Inspiring writers to write and get published

Free Cover Letter Feedback

Successful cover letters are tough to write…Rather than being a summary of your book, they are instead a sales document to convince agents/publishers to love your book. I have had years of practice writing book proposals, both as a successful writer and co-founder of BubbleCow.

I am now putting aside some time each Thursday to provide feedback on a few cover letters that are submitted by writers. I will add my feedback to the letters and publsih them the following day for all to see!

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Scott Sigler is a Proactive Writer

Are you a Proactive Writer? Scott Siglar is…

The world of modern publishing has changed. Gone are the days when writers can write a book, submit a manuscript and sit back and wait for the cash. Today, changes in technology and publishing ethos mean that writers need to be proactive in their approach to writing, publishing and promoting.

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You should blog every day

Writers looking to build an effective online presence should blog every day. I say this not to be controversial, but as a simple reality. I have talked in the past about the importance of seeing your online platform as a web, with your blog as the central hub and other platforms, such as Twitter, as spokes that lead back to this hub.

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Google Buzz and Google Wave: Are you missing out?

Come on let’s all be honest, when we first found Twitter we all just didn’t understand. It took time to ‘get’ the value of Twitter. It took experimentation to make it work for us. It took time… Are Google Buzz and Google Wave just like Twitter?

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PR help added to BubbleCow’s Self Publishing service

When you use BubbleCow to professionally edit your book we offer three additional services. The first is the chance to employ a professional book cover designer to produce your cover at a discounted price. The second is to choose one of two handpicked printing companies to print your book at a 10% discount. The third is a 10% discount on the services of a specialist book PR company.

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What do writers really earn?

In 2008 the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society in the UK commisioned a survery to examine author’s earnngs. Here’s what they found:

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Twitter list are dangerous

Twitter recently added the ability for users to group their followers into lists. A similar feature has long been part of twitter clients such as Hootsuite and Tweetdeck but has now been formulised.

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Using Twitter lists

Building a Twitter following is a vital part of any Proactive Writer’s long term plan for building an online presence.
However, keeping track of followers past the magic 150 mark is impossible. This is where twitter lists can be very handy.
If you use Twitter clients such as hootsuite, tweet deck or Seesmic to control your [...]

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How to choose a book title

Let me begin by saying that this is not a post about choosing the perfect book title for your latest novel. Instead, the ideas here are all about making sure you don’t pick a really crappy title…
Most writers, correctly, spend weeks or even months wrestling with a list of titles, trying to find the one [...]

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Almost 5′4″ by Isobella Jade

Isobella Jade is no ordinary model. She’s barely 5’2”, almost 5’4” when she’s wearing heels. Because of her height, modelling was perhaps not the most obvious or easiest of career choices and Isobella soon finds herself having to take any job to make ends meet. From nude photo shoots, to changing her name and her focus, to paid nude photo shoots, to ‘arty’ crotch shots; from sex toys to lingerie shows. This is a brutally honest memoir, one that shows the good, the bad and the ugly sides of modelling in the heart of New York City.

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