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Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s several careers—journalism, teaching, retailing, marketing, acting—prepared her for promoting her own books and those of others. She was the youngest person ever hired as a staff writer for the Salt Lake Tribune—“A Great Pulitzer Prize Winning Newspaper”—where she wrote features for what was then called the society page, a column under the name of Debra Paige and, in that capacity, spoke at high school assemblies. Those experiences taught her to love presenting to large crowds, and to understand the needs of editors, the very people authors must work with to get free ink. Being familiar with the way news is handled helps her see how different books fit into different news cycles.
Later, in New York, Carolyn was editorial assistant at Good Housekeeping Magazine. She also handled accounts for fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert who instituted the first Ten Best Dressed List. That job required her to write media releases (then called press releases) for the likes of Pauline Trigere, Christian Dior, and Rudy Gernreich–then famous for introducing topless bathing suits—and where she also produced photo shoots for high-fashion clients.
Carolyn has also worked as a columnist, reviewer, and staff writer for the Pasadena Star News, Home Décor Buyer, the Glendale News-Press (an affiliate of the Los Angeles Times), MyShelf.com, and others.
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Carolyn is a popular presenter at writers’ conferences including San Diego State’s conference, Dayton University’s Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop, and several Greater Los Angeles Writers Conferences at Valley College in Los Angeles. Another favorite was Bookbaby’s first writer’s conference in Philadelphia and one of her proudest was to be of service to PEN’s USA Fellows program at Antioch University in Del Mar, CA. two years in a row.
Her presentations at tradeshows and for writing, retailing and other professional organizations often earns her praise from attendees who say something similar to this from Mar Preston, author of No Dice: “I really enjoyed your presentation yesterday and learned so much my ears are three inches farther apart.”
The author was an instructor for UCLA’s renowned Writers’ Program and also earned an UCLA Extension Instructor Development Program Certificate from that school. Her favorite classes were an ethics class and Pam Kelly’s class on public speaking which she managed to repeat three times just for the thrill of it.
She was also founder and facilitator of a critique group for the Glendale Library System
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Carolyn’s mother helped her memorize poems and dramatic sketches for beauty contests back in decades when the TV program Miss America was a viable route to a variety of careers for young women. She didn’t think much about those skills learned at her mother’s knee until she realized a skill for the dramatic might help with her book marketing and speaking. More recently she has been a finalist for Norwegian Cruise Lines Star Search and has appeared in TV commercials for the likes of Time-Life CDs, Marlboro, Blue Shield, Apple, Lenscrafters, and Disney Cruise Lines (Japan).
If you’re looking for an actor or speaker with acting skills, contact Carolyn
If you are looking for commercial work, contact Carolyn’s agent, Tag Models, a Division of Pantheon
Carolyn on KPFK Poetry Cafe (90.7 in Southern California),
hosted by Lois P. Jones.
Here’s what people are saying…
“Carolyn is the ideal radio guest.”
~ Talk Radio Advocate and Author Francine Silverman
“. . . a powerful interview. It was fun and rewarding to the audience.”
~ Frank Gasiorowski, “Mr90DayGoals,”
host of PowerTalk at blogtalkradio
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A Guide and Links to all of Carolyn’s Books
Great Fiction
Purchase THIS IS THE PLACE
and HARKENING at Amazon in their new and used feature.
Both of these books are out of print. They are available only on Amazon's New and Used feature for about $1.
Great Poetry
Purchase TRACINGS (Finishing Line Press) at Amazon.
IMPERFECT ECHOES: Writing Truth and Justice with Capital Letters, lie and oppression with Small
Give the gift of poetry with
a chapbook from
Magdalena Ball's
and My Celebration Series
CHERISHED PULSE: Unconventional Love Poetry
IMAGINING THE FUTURE: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions
SHE WORE EMERALD THEN: Reflections on Motherhood
BLOOMING RED: Christmas Poetry for the Rational
DEEPER INTO THE POND: Celebration of Femininity
SUBLIME PLANET: Celebrating Earth and the Universe
HowToDoItFrugally Series for Writers
Purchase THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER, Third Edition,
published by Modern History Press
THE FRUGAL EDITOR Second Edition
GREAT LITTLE LAST MINUTE EDITING TIPS FOR WRITERS
an addendum to The Frugal Editor with more word trippers
GREAT FIRST-IMPRESSION BOOK PROPOSALS. Second Edition, published by Modern History Press
HOW TO GET GREAT BOOK REVIEWS FRUGALLY AND ETHICALLY
Survive and Thrive Series of HowToDoItFrugally Books for Retailers
A RETAILER'S GUIDE TO FRUGAL IN-STORE PROMOTION
Authors who understand what retailers need and want are more successful when they
pitch events (workshops, readings, seminars) to bookstores and other businesses.
FRUGAL AND FOCUSED TWEETING FOR RETAILERS
YOUR BLOG, YOUR BUSINESS
Note: Most of Carolyn's books are also available for the Kindle reader.
Did you know that with the Free app, Kindle can be adapted to any reader--even your PC
Note: Carolyn encourages authors to download her Multi-Use Media Kits at the top the Media Press Room Page, to use as a guide for writing their own Media Kit
in conjunction with the directions in the Third Edition of the Frugal Book Promoter, published by Modern History Press.