They’re Back, they’re back!

Posted on September 11, 2005 by Annie Rayburn/Carol Burnside

Okay, so I broke my silence already. I guess this blog is more of a habit than I knew. Just had to shout out to the world that the words are back!  I pushed and pushed the last two days, struggling to get back into a story I’d put aside in order to get a couple contest entries ready.  FINALLY last night late I began to catch the excitement again, and the words and scenes are beginning to flow.  I scarcely dared to hope when I went to bed (at 5:30 A.M.!!!) but I knew for sure when the words woke me up 5 hours later, clamoring in my head.

Woo-HOO!

Yippee!

Of course, this just means I’ll probably be more buried in my WIP than I thought before, so really–don’t expect much in the way of posts for the rest of the month.

Off to write…

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Later, gator!

Posted on September 11, 2005 by Annie Rayburn/Carol Burnside

I won’t be posting much for the rest of this month.  Life and writing are intruding.  I’m taking an online workshop, trying to add tons to my WIP, have a GRW meeting, a vacation coming up, and a conference, blurbs, and pitches to prepare for.

A CP just received her first request for a full, and I’ll be critiquing the chapters as she polishes them.

Oh, and then there’s the regular life stuff… sigh!

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Not the same ol’

Posted on September 9, 2005 by Annie Rayburn/Carol Burnside

Since I have visitors in various stages of their published career, I thought you might be interested in what a multi-pubbed, wildly popular author is doing for promotion these days.

Check this out for a clever example of how an author is combining a one-minute movie/video/commercial, using her branding, website, and excerpts to bring in even more readers. (Stephanie and her hubby made the video.)
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www.stephaniebond.com/the_ex.html

If you enjoy the movie, please forward to others in your address book!

Stephanie Bond
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You wouldn’t think Stephanie Bond would need to work so hard to promote, but I swear the woman doesn’t take anything for granted – let alone that her next book will sell as well as the last. I guess we could all take a lesson from that.    

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