Tag: Promotion

Thompson, Joiner, Fie, Winkle, Harris And Parks Lead The Way With Bestsellers Through January 2020

The slowest sales month of the year kicked off with a bang for Western authors, with a series of hit novels from some of the genre’s greatest exponents. Leading the way, Paul L. Thompson scooped up the number one position with his “You Shot Me Once! – Never Again!” smash—the seventy-ninth book in his long-running …

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King of the Western Frontier: Bestselling Western Author Robert Hanlon Explains All

Robert Hanlon– that’s a name many Western readers are familiar with. Why? Because he’s one of the biggest names in the Western book business. His first big western hit “Clint Cain – The Texan Avenger” has recently been reissued. Why the need for a reissue? “Well,” Hanlon explains. “I wanted to make some changes.” Let’s …

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Are You Ready For Your Western Novel To Be A Success?

  If you can believe it, you can achieve it… I wrote those words last year without understanding the impact they would have on the people with whom I work. Since those fateful words last year, I have found that the self-belief those Western authors have discovered in their own books has taken them to …

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Proof That The Western Readership Lives On In Large Numbers….

A few weeks ago now, I was talking to you all about the importance of recognizing a living, Western readership that is actively reading the books of Western authors around the world. I made some good friends from that post. But I also met some people who told me it was impossible to get over …

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Connecting With A Western Readership That Is Still Very Much Alive and Well…

Western authors arrange calls me with often and start with something along these lines: “I wrote this book called ______ and nobody is buying it. Nobody buys Westerns anymore. It’s so sad.” I have to smile. I mean, you have to smile, don’t you? It’s one of those strange “certainties” that people are so sure …

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Take Seven of Seven: A Night At The Movies With Artist Judy Mastrangelo

This wonderful new interview series with Judy Mastrangelo is all about the movies. This is a seven part series… Let’s delve in! Films have always inspired my life and my art, ever since I was young.  They fulfill needs for fantasy, excitement, etc., which can be experienced vicariously by everyone who loves to partake in the …

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Take Five of Seven: A Night At The Movies With Artist Judy Mastrangelo

This wonderful new interview series with Judy Mastrangelo is all about the movies. This is a seven part series… Let’s delve in! Films have always inspired my life and my art, ever since I was young.  They fulfill needs for fantasy, excitement, etc., which can be experienced vicariously by everyone who loves to partake in …

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Reading, Writing and Storytelling Made Easy With Bestselling Author M.L. Newman!

What makes a book exciting? Is it the story? The way it’s written? It could be a mixture of everything. That’s the way I feel about M.L. Newman and her writing. She writes great stories, she has a great writing style and she really turns out books worth reading. Her previous books have been bestsellers– …

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Can You Follow A Recipe? You’ll Have The Next Number One Bestseller

I recently sat through one of the worst book selling seminars I have ever attended. The two-hour lecture rambled on along the lines of “promise to be good, try to be nice and readers will buy your books.” That’s it. Everything is going to be just fine. Don’t make loud statements, don’t tell anyone about …

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The World Through McLendon’s Glasses: An Interview with Author Rebecca McLendon

What is a writer? An entertainer? A genius? A vessel through which ideas are expressed? I’ve often pondered on that question. I’m sure you have too. This interview is with Rebecca McLendon, who has written a new book. This book is not a clod. It’s a fantastic look at the way our modern world looks …

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