A. McGovern
HOT TIMES IN HISTORY EVENT at WATKINS MUSEUM Read More »
WRITING TIP 002: Annihilate Adjectives. Authors “show” by describing action. Get into the character’s senses — what do they hear, see, touch, smell, taste — by using action verbs instead of adjectives. But how can you make your character three dimensional?
WRITING TIP 001: WRITE BADLY. Because most writing is actually revision, it doesn’t matter exactly what you get on the page to begin with, as long as there is enough content to edit later. But how do you get words on the page when you have writer’s block?
There are many serialization places with many different deals for authors. All will cost you something. You need to either have a finished book ready to serialize, or you will need to commit to a vigorous schedule to meet the demand of readers (up to 60,000 words per week.) There are some problems with serialization that have resulted in loss of its popularity of late. Here are a few:
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You worked for years on the manuscript. Polished it with the help of friends and family, Shopped it around to agents and publishers. You agonized over the cover and lost sleep when you found the type-o in the crisp, newly-printed final copy. Enormous effort and time has gone into creating that six by nine inch bundle of compressed paper — like mini plywood dreams you carry them forth into the future in order to connect your writing with others. So what happens when all that work just disappears?
AN AUTHOR’S HALLOWEEN NIGHTMARE: The Publisher disappears . . . Read More »
Resilience. Authors need it. Book stores need it. Book festivals need it, too. We all need the buoyancy of reboundability! Like most other gatherings, book festivals across the US and abroad were hit hard by the pandemic. but many are returning to vibrancy as we head into the last half of 2022 and 2023.
5 REASONS TO ATTEND A BOOK FESTIVAL Read More »
There are FOUR kinds of reviews an author can receive APPLES, ORANGES, PEARS, AND PEACHES.
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The Free State of Kansas and the slave state of Missouri are the backdrop of this tale of heroic deeds and fatal mistakes. David Hann takes the reader on a trail ride through a gritty time in the American West when people were pitted against each other and some had to choose sides in a life-and-death battle of ideas.
“Clawed from the dust and given breath, The Jayhawker Cleveland presents an historic figure now largely forgotten who grew from a naive youth to a man of ruthless courage fit to a violent age. Fast paced and gripping, the story takes you to the bloody border of Kansas and Missouri at the outbreak of the Civil War. No doubt our hero, Marshall Cleveland, would be pleased by his dramatic portrayal herein.” —Melvin Litton, author of Caspion, I Joaquin, Geminga, The Kansas Murder Trilogy
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