How to Publish a Book Readers,

This week at How to Publish a Book, I've got several really cool videos that touch on different aspects of how to publish a book. First up, this is an interview I did last Sunday at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC with published memoir author Elaine N. Orr. If you are interested in learning how to write and how to publish a book that is a memoir, I'd encourage you to watch the video. Elaine's insights are great, and I absolutely loved her reading from her book.

 

 

Next up today, I interviewed true crime author Amanda Lamb last Friday about her book Deadly Dose. This How to Publish a Book discussion focuses primarily on the case behind the book, the murder of Eric Miller by his wife Ann Miller. I think it's fascinating to consider this discussion in comparison to Elaine Orr's (above) because both authors have published non-fiction books... but the types of non-fiction books that they've published are at opposite ends of the book publishing spectrum. Additionally, their process for writing their books is pretty different from one another, yet the end result (as with most of our how to publish a book discussions) is that a book was published and that readers have enjoyed them. Amanda's How to Publish a Book discussion involves a lot of her insights into marketing published books as well... she has been on the Today Show as well as featured on true crime documentary TV shows like Snapped and Captured.

 

 
Finally for today, I have created and uploaded my first Book Trailer for CLAWS, a novel I plan to self publish next summer (2009). I think a book trailer is an essential part of the total package of book marketing and book publishing. I'm planning to produce a series of these book trailers over the next 6-9 months. It'll be interesting to see how this goes.

 

Here is the book trailer for CLAWS:

 

 

 

Thanks so much for checking out How to Publish a Book. As always, if you have any questions feel free to drop me a line via the How to Publish a Book "Contact Us" link on the left of the page. Thanks so much.

Stacey 

How to Publish a Book Readers,

It's 10:22 PM Sunday night following one of the busiest how to publish a book weekends of my life. Thursday was my wife's birthday, and I took her out to eat at a great local restaurant.

Friday, I had two how to publish a book television interviews: one with WRAL reporter and author Amanda Lamb, and one with NPR radio personality Frank Stasio.

Friday evening, I attended the North Carolina Writers Network Fall Conference opening ceremonies and met and talked with a lot of folks about how to publish a book.

Saturday started at 6:30 AM. I was on a panel at the North Carolina Writers Network Fall Conference at 8:00 AM where we talked about book marketing and how to publish a book, and I acted as videographer the rest of the day. I did a reading from the book that is my current work in progress at 4:30 PM, and I acted as MC for the faculty reading. I made it home Saturday night after the banquet around 10:30 PM.

Today, I moderated a how to publish a book panel discussion at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh on the topic of Memoir Writing and Book Publishing for the Raleigh Write to Publish Group. We had over 85 folks in attendance with many questions regarding how to publish a book, and I video-recorded the event as well.

Then, this evening I met with one of my writing group critique partners to workshop her current work-in-progress and to discuss how to publish a book. She has a book publisher for her current book, and she's planning to publish another book in December.

The video from this afternoon's discussion is currently rendering on my MacBook, and I need to HandBrake the video of the how to publish a book interview from Friday with Amanda Lamb. Overnight tonight, I'll upload the video from the NC Writers' Network Fall Conference... which brings us to tonight's how to publish a book video.

This is Frank Stasio, who you've probably heard on NPR. In North Carolina, he hosts The State of Things, a daily ideas talkshow heard over most of our state. In this interview, I ask Frank about his show, about his early career in radio, and about the state of radio today.

I hope you enjoy it, and as always I thank you for stopping by How to Publish a Book. Thanks so much.

Stacey