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Author: Normandie

Media Thoughts

Attention Readers: How to Help a Writer

23 May 2014By Normandie

Chuck Sambuchin of Writer’s Digest Books edits the GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS and the CHILDREN’S WRITER’S & ILLUSTRATOR’S MARKET. His Guide to Literary Agents Blog

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Trailer, Take 3

1 May 2014By Normandie

It was River’s turn this time (Silver Seas PR and my go-to guy for marketing). He still thinks the trailer is too long, but he

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Learning a new skill: The Trailer Revisited

29 April 2014By Normandie

(Or, it’s back to school for me.) Editor Linda Yezak donned a flak jacket before writing to tell me what was wrong with the Sailing

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Marketing Stage 3: Sailing out of Darkness Book Trailer

26 April 201426 April 2014By Normandie

What can I say?  After yesterday’s fun, I decided to play some more.   [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyZDn2ta6Nw[/embedyt]   Here is the new book trailer for Sailing out

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Marketing, Stage 2: Becalmed’s Book Trailer

25 April 201425 April 2014By Normandie

  Some authors and social media experts have suggested that book trailers aren’t worth the effort in terms of sales. Maybe not, but I love

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The Ripple Effect: A Word Gift to This Writer

19 April 2014By Normandie

A stone plopped into water formed ripples, creating concentric circles that moved out from the center and subsided gradually if nothing impeded their progress. Whether

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Wonderful Review: Sailing out of Darkness

11 April 201411 April 2014By Normandie

I admit it: I’m a terrible blogger. There’s so much else I’d rather do, like work on my next book or read or spend way

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Lovely Words from Good Girl Gone Redneck

28 February 2014By Normandie

I know. The picture has nothing to do with rednecks, my book, or a review. But I looked like a celebration. A kick-up your heels

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Thoughts

Contrasts: In Search of Happiness

31 January 2014By Normandie

This essay made its first appearance in 2010 on This Southern Gal’s View of the World when blogger Linda Apple asked me to write a

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Actors to Play Characters in Sailing out of Darkness

24 January 201424 January 2014By Normandie

I love Facebook and my interaction with friends. John Pelkey was the first to come up with actors he thought would be perfect for Becalmed‘s

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