Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- World of Writing -- That's right! It's time for another fascinating interview with other writers, offering their insights on the industry. Loyal listeners of our radio sho may remember we had Tracy Slatton on as a featured guest back in May 2008 - check out the full interview via: Midlife & the Italian Renaissance She has some more interesting thoughts on the industry that she'd like to share with us today, but first let me tell you a little about her. Traci L. Slatton is a graduate of Yale and Columbia, and she also attended the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, sculptor Sabin Howard - and she's here to speak about both her life as an author and her thoughts on the world of e-publishing. * Find Traci @: www.tracilslatton.com Q: Where are you from? People ask where I am from, and I say, “ Around .” My dad was in the Navy, so we moved frequently. I was born outside Chicago and grew up in Groton, C...

-- A Few Favorite Writer's Resource Sites -- I just finished a fun, extended interview with ... Authors Articulating radio host - Jo-Anne Vandermeulen... You can find the archived interview via this link below: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/prempromotions/2010/10/19/authors-articulating-with-jo-anne-vandermeulen During the interview, the host asked me to list my favorite writer's resources (websites) here on my blog this evening for our listeners: www.writersjournal.com www.writersunlimited.com www.bewrite.net http://writersmanual.com www.oncewritten.com www.absolutewrite.com www.writer2writer.com www.firstwriter.com www.writersandbeyond.com  www.writercrossing.com www.writersgazette.com www.wizardsofwords.com www.coffeebreakforwriters.com *I do have many more favorites, but these should keep you busy for a while :) Hundreds of more resources can be found via Purple Snowflake Marketing - How to Make Your Book Stand Out in a Crowd  Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerp...

 -- Quote of the Day -- " All that we are  is the result of what we have thought. " ~ Buddha  -- Buy Poetry For Your Significant Other Month -- Today starts off a very special event that we are celebrating on the Brummet's Conscious Blog - I am inviting poets of all genres to submit a single poem for consideration for publication on the Brummet's Conscoius blog - This is a promotion opportunity for you, and a way for me to support Buy Poetry For Your Significant Other Month - which is, of course, the month of July. I, too, will be sharing my published poetry along with other published poets on this blog throughout the month of July.  Submission Guidelines: Poems should reflect conscious or green living, family life or nature - they should be generally uplifting (not sad or angry) and must  be less than 35 lines. Author Byline: (a.k.a. mini-bio) of 25-30 words, or less Content: No swearing, religion, sexual content; submit poems that have ...

 -- Chatter --  I've just learned from one of our publishers that the softcover format for Trash Talk (environment) and Towards Understanding (poetry) will no longer be available. Instead, the publisher is switching to hardcover formats only! - And they are doing this at the same retail price, which is really cool.  The hardcovers will, of course, be much more durable and will retain their value (for resale in second hand stores, for instance) - I think that will appeal to today's readers. From what I understand this change will occur in early June. It will be interesting to see what will come of this. Watch for the changes via your favorite online retailer over the next couple of weeks, as their systems become updated with the format change. -- Brummets in the Media -- I am excited to share that I will be interviewed on on http://SellingBooks.com today - the interview between myself and Cathy Stucker will be posted around 2 PM (pacific), or soon after. Please c...

-- Lillian is Interviewed today !! -- North Carolina mystery writer, Susan Whitfield, interviews and showcases other writers from around the globe on the Susan Whitfield Blog - Today, I was invited to drop in to discuss books, writing, promoting, and offers inspiration for writers. http:// susanwhitfield.blogspot.com    - Please feel free to share this interview (or the one below) with your friends on social networking sites like Twitter and FaceBook !  -- Writer Interview # 20 -- I'd like to send a shout out to Brandi Drury of: Virtual Book Tour Cafe for suggesting today's guest on our blog: Ami Blackwelder - a forbidden romance writer within the paranormal and historical genres. Ami attributes her writing style to the unique experiences she has had that "allow me an original perspective and a plethora of ideas to entertain readers". Find Ami @:  http://amiblackwelder.com Q: What is your idea of happiness?  A: Some people think happine...

-- Quote of the Day -- “…as long as an e-book is selling fairly well, I will go back once a year and review it. I also have a proofreader and bless her heart she has seen a lot of stuff. I will update a book once a year and send it to her… we try to weed out the old links that are no longer operating and put in the new material that we found about once a year in our e-books.” ~ Hope Clark 06/05/08 During this interview with Hope Clark on the Conscious Discussions talk radio show on funds for writers, Hope mentioned one of the main benefits of today's electronic publishing is that the author has much more control on the material - the ability to keep the information updated. To find this interview, simply click on the hyper-linked show title here in today's post or look to the right for a link to the Conscious Discussions talk radio show. * Hope Clark's interview aired on June 5, 2008. -- Authors Read -- Interestingly I’ve been getting a lot of guest query applications a...