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Moriarty Book fair
The 4th annual Morarty book festival is scheduled for Saturday February 20th, 2010
Censorship
I was the victim of censorship:

This is a copy of a discussion I started on my website. It goes over a situation  and how Ideal with this on IWN:


I'm sure there are members on both  here and the Writer's Cafe. A friend a problem with a member there(who was banned from this site). Instead of correcting the problem - the owner of the site sent the friend  a warning - a situation that I not only find appalling - but a situation the is NOT tolerated here.

I wrote a piece br ...
Marketing sites
AS we all know, writing and publishing a book is only half the battle. Marketing and promoting our work is a vital key to our success. For those who are new or looking for alterative ways to advertise, I have complied a list of sites to help you spread the word:

Book Tour - www.booktour.com

Author Tree - www.authortree.com

Book Market - www.bookmarket.ning.com

Writer's Cafe - www.writerscafe.org

Gather - www.gather.com

Facebook - www.facebook.com

Published.com - www.publishe ...
Albuquerque Book Festival
For some time I have discussed with other authors about having a book festival here in Albuquerque. The Chama Book festival is an excellent venue, but with the price of gas it may hamper attendance  Sad .

The first step is to make sure there is enough interest. Second investigate what is needed to set up the festival. Third start advertising and drum up support from the local vendors.

But first things first, how much interest is there?
social networks
Here's a list of some of the social networks I belong to:

Gather - www.gather.com

Facebook - www.facebook.com

Writer's cafe - www.writerscafe.org
Author's Tree
Another good site to promote your writing is Author Tree.

www.authortree.com
Albuquerque Journal
The Albuquerque Journal has added an events calendar, which will promote events for free, or for a small fee will give it prime location.

go to:
www.albuquerquejournal.com/calendar
Cafe Press
I have opened a couple of stores on Cafe Press. If there are other members who want to cross promote and sell, my stores are:

Nightstalker Press:

http://www.cafepress.com/nightstalker03

You can also buy merchandise from my other venture:

The Black Seal

http://www.cafepress.com/theblackseal01


btw: you can buy stuff, too  Wink
The Petroglyth Code
I am in the process of writing a new novel set here in Albuquerque. It is a mystery novel base on the ongoing debate about the Petroglyths. It is call "The Petroglyth Code".

The Albuquerque Petroglyths have been a source of debate for decades. Are they ancient carvings? A hoax perpetraded by graffitti artists? or something more?

The basic premise is:

A young woman (Anna Whitefeather), who is a successful photojournlist in LA is summoned home to the death bed of her beloved gra ...
NIghtstalker Press
I have just set up a small publishing company called "Nightstalker Press"
I am currently developing 3 novels for release.

The url is:
http://www.nightstalkerpress.com
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