Building an Audience

You’ve done it! You’ve written an amazing novel! …Now what? Well, in a nutshell, you need to get people to read it. When I started doing research on how to get published–and from my experience in marketing–I kept finding the same thing: build an audience. If I build an audience, I’m creating potential readers. Obviously,…

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The Baby Doll Dance

Swimming.  Barbecues.  A giant doll erupting in flames while dancing around in a circle as spectators cheer her on. It’s summer in the small village of Lowellville, Ohio! Each year in the middle of July, Lowellville’s Mt. Carmel Society hosts an Italian festival. In a village of 900 proud Italian residents, this is a big…

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