AUTHOR 2 U BOOKS P.K. PARKER's Blog (6)

Brian, I'm happy to see you are doing well out there in this though economy. Congrat's and I hope more fantastic sales are on the horizon for you. Follow your dreams, write on... Best wishes, Petra Continue

Chapter/Excerpt of the Year Award 2008 Deadline: Thu, 7/31/2008 Categories: Children's, Fiction, General, Horror, Journalism, Mystery, Nonfiction, Plays, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Screenwriting Fees (if applicable)$15 Prizes (if applicable) Grand Prize: $1000 + an extensive marketing package for your book including a worldwide press release and 500 bookmarks 10 First Prizes: $50 Description: Submit any chapter or excerpt of your book. Maximum 10,000 words. Self-Publishers, Poetry, and S… Continue

Petra Lozano, Creator of author2ubooks.com is pleased to interview:

VELDA BROTHERTON, Author of FLY WITH THE MOURNING DOVE.

Hello Velda thank you for participating in this interview.

Petra:

Where did you grow up?

Velda:

I was born in Arkansas, but grew up in Wichita, Kansas

Petra:

Who or what was the earliest influence that compelled

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Petra Lozano, Creator of author2ubooks.com is pleased to interview:

BRIAN KAVANAGH, Author of the Belinda Lawrence Mystery Series.

Hello Brian thank you for participating in this interview.

Petra:

What inspires you to write, and is the mystery genre your favorite?

Brian:

Well my life has been involved with making films and they are a form of storytelling. So I’ve always ‘written’ in one form or another. Only in the past ten years have

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Petra Lozano, Creator of author2u.com is pleased to interview,

Janice B. Williams, author of
SUMMER OF AWAKENING.

Hello Jan thank you for participating in this interview.

Petra:

Why do you write and what compelled you to write Summer Of Awakening?

Jan:

I write to fulfill a need within myself. I know many writers who write for publication, and there is nothing wrong with that. We all want to see our name in print. I enjoy creating chara

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Did you know an author only receives an average 10% royalty on each sale of their book?

Traditional Publishing Houses will take care of the editing, printing and distribution of each book, but therefore only pay the author an average 10% royalty.

More and more author's have taken the self-publishing route, not because they have an unsellable manuscript, but because they like to have total control of their works.

Too often the author has no insight on how many books have b

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