tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:31:57 +0000carolyn howard-johnsonbook promotionbook marketingBook Reviewmwsabook editingauthors coalitionbenefits of MWSAmilitary writers society of americapoetrybook fair promotionbooks by military writersgifts for troopsgrammarmilitary blogsmrs. lieutenantphyllis zimbler millerwriting contestMilitary family support networkamazon shortsauthors websitesawardsbook fairsbook publicationbook signingsdonating booksfree teleseminarhistory of novelsjoyce faulknerla times festival of booksmagdalena ballmilitary booksmilitary supportmilitary themed poetrymother's dayresources for militaryselling bookssharing with writerssilver awardthe frugal editortime magazinetracingswar peace toleranceyvonne perryAmazon SinglesBuy a Soldier a Thanksgiving MealChristianCriteriaDecember 7Don MurrayDwight ZimmermanMarvel ComicsMilitary Emergency Financial AidOPEN MICOrlandoPTSDPeople's Choice AwardPhyllis ZimblerPublishing BookThe New Book ReviewVietnamafosiair forceall us warsallyn evansamazon ratingsamelia islandanthologyarabicauthor educationauthor techaward winnerbangkokblanks for afghanistanisbook camp graduationbook espo americabook fair salesbook marketing tip of the weekbook proposalsbook salesbook tourbrian judbrothers at warcapitalizingcherished pulsechristine alexanianscongress. money for soldierscross promotioncross-pollinationcross-promotiondana lynn smithdisasterse-bookseditingediting query letterseducation billetymologyfallen soldiersfamilyfathers dayfontsfreepublic.comfuture of booksfuture of readinggendergenerationsgermanic languagesgi billgift-with-purchase booksgreat little last-minute editing tipsgreen publishinghebrewholiday cards for heroesholladay utahhomonymshow-to books for writershowtodoitfrugallyintrigueirisesjacksonville fljapanesejohn cremerkaplan publishingkate horrellkid rockkindlekristin johnsonleora skolkinlev grossmanlisa osbornelisa.fmmanuscript editingmarine exchangemarinesmart twainmay lattanziomental health services for troopsmichael moon mullinsmike angleymilitary anthologymilitary moviesmilitary scamsmilitary society of writersmilitary spammilitary spousesmilitary writers help publicizemoney for troopsmovie trailersmp3mswamurdermysterynassau countynational guardnational guard trailernetworkingneworleanswebsites.comnews virginianonline radioonline teaching for authorsoperationgive.orgoscar brandosioverseas salespatrika vaughnpeacepodcastspreferred spellingpronounspsychiatristsqr codesquery lettersred engine pressreferencesresources for soldiersreviewersreviewsrichard lacayoroad to recovery (military)salute american heroesself publishingself-editingservice for our troopsshopping booksslide showssocial marketingsoldiers wish list.orgstreaming videostylesubmissionsupport our troops by eric dinyersuspensetapsteletypesthe frugal book promoterthe great first impression book proposalthrillertolerancetothepointnews.comtroopstubersusafveteransvetsvicki thomasvideowarwar memorialswarrior poets projectwest pointwounded warrirorswrite your own life storywriter in the sky creative writing serviceswriters and politicswriters and promotionwriters conferenceswriters in the skywriting jobswriting serviceswwiiwww.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.comhttp://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (MWSA Webmaster)Blogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-3403390461978910597Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:12:00 +00002012-03-10T01:12:00.723-05:00Book Review How to Write ItSecond Edition Subtitle: A complete guide to everything you’ll ever writeBy Sandra E. Lamb Ten Speed Press (2011) ISBN: 9781607740322 Nonfiction/How-To (Writing) Publisher's Site: www.tenspeed.com The Business Part of Writing Any Genre Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award-winning author of This Is the Place and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, Tracings, a http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2012/03/on-business-of-writing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-524903477084394644Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:47:00 +00002011-10-24T01:47:00.173-04:00awardsbenefits of MWSAmwsa The Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) announces the winners of its 2011 book awards. The MWSA book awards recognize outstanding military-themed books in a wide range of categories from children to adult. The categories include fiction, non-fiction, spiritual/religious, individual service branches, poetry, business/how to, and others. Entries included books published by traditionalhttp://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2011/10/military-writers-society-of-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-5437607877433286132Sat, 22 Oct 2011 04:44:00 +00002011-10-22T00:44:20.807-04:00book marketingbook promotionqr codesreviewsBook Sales Getting Musty? Note: MWSA member Carolyn Howard-Johnson celebrates the release of the second edition of the multi award-winning Frugal Book Promoter (www.budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo) with this excerpt and a little rundown of what readers will find in the new edition that weren’t in the old one. In the world of publishing as in life, persistence counts. Of course, there is no way to keephttp://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-promotion-it-is-never-too-early-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-2123993394935603885Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:30:00 +00002011-09-28T01:30:00.274-04:00book marketingbook promotionBook Review Reviewed by Magdalena Ball The Frugal Book PromoterHow to get nearly free publicity on your own or by partnering Second Edition: with your publisher by Carolyn Howard-Johnson CreateSpace Paperback: 416 pages, August 25, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-1463743291 Also available for Kindle It doesn't matter how many books you've published. Self-published or traditionally published, gaining publicity is http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2011/09/compulsive-reader-webmaster-recommends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-6289406420787644191Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:57:00 +00002011-08-05T12:57:16.370-04:00awardsbenefits of MWSAJust a reminder that the MWSA Awards are on a roll and we have a release that all member--not just the nominees!-- can use in their newsletters, on their blogs, on their Web sites, etc.  You can also mention them with links, etc. on Facebook and Twitter. Here's the link to get the whole release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/8/prweb8684591.htm But as a reminder, as with any http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2011/08/were-all-in-this-together.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-677251848619355657Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:29:00 +00002011-06-16T17:29:37.542-04:00Book Reviewfathers daypoetryreviewersHere is a review of member Carolyn Howard-Johnson's chapbook of poetry. It is fitting because it's the Father's Day edition in the Celebration Series she wrote with Magdalena Ball.  Reviewer Joyce White also chose to highlight the military aspects of this book so, yay, MWSA! ( Hint: MWSA members will fin a wonderful new reviewer at the bottom of this post!) Here is the review: "Togetherhttp://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2011/06/joyce-white-reviews-book-for-fathers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-2684151908858015900Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:44:00 +00002011-02-27T14:44:08.455-05:00I usually hesitate to run something in full because of copyright law, but the author of this viral e-mail appears to give permission to do so in the last sentence of his post. I think it was about 1962 or 63 I saw this ceremony. It is impressive, even when one doesn't know the details. Did you know this? On Jeopardy the other night, the final question was "How many steps does the guard http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2011/02/answer-plus-some-to-jeopardy-question.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-3458771691169739164Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:02:00 +00002011-02-07T15:02:19.633-05:00poetry By Michael D. Mullins This poem was written at the request of J.C. Fischer for the retirement of the Phenomenal UH-1 Huey helicopter that served us so well in Vietnam And other soldiers for thirty or more years. We salute it and all it has done. I could write forever. Images keep flashing. It is now the next afternoon and The old baby is still in my mind. How do I stop it? I cannot. http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2011/02/honoring-retirement-of-uh-1-huey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-937311617290252047Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:31:00 +00002011-01-31T01:31:00.818-05:00amazon shortsAmazon SinglesAmazon has announced a new Kindle Singles program. It sounds a lot like their old Amazon Short program that I loved. They are more expensive than the 49 cents they charged for Shorts. In fact, that may be why they discontinued Shorts. They apparently couldn't sell them in Canada or other countries because they would lose money on them. Or so some rumors said.  These Singles are more http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2011/01/amazon-has-announced-new-kindle-singles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-2000541294005479622Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:23:00 +00002011-01-08T13:23:04.180-05:00The California State Military Museum and Resource Center, the state’s official military history center, is proud to announce a “Meet the Author” Event at its Old Sacramento Location. Jackie Boor, co-author of Inside the President’s Helicopter, will discuss her work that details the history of Army Aviation in support of the White House during the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2011/01/meet-author.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-3796226002535467108Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:41:00 +00002010-12-25T04:41:00.721-05:00Book ReviewIt was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences Subtitle: a writer’s guide to crafting killer sentences By June Casagrande Ten Speed Press (2010) ISBN: 9781580087407 Nonfiction/How-To (Writing) Buy Link: http://budurl.com/GrammarSnobs Publisher's Site: http://www.tenspeed.com/ New Book May (Should!) Replace Your Stunk and White! Grammar Guru Offers Advice Like None You’ve http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/12/this-book-may-become-most-useful-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-6491154208761715303Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:20:00 +00002010-12-23T01:20:00.619-05:00author educationauthor techfree teleseminarBookBuzzr Offers New Learning Ops for Writers or How to Avoid Becoming a Book Marketing Dinosaur by Marketing Your Book with Emerging Technologies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The technology landscape and associated opportunities for marketing your book is changing at an unprecedented pace. Online games, mobile marketing, Facebook, Twitter, the Kindle, the iPhone, the iPad andhttp://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/12/free-webinars-offered-by-bookbuzzr-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-8908086053792107189Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:12:00 +00002010-12-03T13:12:46.803-05:00referencesI thought I'd drop by and name drop. (-: "Usage books" is a term not many of us know. And a term we should know. In fact, we should have at least one on our desktop (virtual or the real thing!). Treat yourself to one for the holidays. Learn more about what they are and your choices at http://thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/2010/12/usage-books-for-you-for-gifts.html. ~Your MWSA blogger, Carolyn http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/12/give-yourself-gift-this-holiday-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-6619369271313145740Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:14:00 +00002010-11-26T01:14:00.970-05:00amazon ratingsbook marketingbook promotionkindleAuthors love to hate Amazon.com. Trouble is, we can't thrive without it. Sadly most authors and even publishers don't know how to effectively use the features Amazon offers -- especially the trick to achieving bestselling ratings. Luckily, Aggie Villaneuva learned that stuff the hard way -- and she achieved two category bestsellers in 2010, each book in three separate categories! She freely http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/11/learn-amazon-secrets-free-with-free.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-4137032854088006340Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:30:00 +00002010-11-14T11:30:04.090-05:00book publicatione-booksI thought I'd let you know about the new free e-book service offered at AuthorsDen. If you've been thinking about publishing your work as an e-book, now is the time to get started. (-: Learn more about it here: http://sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com/2010/11/authorsden-offers-new-free-e-book.html Best, Your MWSA Member Talk blogger, Carolyn Howard-Johnson http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com/&nbsphttp://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-free-e-book-program-from-authorsden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-1423171918542262483Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:47:00 +00002010-11-12T23:53:21.326-05:00Hi everyone...we need to vote for the 2010 People's Choice Award...check out pages 18 through 25 in this year's Conference Program. At the end of each People's Choice Finalist piece, there's an email where you can vote for the winner. You have until December 31, 2010.http://www.redenginepress.com/MWSAProgram2010midres.pdfIf your fellow writers or fellow soldiers or vets would benefit from this http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/11/mwsa-2010-peoples-choice-award-vote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-3928862029828057652Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:01:00 +00002010-10-23T04:01:00.412-04:00The Great First Impression Book Proposal Subtitle: Everything You Need to Know to Impress a Publisher in Twenty Minutes or Less By Carolyn Howard-Johnson ISBN 9781453690956 $6.95 First reviewed for Amazon by Robert Medak Four of five stars The Great First Impression Book Proposal is a book that all authors need to get past the gate keepers as Carolyn refers to them in her books. This book is http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/10/review-think-chirstmas-stocking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-7695946294539136621Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:27:00 +00002010-10-14T14:27:22.914-04:00grammarI thought MWSA members might want to follow the regular feature on wordiness on my Frugal, Smart, and Tuned-In Editor blog. There is a new one today at http://www.thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/.  . Maybe even subscribe so you don't miss a single tip for avoiding wordiness. My Wordiness posts are done like alerts. I use this format: When you see these words then you might consider http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/10/on-wordiness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-3035671449657875174Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:05:00 +00002010-10-12T15:05:23.056-04:00Hello MWSAers! Since I'm so far behind on getting the MWSA website updated, I thought I'd get even further behind and spruce things up a bit here on our MWSA blog. For two conferences in a row, I've noticed that there's a pretty strong need for an online meeting place for MWSA authors to share "war stories" about their authoring, editing and marketing efforts. Even those of us with years of http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/10/mwsa-authors-helping-each-other-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MWSA Webmaster)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-7253851254633088788Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:51:00 +00002010-09-22T16:51:16.635-04:00grammarI rarely send subscribers and readers of this blog to my Frugal, Smart, and Tuned-In Editor blog. You know where it is. Ha! But today I posted a link of all links for folks who love the English language and a good laugh. C'mon. Humor me. And boost the day's readership. While you're there, leave your most aggravating homonym booboo in the comments! http://thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com/2010/09/http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-rarely-send-subscribers-and-readers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-2135049380885815632Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:31:00 +00002010-08-21T12:31:54.184-04:00book marketingBook ReviewJust dropping in to let you know about the new review I just posted at http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/2010/08/your-first-person-essay-or-memoir-your.html . Writers will want to know about this book, they should also know about The New Book Review. It's open to all books, all reviewers. Guidelines for submissions are in the left column. Your MWSA sometime blogger, Carolyn http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/08/your-first-person-essay-or-your-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-7523104877422042401Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:18:00 +00002010-08-12T21:18:41.262-04:00writing contestWith the winning of contests being in the air at MWSA, I thought you all might be interested in this one from Winning Writers. It's specifically a poetry contest for poems on the subject of war. Go for it, MWSA troops! That’s kind of you to offer. Perhaps your readers would find interesting the judge’s comments from our War Poetry Contests. You can see them here: http://www.winningwriters.com/http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/08/war-poetry-contest-for-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-8354364595164630172Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:27:00 +00002010-08-09T11:27:29.927-04:00book promotionOne of Military Writers Society of America's gold medal winners appears on The New Book Review blog today. I thought you'd like to support a fellow member and research that site for possible exposure of your own book. The guidelines are in the left column. http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/2010/08/military-memoir-is-military-writers.html --- Submitted by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, your http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/08/mwsa-gold-medal-winners-book-reviewed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-1778186828019929385Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:27:00 +00002010-08-01T23:27:00.216-04:00authors websitesbook promotionnetworkingThis is news I think our MWSA subscribers and visitors will like, Joyce! (-: I have been a member of Authors Den (AD) for about eight or nine years. At first I just loved their free (very frugal!) way for a new author to have a Web site. Then I started using their Gold membership to publish my newsletter. I'm not much of a date keeper but that newsletter (It goes by the same name as this http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/08/great-new-opportunities-frugally-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081565752361965239.post-4397856051558064796Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:11:00 +00002010-07-30T23:11:00.790-04:00book promotionself publishingI have a motto: "Reading one book on book promotion is never enough." Thus, I recommend Michelle Dunn's Mosquito Marketing, a book full of book-marketing essentials. Here is the heartfelt recommendation I wrote to Michelle, complete with disclaimer: Dear Michelle: Congratulations on a job well done! In the writing. In the accumulation of knowledge. And in the production. I shall recommend http://mwsamembertalk.blogspot.com/2010/07/mwsa-member-recommends-new-book-on-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson)0