UPPAA author Milly Balzarini, author of The Lost Road Home was featured Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is an issue many veterans face. A program in Marquette County helps Vietnam veterans cope with PTSD through worship and prayer Read the rest of the story here
Read The Written Word, the official newsletter of UPPAA and a great source of information on book writing, marketing, publishing, and editing. UPPAA_WINTER_2013
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 7,500 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have…
It’s been joyful, educational, frustrating and a way to meet so many interested and interesting authors/publishers. BUT, after 17 years of writing, publishing, printing/reprirnting, and marketing, Lon and Lynn Emerick DBA North Country Publishing are winding down the business as inventory is sold out. We will be on to other…
We have some exciting news– NWS has a new executive director! Please help us in welcoming Jill Tewsley, who comes to us from the world of books at a time when the National Writers Series is growing and taking on new projects. We’ve come a long way since…
Author Lesley DuTemple writes: We have finally got all our digital information online and linking correctly, particularly the eBook of our presentation “Getting It Off The Ground.” It can be found on our web site: www.mudminnowpress.com and the links to all formats (Nook, iBooks, Kindle) can be found under the…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,300 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that…
Identify Your Audience The most important issue for authors is making sure they sell a ton of books. However, there are certain things authors have to know about their audience to truly relate to them, so that they will buy the book/s. In this workshop you will learn the demographics…
U.P. PUBLISHING GROUP HOLDS 13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE Publishing Industry, Writing, and Book Marketing Explored At 2011 UPPAA Conference MARQUETTE, Mich. (April 6, 2011) – In its constant commitment to keeping regional authors and publishers up-to-date on changes in the publishing world and providing effective marketing and writing strategies, the Upper…
Foreword Reviews, located in Traverse City, announces that Paradise North – Seasons in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, by Lon Emerick of Skandia, with color photographs by UP artist Mark Mitchell, has been selected as a Finalist in the 2010 Book of the Year Awards. Book of the Year is…
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing 747-400 passenger…
