Chris The Story Reading Ape

  • Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Cartoon from Toonpool.com The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011. Part 4 Okay, now you’ve completed the further editing, the proofs have been approved, and it’s just a matter of waiting for the printer to produce…

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  • Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Cartoon from Toonpool.com The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011. Part 3 Once the contract is signed, and while the manuscript is being worked on by the editor, is the best time for you to ramp…

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  • Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Cartoon from Toonpool.com The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011. Part 2 The best time to begin building your readership is while you’re still writing the manuscript. The very first thing you need to do is…

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  • Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Cartoon from Toonpool.com The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011. Part 1 Before I begin, please watch this video:  . I’ve named these two characters Wannabe Author (WA) and Real Author(RA). How many of you have…

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  • Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: INTRODUCING my NAUGHTY CHIMPS warming up to visit those authors who have not yet sent me their Guest Author or other articles for my blog  My thanks to author Ali Isaac for pointing me to their activities 🙂

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  • Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Author Interview: The Wolf’s Moon by Patrick Jones, The Linden Chronicles: Book 1 I had a couple of hours in between the next hurried crowd of people that wanted a signed copy of “The Wolf’s Moon.” All I wanted was to rest my hand and have…

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  • Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: I made this on Quozio.com My marketing strategy is really simple. In fact, it can be summed up as follows: Be real, be fun, be helpful. If you do that, people will buy your books simply because they will like you and will want to support…

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