If we’d known the challenges writers would face in the 21st century, we’d have gone into a more stable profession. Maybe running an all-ayatollah drag show in downtown Tehran. Let’s face it. Aspiring writers need help. More so every day. When even seasoned publishing professionals can’t keep up, what’s the newbie to do?
HOW TO BE A WRITER IN THE E-AGE AND KEEP YOUR E-SANITY! is a collaboration between author and wildly successful publishing ...
If we’d known the challenges writers would face in the 21st century, we’d have gone into a more stable profession. Maybe running an all-ayatollah drag show in downtown Tehran. Let’s face it. Aspiring writers need help. More so every day. When even seasoned publishing professionals can’t keep up, what’s the newbie to do?
HOW TO BE A WRITER IN THE E-AGE AND KEEP YOUR E-SANITY! is a collaboration between author and wildly successful publishing industry blogger Anne R. Allen (THE CAMILLA RANDALL MYSTERIES) and bestselling international author Catherine Ryan Hyde (PAY IT FORWARD and 17 other novels).
It’s a distillation of mentorship Catherine has provided over the years combined with Anne’s most popular blog advice. It’s the proverbial “What we wish we hadn’t learned the hard way.”
Ebook buyers will receive a FREE updated version every six months to ensure you always have the latest information and advice available as you pursue your writing career.
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PRAISE FOR CATHERINE RYAN HYDE AND ANNE R. ALLEN:
"Anne Allen is an amazing author advocate and one of my favorite people. Her blogs are a treasure trove of the best information in an ever-changing paradigm, and all writers will benefit now that Anne has written THE book! Anne is one of the strong voices of the Digital Age. She is an encourager, a leader and a wonderful teacher and I am grateful to know her and learn from her. " KRISTEN LAMB, social media expert and author of WE ARE NOT ALONE.
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"Catherine Ryan Hyde is a magnificent storyteller, an expert at plot and pacing and voice. –THE DENVER POST
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"Hyde is a remarkable, insightful storyteller, creating full-bodied characters whose dialogue rings true, with not a word to spare. –LIBRARY JOURNAL
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"I very much admire the work and the philosophy of Catherine Ryan Hyde, and I thank her for what she is doing, and for what she is writing." -- BILL CLINTON.
Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of 16 published and forthcoming books. Pay It Forward (Simon & Shuster 2000) was adapted into a major motion picture, chosen by the American Library Association for its Best Books for Young Adults list, and translated into more than 24 languages for distribution in over 30 countries. The mass market paperback was released in October 2000 by Pocket Books and quickly became a national bestseller. It is still in print, and was rereleased in a trade paperback edition in April of 2010. She is founder and former president (2000-2009) of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker she has addressed the National Conference on Education, twice spoken at Cornell University, met with Americorps members at the White House and shared a dais with Bill Clinton. Anne R. Allen is a blogger, humorist, and the author of five comic crime novels. Food of Love, The Gatsby Game, Ghostwriters in the Sky, Sherwood, Ltd and The Best Revenge, published by MWiDP. She’s on the faculty of the Central Coast Writer’s Conference. Her blog, Writing about Writing. Mostly has received kudos from publishing luminaries Janet Reid, Hope C. Clark, Nathan Bransford, and Jane Friedman. It also garnered praise from Internet marketing guru Gary Canie for “laying out a basic plan that inspires you to finally create that blog you’ve been putting off all year,” and was named “Blog of the Week” by the writing/social media team at the blog 3:17 AM. In 2011 New York Times bestselling author and former Dell and Bantam editor, Ruth Harris.
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Anne grew up in New England, graduated from Bryn Mawr College, and has been an actress, teacher, bookseller, antique dealer, and general office serf—as well as serving as the artistic director of the Patio Playhouse in Escondido, CA. Anne may be best known for her famous tweet, now rotated on Twitter every second Wednesday by Quotes4Writers: “I’m a novelist. Anything you say can be taken down and used against you in a work of fiction.”
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HOW TO BE A WRITER IN THE E-AGE AND KEEP YOUR E-SANITY! is a collaboration between author and wildly successful publishing ...