author

The tag Author is a popular tag often used by bloggers discussing the people who write and create books. Many authors also blog regularly and their blogs have huge followings. Some examples include the blogs of Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, and Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point. Anastasia Suen has a nice listing of children's book author blogs on her web site.

More and more often, book publishing companies are relying less often on traditional book tours, and the burden is increasingly placed on the author to use their own blogs as a key means of promoting their books. In addition to using their blog to promote their own work, many authors are using their blogs to promote the work of other authors. A great example of this is Cynsations by the author Cynthia Leitich Smith.

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• Julia Donaldson Gruffalo author speaks of son’s suicide

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 566
  Britain’s favorite bedtime story, The Gruffalo, has a tragic family story around it of mental illness. Author Julia Donaldson has revealed how she wanted her son Hamish to die before she and husband Malcolm did and how whilst Hamish inspired her to become a writer he was afflicted with schizoaffective disorder ...
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• Obama’s bearing no gifts for China

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 476
  Author: Xue Chen, SIIS Although some in the media try to interpret the length of President Obama’s stay in China on his inaugural trip to Asia as a sign of the strength of US-China bilateral ties, the public opinion polls within China reveal a somewhat different perspective. Global Times, China’s leading ...
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• Verizon cell phones, Ve, Carrie prejean and larry king

  
  Cell Phone Offers — Authority: 166
  Author: cifagyjov Keywords: carrie prejean and larry king larry king verizon cell phones ve carrie prejean zohup Added: November 16, 2009
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• Wild Blue Under by Judi Fennell

  
  Long and Short Romance Reviews — Authority: 525
  Wild Blue Under by Judi Fennell Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc. Genre: Fantasy Length: Full (358 pages) Heat: Spicy Rating: 4.5 Books Reviewed by Hibiscus The underwater kingdom is his as soon as he claims his queen… Rod Tritone has the looks and charm to snag any queen he wants for his Mer kingdom, but ...
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• Black Ice by Lexie Davis

  
  Long and Short Romance Reviews — Authority: 525
  Black Ice by Lexie Davis Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Genre: Action/Adventure, Contemporary, Suspense/Mystery Length: Short (127 pages) Heat: Sensual Rating: 4 Books Reviewed by Azalea At night on an icy road, Sophie Stevens dead body is found inside her fiancés car. On the outside it appears to be a simple ...
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• My Unfair Lady by Kathryne Kennedy

  
  Long and Short Romance Reviews — Authority: 525
  My Unfair Lady by Kathryne Kennedy Publisher: Sourcebooks Genre: Historical Length: Full (363 pages) Heat: Hot Rating: 5 Books Reviewed by Xeranthemum A wild west heiress, Summer Wine Lee knows that shes not an acceptable bride for her fiances knickerbocker family. She grew up in an Arizona mining town, cares more ...
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• South Asian Author Challenge – Sign Up!

  
  S. Krishna's Books — Authority: 425
  For details on the South Asian Author Challenge, please visit this post . Sign up for the South Asian Author Challenge here!  Please link directly to your sign-up post , not to your main blog page.  Also, please state what level of the challenge you are signing up for in your sign-up post.  You are not required ...
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• Use By Date by Helen Ravell

  
  Long and Short Romance Reviews — Authority: 525
  Use By Date by Helen Ravell Publisher: Champagne Books Genre: Contemporary/Comedy Length: Full (191 pages) Heat: Spicy Rating: 4 Books Reviewed by Fennel In life and love—you can’t win from the sidelines. Helen grabs her readers attention with her opening shot. An invisible woman? Really? Well, yes and no. So ...
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• Together Time Activity: The “Giving Thanks” Tree; Sunday, November 15, 2009

  
  The Story Connection Blog — Authority: 124
  11-15-09 Giving Thanks Tree TOGETHER TIME ACTIVITY: THE “GIVING THANKS” TREE This year, I am creating a “Giving Thanks” tree. As thanksgiving guests walk in, they will be asked to write down, on a maple leaf, one thing they are thankful for. These leaves will be affixed to a large tree. When the tree is ...
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• Writing Fiction: Which comes first, Plot or Character?

  
  The Cuckleburr Times — Authority: 125
  Today’s Be My Guest Author is Kathryne Kennedy, Author of the upcoming My Unfair Lady. Whether plot or character comes first when composing a novel is sort of like the chicken and egg thing. It greatly depends on the author’s point of view. Plot and character are so entwined that it’s often hard to even ...
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• So You Want To Be A Work-At-Home Mom: A Christians Guide To Starting a Home-Based Business by Jill Hart and Diana Ennen

  
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  Tour Date: November 18th When the tour date arrives, copy and paste the HTML Provided in the box. Dont forget to add your honest review if you wish! PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST WHEN THE TOUR COMES AROUND! Grab the HTML for the entire post (will look like the post below): It is time for a FIRST Wild ...
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• The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs. How to be insanely great in front of any audience. Carmine Gallo.

  
  Knights on the Road — Authority: 119
  Image via Wikipedia The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs . How to be insanely great in front of any audience. Carmine Gallo.2010 ISBN 9780071636087. McGraw Hill is sending me these incredible books. This one is a jewel for any one who gives presentations. For quite some time Rocket Builders has been using ...
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• Help out of Africa (The West Australian)

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 158
  the fashion industry, while Ms Baitz, an artist, language teacher and author, is studying for a masters in art history - they say the process has so far run smoothly. Eventually, they would like to open an Attenta! store and provide employment to women
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• Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s November Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 11

  
  Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours — Authority: 124
  Welcome to Day Eleven of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s November Authors on Virtual Book Tour ! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book ...
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• Little River Band of Ottawa Indians’ Summary Judgment Motion against NLRB

  
  Turtle Talk — Authority: 140
  Previous materials are here, including the complaint and exhibits . LRB Motion for Summary Judgment LRB Statement of Material Facts NLRB Opposition LRB Reply NLRB Surreply
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• How to send text messages by E-mail

  
  Cell Phone Offers — Authority: 166
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• Episode 220: Liam Gillick

  
  Bad at Sports — Authority: 549
  Download audio file (Bad_at_Sports_Episode_220-Liam_Gillick.mp3) download Liam Gillick. That is right, the man whose imagination can take him anywhere. A transparent master of the question of Modernity? Cat lover? Designer/author/theorist/artist/architect? The son Donald Judd never wanted? Enigma cloaked in ...
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• South Asian Author Challenge – Intro & FAQ

  
  S. Krishna's Books — Authority: 425
    What is the South Asian Author Challenge? This challenge is to encourage people to read books by South Asian Authors – South Asia being India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka .  Please not that it does not include the Middle East!  The books can be from any time period, contemporary or classic.  ...
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• South Asian Author List

  
  S. Krishna's Books — Authority: 425
  I’m not going to even pretend that this list comes anywhere close to comprehensive, but I think it’s a good starting point if you’re not sure where to look. If you have an author you’d like me to add to this list, please leave their name and genre(s) in the comments section.  Also, just because an author ...
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• Moorestown author will read from her latest book

  
  myBCTnow.com — Authority: 155
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