Wow! It’s a big day. This is my 800th blog post.
Now, what does an avid blogger who is serious about her mission write about in her 800th blog post? Hopefully, you realize that my primary mission is to help authors make better, more informed decisions throughout the process of writing, publishing and promoting their books. A secondary goal is to provide assistance to freelance article writers.
For today’s big blog, I decided to remind you of what you’ll find when you visit Patricia Fry’s Writing and Publishing Blog each day. Since November of 2005, I’ve been bringing authors and freelance article writers resources, information, news, announcement, tips, techniques and pertinent anecdotes. I’ve written on writing, preparing a book for publication, self-editing, locating and working with publishers/agents/editors, book promotion and other things related to producing and promoting a book and writing for publication.
I’ve covered interview techniques, self-editing, how to conduct research, public speaking techniques, how to make your book more saleable, how to be a successful writers’ conference attendee, tips for writing a book proposal, choosing a book cover, etc., as well as various book promotion activities—getting book reviews, using news releases, how to sell more books at book festivals, getting your book into bookstores, article-writing for book promotion, piggyback marketing and so much more.
If you missed any of the earlier posts, you are welcome to search them to locate information on specific topics. Much of what I share in my blog is also in my book, The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book—only in a more organized, easy to use form. http://www.matilijapress.com/rightway.html
If you have a specific question about your writing project, email me here: PLFry620@yahoo.com.
Email me or leave a comment here if you have a request that I cover a certain topic in my blog.
I’d also like to hear from those of you who have learned, grown, improved and maybe even succeeded in your goals as a result of what you’ve read in this blog over the last five years.
Stick with me—keep visiting my blog. I generally post daily (except on rare occasions when I am under the weather or traveling—in which case, I will generally post every other day). On this schedule, we should be celebrating my 1,000th blog post sometime in January of 2011.
If you have a book in the works or in your hands or if you are interested in writing articles for magazines, hang with me for the next five years. I promise to continue offering the information and resources you require in order to experience success with your project.
As an 800th blog post gift, I’d like to offer those who are interested a FREE copy of my latest ebook, The Successful Author’s Handbook (2010). But I am offering it with a hitch. I want everyone who receives a copy of this ebook to report back to me if they gleaned anything useful from this book and specifically what it was. Email me here PLFry620@yahoo.com and request your FREE copy of The Successful Author’s Handbook.