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WordPress – How to start a blog
As an author, I knew that when my first novel came out, I would have to help promote it. Creating a website was one way to do that. I don’t know programming…
read more »Top 6 books you’ll read and want to share
Laurie Channer, 45, is a Toronto-based writer and advocate. Her first novel, Godblog, a cautionary tale of the risks and rewards of personal reinvention through blogging, will be released in Fall 2008. She has previously won prizes in the Toronto Star short story contest. By day, Laurie is a senior union representative in the film industry, with a regular back-page column in Canadian Screenwriter magazine. In her own time, she continues her usually-successful efforts to juggle life chores, novel writing and volunteer work managing feral cat colonies with Annex Cat Rescue, a charitable organization. “Some people look after the homeless,” she says, “I look after the homeless cats.” Laurie shares her list of six books you'll read and feel compelled to share.read more »
Top 5 ways to promote your book
Laurie Channer, 45, is a Toronto-based writer and advocate. Her first novel, Godblog, a cautionary tale of the risks and rewards of personal reinvention through blogging, will be released in Fall 2008. She has previously won prizes in the Toronto Star short story contest. By day, Laurie is a senior union representative in the film industry, with a regular back-page column in Canadian Screenwriter magazine. In her own time, she continues her usually-successful efforts to juggle life chores, novel writing and volunteer work managing feral cat colonies with Annex Cat Rescue, a charitable organization. “Some people look after the homeless,” she says, “I look after the homeless cats.” Laurie shares the strategies she’ll be employing when promoting her new novel.read more »
