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Merry Christmas from CAN

Aloha from Karen, the CAN treasurer,

Only a few days to Christmas and the end of another year. As you contemplate the miracle of God becoming flesh, God incarnate, it's also a time to believe in your dreams and know that with God all things are possible.

I end the year with two unexpected book contracts although some I'd hoped for have not come through.God has such a greater plan that I have. Take time as the year end's to thank God for the gifts he has given you this year and the writing opportunities. Then pray for the coming year. I always ask God for a verse to guide me in the New Year. This past year the verse focused on making the most of every opportunity and I did that. God used opportunities to open new doors. I'm excited to pray and discover what verse He will give me for 2010.

I hope that all of you will be blessed in the coming year with opportunities to write and share God's love through words/

Karen Whitingwww.karenhwhiting.com

Gift Giving Time and Books Make Great Gifts

Aloha from Karen
    It's hard to think that the Christmas season is here. I just celebrated meeting my husband 38    
    years ago and it's hard to think how fast the time has gone by. Our oldest son

    leaves for Iraq in less than two months. His wife and two little ones will  move in 

    with us while he is deployed so life will change!

    As treasurer of CAN I've enjoyed getting to know many authors in this network.
    We try to help promote one anothers books. That's part of being in the body of
    Christ-to offer encouragement and support. Whether you are an aspiring writer or
    well-published the Christmas season is a wonderful opportunity to share Christ
    through books. I want to share a few ideas about helping one another.

 

Tips from the Pros: Cheri Cowell + Creating Book Tours/Data bases

Aloha from Karen,
   
    I'm interviewing Cheri Cowell, a dear friend and someone who worked hard to           create great sales for her first book. She planned her own               tri-state book tour and build an incrdible database of churches.

    Welcome Cheri. Let's find out more about you and what you did     to market your books.

Message from the CAN Board

Aloha from Karen,

    I lived in Hawaii years ago (in Coast Guard Housing) and the word conveys so much more than greetings. It extends love and a desire to be together again. I love the thought of staying connected to other people interested in writing or with a passion to share the Christian faith. That's also at the heart of CAN members. I want to chat about the wonderful new members of CAN that I've had the privilege to welcome this summer.

Tips from the Pros: Shannon Primicerio

Aloha from Karen

It's been a busy summer. I was at the Philadelphia Christian Writer's Conference 2 weeks ago. It's always fun to be with writers and editors! I have lots of proposals being reviewed, so it's wait and see time until my next release in January.

    Today I'm interviewing Shannon Primicerio, one of our new CAN members who is a young and already prolific authors.

Wednesday is Market Day!

  Aloha from Karen
     Ah, to market, to market, to sell many fine books! And hopefully we'll help you     do just that.

    I have a wonderful group of CAN authors who will be giving us great insights on        marketing.

    This team includes Leanna Ellis, Tricia Goyer, Julie Carboni, Tracy Higley, Mildred Colvin, and Sarah Sundin.

Tips from the Pros: Winnie Griggs and Networking

Aloha from Karen

Next week I head to the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference to teach and network. It's always fun to meet new faces and inspire one another as writers.

Let's chat with Winnie Griggs, who has taught at many writers conferences, about her experiences, and networking. She took a long time to sell her first book and then had a time lapse between switching publishers. 

Tips from the Pros: Vickie McDonough and Book Signings

Aloha from Karen,

                I spent last week at the International Christian Retail Show seeing new releases and talking to people in the industry. The good news is that many editors wanted to review proposals and are looking to publish more books!
                Let's meet Vickie McDonough, an award winning author of 16 novels

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Tips from the Pros: Susan Marlow and reaching Home Schoolers

Aloha from Karen

    I've been away with family and took time off from the writing. Tomorrow I leave for ICRS, the International Christian Retail Show. That's an exciting place to see new products, look at the marketing campaigns, meet up with author friends, and meet with editors to discuss book proposals and ideas. My days will be packs as I'm quite scheduled up.

Let's get to know Susan Marlow who is great at tapping into her audience via the home school market. If that made you think she must write for kids, you're write! She's combined a love of kids with a love of horses and writing for a great fiction series.

Susan says that writing has 'been in my blood' since she was ten years old.

Tips from the Pros

Aloha from Karen

    I've interviewed a number of CAN authors this year and themes that keep cropping up are Internet related such as blours and social networks. Today, I'll chat about a few ways to tap into the power of the Internet to expand on what the past several interviews have mentioned.

    Sandra Felton, a friend, had a book released recently and positioned it to make a big splash on Amazon. It worked very well. She already had been tapping into the Internet, and simply extended her reach.