Feb
08

Upcoming Blog Hop: LDS Authors Hop

LDS HOP

Kathy at the blog I am a Reader, Not A Writer will be hosting a blog tour shortly after the Whitney Awards where every participating blog will be hosting a giveaway of books by LDS authors. If you would like more details or are interested in participating, check out her prep blog post. If you…
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Oct
28

Getting Creative with My Website

Texting Through Time: A Trek with Brigham Young by Christy Monson, LDS authors, Local Utah Authors,

This is a guest post by Christy Monson. Christy will have a book launch for her book  Texting Through Time, A Trek with Brigham Young at the  Deseret Book Store by the Ogden Temple November 5th, 11am – 1 pm. Bring your kids. Dress up as Brigham Young. Refreshments will be provided. I’ve traveled a magnificent road…
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Oct
14

8 Things I’ve Learned While Blogging

JPerry on Bench

This is a guest post by Jolene B. Perry. Jolene lives in Wasilla, Alaska with her husband and two kids. Her first book, The Next Door Boys, comes out October 6, 2011. She taught middle school math with her degree in political science and French, and now writes in every spare moment she has. These are…
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Sep
30

How to Survive a Book Signing When You’re Not J.K. Rowling

Connie Sokol, Faithful fit and fabulous, LDS books, womanhood

This is a guest post by Connie Sokol. Connie is the mother of six children and author of Faithful, Fit & Fabulous, as well as Life is Too Short for One Hair Color, and Life is Too Short for Sensible Shoes. She is a contributor for KSL’s Studio 5 morning show, and a former TV and…
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Sep
29

Spanish Fork Jr. High School

Utah Story by Seth Sorensen, LDS Authors, Utah Authors, History of Utah

This was posted on the Spanish Fork Jr. High webpage. We are honored we can help students learn more about Utah.   Cedar Fort Publishing Donates The Utah Story to SFJHS by: James Hubbard Christmas came early to Utah Studies students at SFJHS when Kirt Forakis at Cedar Fort Publishing donated a classroom set of…
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Aug
19

How to Write a Killer First Sentence (In a Totally Non-Violent Way)

Diane Tolley & Grandkids

This is a guest post by Diane Tolley. Her novel, Carving Angels comes out next month. Diane Stringam Tolley was born and raised on a ranch in Southern Alberta, Canada. Educated in Journalism, she is the author of countless articles and short stories, as well as several enovels. She and her husband, Grant are the…
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Jul
14

Blog Tour Tips by Melissa Lemon

Melissa Lemon, author of Cinder and Ella, recently participated in a blog tour and offers her advice in this guest post. Cinder and Ella was recently part of a month long blog tour and I have been asked me to share a little about the experience. If I had to sum it up in a…
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Jul
07

Tip Thursday: Make your Facebook page a success

In our recent workshop for authors we helped them how to market themselves by using Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets. Today’s tip that comes from PR Daily offers 14 tips for a successful Facebook page. Here are just a few of them… 1. Thursday is the best day of the week to get the…
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Jun
16

Tip Thursday: Author Questions

Author Training 9

We are loving all the feedback from our Author Training last week. We unfortunately weren’t able to answer all the questions asked during the training so I thought we’d get to some of them here: What is the difference between a Facebook Fan Page and a Personal Page? How do I use them differently? Probably…
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Jun
13

Author Training Recap

L to R: Sherri Mills, Frank Richardson, Michael Young

We had a fun time at our Author Training last Friday! Over 25 authors and their guests attended, despite a fairly early hour. We learned about Facebook Fan Pages, author GoodReads Pages,  Twitter Accounts, and even a bit of clogging, courtesy of Nate Moller. Two things I really liked about the training was that authors…
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