Author Archives: Renee Pawlish

Indie Authors – Promoting Your Book

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

As independent authors, or indie authors, you have a challenge that mainstream published authors do not – you are the sole person promoting your book.  I recently read a post by a mainstream published author and one of her comments … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour – Featuring My Mystery Series

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

Hey all, I’d like to take a moment to promote myself :)  I am in a blog tour from December 5th through the 16th.  This is a great opportunity to check out my Reed Ferguson mystery series (great crime fiction … Continue reading →

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How To Market a Book – Facebook Insights

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

Promoting your books is just as important as writing the books.  If you don’t believe me, consider my post Guerilla Online Marketing For Authors, where I shared that there were over a million ISBN numbers issued last year along (and … Continue reading →

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Writers Workshop – Writing Lesson on Passive Voice

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

If you’ve been following my recent posts, you know I wrote one called Indie Writers Miss Golden Opportunity.  I talk a lot about learning to write, so I thought I would do some posts about this topic because I am … Continue reading →

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Indie Authors Miss Golden Opportunity

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a very controversial post that I titled Indie Authors Are Killing Great Writing.  For the record, I am an indie author with a number of well-received books.  I am also a supporter of … Continue reading →

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Double Indemnity – The Best of Film Noir

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

In my last film noir post, I talked about The Maltese Falcon, considered one of the best film noir movies.  This week I thought we’d take a peek at Double Indemnity, a classic noir movie, ranking up with the very … Continue reading →

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Guerilla Online Marketing For Authors

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

As authors, we have to do a lot to a ton of book promoting.  It’s a tough market out there, and it’s a challenge trying to stand out from the competition.  In essence, we have to do guerilla online marketing, … Continue reading →

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Guest Post by Sarah Woodbury

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

Welcome Author Sarah Woodbury.  She has written a great piece about writing historical fiction.  As I have written a middle-grade historical novel, I was keen to see what insights Sarah has.  Enjoy! Writing Historical Fiction Back in high school, I … Continue reading →

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Indie Authors Are Killing Great Writing

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

I recently read a post with the premise that being able to indie publish so easily is improving our writing.  With all due respect to that author (who indeed took the criticism she received and worked on her writing), I … Continue reading →

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The Best Film Noir Movies

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Renee Pawlish

That’s a great title, but I can’t back it up.  There is frankly just too much debate about what movie is considered the best film noir movie.  With that being said, I’m going to spend some posts highlighting a few … Continue reading →

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