Author: bowmanauthor
At this stage of my life I am a fiction author, first and foremost, but I wear many hats! With a 30+-year history and education in editing and publishing, as well as psychology, I have introduced Clasid Consultants Publishing with a handful of specialist staff members to help writers of all media produce a better product. I am a firm believer that the meticulous high quality of the "old-fashioned" way of publishing, which took months and even years, CAN be accomplished with the new rapidity of our techno-change-o world. All it takes is a little knowledge, which I gladly impart for no-charge, and an eye for accuracy, lay-out, design, and consistency. I have extremely reasonable fees for coaching/ghost writing (all types of publications), edit/rewrite, copy-editing, proofreading, graphics design, full publication layout-and-design, and eBook publishing. At present, I have not expanded to hard-print, but I can assist in finding a "network partner" referral. My main concern is that the written material be accurate, consistent, beautiful to behold, and interesting to read. I've been told I'm far too generous with my specialties, but I love helping others writers be the best they can be. I willingly do no-charge reviews on short stories and novels, as I hope you will check out my fiction selections on amazon.com and do a review for me--good, bad, whatever--we all learn from each other and our perceptions change and evolve with every life we touch. Let me know how I can assist you! As hobbies, I am an avid reader, musician (singer/piano/Celtic harp), mediocre artist, and Advanced Clinical Psychological Hypnotherapist (A.C.P.H). I am spiritual and creative. Creativity comes in many forms: music, art, gourmet cooking, poetry, and novels, layout, design, and final printing prep. I am an animal lover with a beautiful Turkish Angora Cat named Molly. I am an advocate and speaker for the Lupus Foundation (www.lupus.org), Women's Rights and "How Not To Be A Victim," as well as esoteric subjects dealing with hypnotherapy, psychic dreams and visions, telepathy, unexplained phenomena, angels, demons, and gods/goddesses. I am happily married to my dearest friend, Sid.
Comic Relief Pianist. I found this funny … it’s me playing and recording on my Kindle. When a message comes in the Kindle Beeps … almost in tune … lol
What is the difference between a PublishING Company and a PublishER? This is my definition. Please, send me questions in the comments.
Pushlishing Vs. Publisher, Not Really. We Work Together for the Author/Writer/Entrepreneur
The difference between a PublishING company and a PublishER is that a company like ours gets the writer/author/website admin ready to submit the final product to a PublishER, Printer or IT Specialist, which we, as consultants, can recommend, manage, and assist with all media/all genre with a professional viewpoint and research the available options.
We are in no way involved in distribution, dissemination, selling books to keep a client’s royalties, promote manuscripts, business promo packages or anything you can imagine. New insights and technology is constantly being improved upon and created. We are involved in the entire process of Creativity!
Many fellow authors and bloggers know that I personally, as CEO, offer free reader’s reviews or editorial reviews, which I submit to the author to change, use, whatever you wish, because authors include editorial reviews on their own sales websites.
We also copyright Works-In-Progress until a PublishER accepts your work and publishes their own copyright, which I believe should be in your name, not the Publisher’s, but every company does things a little differently.
We critique PublishER’s contracts, even the small print, if you wish. We recommend printers, sales venues, promotional suggestions, social media contacts, networking, and produce websites in a visual and written current style design, with the client using their own IT person for SEO or we can recommend someone. I study and research all aspects of PublishING for my clients, remaining in touch with buzz words, new ideas, and new evolving technologies.
Let me help you with all my decades of expertise, which can be accessed under my Bio “Who Am I?”
Coming Soon! First time online my Guide to Writing, Editing, and other Tricks-of-the-Trade. I share my secrets … Free! Why? Because we all need a quick reference that works. Entitled “Follow Me, I’ll Show You the Way” (see my credentials on my “Who Am I?” page, www.bowmanauthor.com)
Don’t forget, no one can do their own proofreading. Not even me. You may be the creator, but I am the validator who provides unbiased editorial reviews, testimonials, and introductions to my network and consultants.
—Deborah A. Bowman, author, ghostwriter. editor, designer, formatter, proofreader, publishing agent, writing coach, mentor
Really Very Miracle …Tumblr.com
True to form, I’m learning social media as I use it. So Tumblr is new for me, but it’s interesting. Please, go take a quick peek at my new site. It’s called “Really Very Miracle”.
We all are unique, beautiful, and outstanding individuals. We need to use our love and intuition to connect, discuss, and aid our societies. Each tormented soul or mind must be touched by love and healed. There is plenty of love to go around if we but search within ourselves to seek the quiet pleas of haunted eyes, crying out for help.
You will be astounded by the glory and miracles we possess that are never released and allowed to grow. Find your inner peace and we can change the world….one silenced, fearful being at a time. It is so worth the effort to watch someone blossom before your very eyes …It is “Really Very Miracle” to touch another soul’s heart when you act as a vessel of The Creator who gave you life. Life is for abundance, joy, and love. Let’s pass it around and share the manifestation of heaven on earth.
Blessings, Deborah A. Bowman
Women Writers and Entrepreneurs!
Smorgasbord Book Promotion – Twitter – Tagging and Pinned Tweet to spread the word.
Thank you, Sally, for great information. I wanted to share this great author’s words of wisdom, hard work, and dedication. I know the key to promotion is consistency, but I don’t always practice what I preach. Thank you, Sally Cronin, for reminding us all what’s important in the writing industry.
I am almost at 10,000 posts since I began blogging four years ago and at least half of those are book promotions. It is one of the reasons that I began blogging four years ago as I wanted a platform to promote my own work as well.
When I look at those posts in retrospect, is quite clear that the ones that did well as far as comments, reblogs and sharing was concerned, were ones where the author featured participated fully in the effort.
This means reblogging (better a couple of days later to keep the ball rolling) shared across their own Facebook, Twitter and other social media, and very importantly responded to comments over a period of days. This engagement with people who took the time to comment is critical in building relationships that support going forward.
Apart from sharing on Facebook and Twitter, these particular authors also responded…
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