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Blog Entries for: August, 2009

All Dressed Up and Nothing to Say

August 8, 2009

By Golden Keyes Parsons

Have you ever been invited to speak for an event, but didn't have anything to say? I mean you had plenty you could talk about, but you had a feeling that it wasn't Holy Spirit inspired, and you didn't know whether the proposed audience cared a whit about the topic?  

I went to a women's seminar last night that was the big event of the "First" church in our little community. I knew a couple of women who were supposed to be there and who had invited me to come. I joined the women walking through the parking lot to the auditorium. There was a buzz of excitement as I turned my ticket in and picked up a program and song sheet. My friend greeted me with a hug and then went about her responsibilities. I found a seat near the back and sat by myself. No one joined me, not even the one gal I knew fairly well.  

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The Bomb on Amazon: Does it Work?

August 4, 2009

By Julie Ferwerda

My second book is coming out in a few weeks, and I am all excited about testing out a potentially amazing publicity move. Book Bombing on Amazon. Can it work? Yes, it's tried and proved. Will it work for me? The answer is in the numbers...

How it works: I'm no expert (yet) on this and am learning as I go, but basically you pick a bomb date a couple weeks before your Amazon release date (you can set this). In my case, we have picked September 1^st as our bomb date, and September 10^th as our Amazon release date. This is because the bomb date is like a preorder date, and you can then figure out how many books need to be shipped to Amazon. If you try to guess, you could be way overstocked, and then you have to pay to have books returned to your warehouse, so this could get expensive.

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Life in Media Lane

August 3, 2009

By Evelyn W. Davison

"Don't waste your words!" was something my Mom repeated often when I was young.  My having a speech impediment that was wrapped in stuttering brought lots of frustration to me and others.    

During the big WWII my dad was drafted into the service, and my Mom had to get a job. As the oldest girl, my job was to do what she could not do for my little sister and brother.

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