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Here you will find
Carolyn's
multi award-winning
HowToDoItFrugally series of books
(one for writers, one for retailers),
her award-winning poetry, and tons of resources
for readers of all her genres.
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Terrie
Wolfe, agent extraordinaire,
is shopping Carolyn's memoir, Here's How I Don't Cook.
If you are interested in seeing it for publication
please contact Terrie at
www.AKALiteraryLLC.com
Learn more about
Here's How I Don't Cook.
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Multi Award-Winning
How To do It Frugally Series
of Books and Booklets for Writers |
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"Howard-Johnson has the comforting tone of a mentor and writes with the precision of a surgeon."
~ Francine Silverman, author, editor, author's advocate
The Frugal Book Promoter is on
Penny C Sansevieri's self-publishing class at New York
University's and Dan Poynter's recommendation lists.
[Carolyn's] the author of
The Frugal Book Promoter: How to do What Your Publisher
Won’t, one of my very favorite books on how to build the
buzz for your book. You could spend the rest of your life
following all her tips. If you do, you’ll sell lots of
books. ~ Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound
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Multi Award-Winning
How To do It Frugally Series
of Books for Retailers
“In thirty-five years in the
industry, there are only a handful of retailers
I have observed
reach the success level of Carolyn Howard-Johnson.
There is
only one thing
you need to learn
from her to succeed . . . everything she says!”
~ Randy H. Eller, industry speaker, business consultant,
and President Eller Enterprises, LLC
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Award-Winning
Literary Works
"[Carolyn's] books are strengthened
with
behind-the-scenes details of Mormon life and history
in a book suitable for all collections, particularly those
where . . .
Orson Scott Card's religious books are popular"
~ Library Journal
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Multi-Award-Winning
Chapbooks of Poetry
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She Wore Emerald
Then |
Cherished Pulse |
Tracings |
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Honored by the Military Writers
Society of America |
Amazon Kindle #1 Bestseller
Featured in Redbook's Online "Valentine Horror
Stories" |
Published by Finishing Line Press
Honored by
The Compulsive Reader |
"...profound and unique...True magic."
~ Darcia Helle for Book Addict
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Be
inspired. By the poetry. And to renew your marketing
campaign in the new year (for whatever you write!). Listen
to the podcast of Carolyn's appearance on KPFK public
radio's Poet's Café hosted by Lois P. Jones at
http://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_140108_203030poetscafe.MP3 |
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Services
A Few
of the Organizations that Have Benefited
from Carolyn's Speaking and Teaching
Presenter 2009, 2010 |
Presenter, 2008, 09, 10, ll |
Presenter, 2007 |
University of Dayton Erma Bombeck Writers'
Conference, 2006, 2008 |
Sisters in Crime, Pasadena, 2009 |
Co-sponsor and presenter, 2007, 08, 09, 10,
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National Span College, 2002 |
Fellows presenter, 2007, 08 |
Wisconsin Regional
Writers Conference |
Speaker, 2013 |
Panelist, Speaker
2012, 2013 |
St. George Utah Book Festival
Keynote 2013 |
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See more of Carolyn's Speaking Engagements |
[Carolyn is] what I describe as an energy-giver.
So many
people today are energy-drainers."
~
Dorothea Helms, Dayton University
workshop attendee |
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Buy Links for
Carolyn's Books |
"Careers
that are not fed die as readily
as any living organism
given no sustenance."
~
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Studio photography by
Uriah Carr
3 Dimensional Book Cover Images by iFOGO
Logo by
Lloyd King
All Carolyn's Frugal Books Are
Available on Kindle
As Well as Paperback
Helpful Books for Writers
Helpful Books
for Retailers
Poetry: The perfect inspirational gift
Fiction and Short Stories
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newsletter and blog.
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Newsletter.
Carolyn
Howard-Johnson,
poet, fiction writer,
editor, consultant,
Special
thanks to Reno Lovison for
these trailers,
one for retailers and one for about any business or author who
hasn't yet started using a newsletter for marketing.
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Video
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Click on the logo below to see an example of Reno Lovison's
trailer for
my Survive and Thrive Series of books.
Authors
Broadcast for reasonably priced and thoroughly professional
video book trailers. |
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Subscribe to
Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Sharing with Writers Newsletter
and get a FREE copy of
Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers
"I have been a professional writer 40 years, and am also a
tenured full professor of journalism. Carolyn's Sharing with
Writers newsletter is most useful for me--and for my
students. I emphasize to them that while research is 90% of
writing, and the actual writing is about 10%, there's another
100% out there called promotion. Carolyn shows numerous ways to
get the message to the mass media."
~Walter Brasch, author
and educator
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Carolyn's Blogs |
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Sharing with Writers
All things publishing with
an emphasis on book
promotion. Named to
Writer's Digest
101 Best Website list.
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The New Book Review
Great way for readers, authors, reviewers
and publicists to get more
mileage out of
a great review.
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The Frugal Editor
Blog
This is the Frugal, Smart
and Tuned-In Editor blog.
Covers editing, grammar, formatting and
more.
Get the answers you need.
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Easy
Access to Resources for Writers |
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Carolyn's Awards |
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Awards for Carolyn's Books, Blogs and More The New Book Review
Named to
Online Universities'
101 Book Blogs
You Need to Read
Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites
for Sharing with Writers blog.
Best Book Award for The Frugal Book Promoter (2004) and The Frugal Editor (2008)
and the Second Edition of The Frugal Book Promoter
(2011).
Reader Views Literary Award for The Frugal Editor
New Generation Award for Marketing and Finalist for The Frugal Editor
Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award
Military Writers Award of Excellence for
Tracings, A Chapbook of Poetry.
A Retailer's Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotion wins author Military
Writers Society of America's Author of the Month award for March, 2010
Gold Medal
Award from Military Writers Society of America, 2010.
MWSA also gave a nod to
She
Wore Emerald Then,
a chapbook of poetry honoring mothers.
The Frugal
Editor
Named #! on Top Ten
Editing Books list.
Finalist
New Generation Book Awards 2012, The Frugal Book
Promoter, Finalist 2010 The Frugal Editor,
Winner 2010 Marketing Campaign for the Frugal Editor
The Oxford Award
recognizes
the
alumna who exemplifies the Delta Gamma precept of
service to her community and who, through the years,
devotes her talents to improve the quality of life
around her.
The Frugal
Book Promoter is runner-up in the how-to category for
the
Los Angeles Book Festival 2012
awards.
Winner Diamond Award
for Achievement in the Arts
Glendale
California's Arts and Culture Commission and the City of
Glendale Library,
2013
And more than a dozen other awards for Carolyn's novel, short story collection and poetry.
See the awards page on this site.
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Resources |
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Carolyn's favorite page of resources for writers
(among more than a dozen) is the page of recommended
books (of course!) that will
help writers.
Watch
for the new Resources for Retailers pages coming in
2010. |
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Proud to Support |
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World Wild Life
Fund
with my
book of poetry
celebrating
Earth Day
Featured
in
Pasadena Weekly Arts and Entertainment Section
All proceeds to be donated to the World Wildlife Fund |
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to Kindle |
Carolyn's how-to books and
poetry
books are available on Kindle.
Click here to buy the big, powerful Kindle I love with free (Frugal!)
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