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AUTHORS and BOOK PROMOTION, 21st Century Style

marla miller 02 June 2023 Author Interviews, Cool Author Videos, Featured No Comment

Gayle Carline is the author of 15 suspense novels (mostly) and 14 are self published. Since the early days of self publishing, early to mid -2000's, she embraced this avenue for pragmatic reasons. Take a listen and let me know ...

Barnaby Conrad Keynotes at SBCC Writers Workshop

marla miller 04 January 2022 Cool Author Videos, Literature Leaders No Comment

Barnaby Conrad Keynotes at SBCC Writers Workshop Next week, I'll be teaching at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference where Barnaby Conrad could always be found mentoring writers. He loved it and it showed. Enjoy this clip from the 2010 Santa Barbara City ...

Highlights from SBWC2018 Platform Building Panel

marla miller 27 July 2018 21st Century Publishing, Featured No Comment

Zig Ziglar, notable motivational speaker: You can get what you want if you help others get what they want. Highlights from SBWC2018 Platform Building Panel The following are highlights from SBWC2018 Platform Building Panel. I only had time to transcribe the bare ...

SCWC: The Goal To SUCK Less

marla miller 01 April 2018 Featured, Links: Writing, Cannabis Education, Marla's Musings No Comment

SCWC: The Goal To SUCK Less – MarlaMiller.com As always, SCWC's executive director, Michael Steven Gregory, chatted about his passion: helping writers who attend SCWC 'suck less.' In the two decades + that he and Wes Albers have been at ...

SCWC: Birth of The Pitch Witch Workshop

marla miller 01 April 2018 Cool Author Videos, Featured 2 Comments

SCWC: Birth of The Pitch Witch Workshop. We first taught this workshop at the So California Writers Conference in 2010. Given the response, we knew the Pitch Witch Workshop was needed and appreciated by writers on the road to publication. Why learn this ...

SBWC 2016: PLATFORM BUILDING PANEL4Writers

marla miller 10 February 2017 Cool Author Videos, Featured, Marketing the Muse No Comment

SBWC 2016: PLATFORM BUILDING PANEL4Writers At the recent 2016 Santa Barbara Writers Conference Platform Building Panel, three panelists (with Marla Miller moderating & adding opinions during the Q/A) plus one very inquisitive audience enjoyed a lively session that ran over our one-hour time ...

Indie AuthorJoanna Penn Pens Sellable Prose

marla miller 27 March 2016 21st Century Publishing, Author Interviews, Featured, Marketing the Muse No Comment

Indie AuthorJoanna Penn Pens Sellable Prose Indie Author Joanna Penn has combined a few previous careers into her writing life. Her long list of book credits reflects her love for both fiction and nonfiction, books she markets separately. Hard to do but if ...

So. California Writers Conference Exec Dir. Speaks Feb2015

marla miller 11 January 2015 Cool Author Videos, Marketing the Muse No Comment

Southern California Writers Conference Exec Dir. Michael Steven Gregory doing what he does well-discussing the writing process and expectations of writers who attend this conference held in the fall and winter months. Click here for a snippet of his opening ...

SCWC/2014: Learn More, Suck Less

marla miller 17 January 2014 Featured, Marketing the Muse No Comment

SCWC/2014: Learn More, Suck Less In the last 26 years +, the Southern California Writers Conference has hosted its 'flagship' conference in San Diego over Presidents Day Week-end. This year is no exception. Join us for 3-days of intensive learning aimed ...

Gayle Carline: I’ve Written “The End.” Can I Self-Publish Now?

marla miller 03 October 2013 Featured, Marketing the Muse 4 Comments

Great overview! Thanks Gayle for sharing with MarketingtheMuse I’ve Written “The End.” Can I Self-Publish Now? Gayle Carline, Mystery Author and Humor Columnist Alternate Publishing/SCWC Workshop 9/22/2013 “The End.” Can I Self-Publish Now? The short answer is No. “A book is published too soon for the publisher and ...

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