September 25th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum, Kristen Tsetsi
The more people who download “Homefront” at Lulu.com, the more money I’ll be able to donate to Bumpus Harley-Davidson in Murfreesboro, TN so they can send their care packages to deployed troops.
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September 22nd, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized
September 21st, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
When I was 21 and working as a quality assurance representative at a telemarketing agency, I’d recently ended a pretty serious relationship.
Not too long after the relationship ended, my roommate – at my silly, ill-conceived, and misguided recommendation – started dating my ex.
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September 17th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
The new “American Dream” ideal - dangerously infecting our youth culture - seems to also have infected the literary community.
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September 16th, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized
Welcome to the Backword Books contest.
Grand Prize: A package of seven books by Backword authors: Homefront by Kristen Tsetsi, Spam & Eggs by Andrew Kent, The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks, Threshold by Bonnie Kozek, Broken Bulbs by Eddie Wright, Waiting for Spring by RJ Keller, and North of Sunset by Henry [...]
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September 14th, 2009 | Posted by: Andrew Kent
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I’ve just released my second book, “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” and once again face the long climb up Mt. Marketing. No matter whether you’re an indie author or published traditionally, if you’re anyone other than Dan Brown, book marketing is a major challenge.
I like the challenge of the climb. It’s [...]
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September 12th, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized
Today’s writer is both creator of a product and a marketer. I do not like to think of my books as “product” any more than I would think of my children as items for consumption. The angst, love, hope, and insight I put into books and with my kids demand another category. Something personal.
That said, [...]
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September 10th, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized
Several authors - including a bunch of Backword Books authors - will be on Book Chatter tomorrow (Friday) night at 9 PM EST to talk about our books, writing, publishing, to answer questions from readers, etc.
You can watch the show live over the internet here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bookchatter
Or, too, you can call in to the show’s line [...]
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September 9th, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized
Several Backword Books members on Stacey Cochran’s BookChatter (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bookchatter) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 at 9 PM, EDT. Join us! Fun show, lots of information, good author-writing-publishing talk.
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September 9th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
The talk show host, afraid to upset the show’s listeners, wanted to change topics from talking (with a book club) about Homefront’s story and characters to talking about publishing and writing, in general, because there was concern the readers of the book, and listeners of the show, would get upset.
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