Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest involving the final decision over the back cover of my young-adult paranormal romance, Minutes Before Sunset! As I'm writing this, we had 68 responses, and I'm really happy, because I love it when my readers can influence the final product. The voting went as follows (we… Continue reading Contest Winners and Poetry From My KU Reading
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Writing Tips: Colors
4 days until Minutes Before Sunset is release! Don't forget: E-book will be available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble May 1st, but paperback will take a little longer. I will announce it when it is available. The first chapter can be previewed by clicking the PDF file: First Chapter Preview Please Like Minutes Before Sunset… Continue reading Writing Tips: Colors
Publishing Tips: Marketing Your Book
Website Update: April 22: 8:00 a.m.: Shannon A Thompson Facebook Fan Page hit 200 likes today! Thank you 😀 10 days before the Minutes Before Sunset release (AEC Stellar Publishing) ! I know many of you are fellow authors or are working to become one, so I thought I'd dedicate today's post to bringing attention… Continue reading Publishing Tips: Marketing Your Book
Publishing News: Two Weeks Away
Website Update: April 18: 10 a.m.: From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (ET), join an interactive interview on Twitter with me (directed by Sezoni Whitfield) by using the hashtag, #WritersKaboodle, and/or following ShanAshleeT23. I'll also be reading my poetry at the Spencer Museum of Art in response to Ann Hamilton's exhibit, "An Errant Line," from 5… Continue reading Publishing News: Two Weeks Away
Publishing Tips: Introduce Extras
25 days until the Minutes Before Sunset release. When I posted Shannon Summary: Six Months In, I received a lot of inquiries about how to bring more readers to your blog and/or novels. I thought about this for a while, and I've come to a lot of conclusions, but one of them in particular kept repeating itself:… Continue reading Publishing Tips: Introduce Extras
Shannon Summary: Six Months In
Website Update: March 26: I've created an event on Goodreads for Minutes Before Sunset's release. Join here. On September 25th, My Primary Post was created, and this website was established. Six months later, here I am: all over the world. When I first created this website, with the direction of Robin Hoffman, I didn't know what… Continue reading Shannon Summary: Six Months In
Writing Tips: Exposing Secrets
Ever since I posted “Writing Tips: How I Form Dialogue into Writing” I’ve gotten a lot of emails asking for other tips, so I wanted to talk about secrets. We all have them. Secrets can make us or destroy us—they can tear our relationships apart or allow us to succeed at our dreams. In reality,… Continue reading Writing Tips: Exposing Secrets
Website Wonders: Shelfari
Thanks for all the wonderful support for "November Snow" being available on Kindle now. I really appreciate it. Aside from that, I've was really busy during that time and constantly on a computer, so my vision got a little blurry, and I had to force myself to take a little vacation. So if you've attempted… Continue reading Website Wonders: Shelfari
SS: Annual Report & Thanks, 2012
When I logged into WordPress, I was delighted to read my annual report. (Thank you, WordPress helpers!) Since I've only had this website since October, I was astounded by how many of you have read, commented, and contacted me. It means so much, and I adore all of you. However, I wanted to thank my top… Continue reading SS: Annual Report & Thanks, 2012
