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Author Meeting Place Interviews Author Donna J. Erickson of Abington, MA USA
Bio: Donna J. Erickson has owned A Flair For Writing (www.aflairforwriting.com) since 1989 and has two decades of experience in writing, editing, and publishing. During this time, she has worked as a feature writer, an editor of seven published books, and has freelanced for local, national, and international publications. She is the author of No-Hassle Publishing: An Author's Guide to Today's Changing Industry. Erickson worked as Senior Editor/Copartner for a small press and then expanded her company by adding a publishing division, which offers a full array of quality services for self-publishing authors. Erickson conducts seminars and teleseminars entitled “How to Publish Like a Pro” and “Total Publishing 101: What You Need to Know About Writing, Publishing, and Marketing Your Book,” which she conducts with her colleagues, Martha Fields (www.fieldsassociates.com) and Barbara Cahoon (www.barbaracahoon.com).
Erickson has been published on the Internet on authors’ sites, such as Hubpages.com and Ezinearticles.com and is a book-publishing expert for www.experts123.com. She was listed in the Marquis Who's Who of American Woman, 2007, 2008; Who's Who in America, 2009, 2010; Who's Who in the World, 2009, 2010; has received an Award for Excellence from Riverside Publishing, and an Over the Top Blog Award from Creative Chronicles. Articles about her company have been featured in The Patriot Ledger, The Enterprise, and Mariner Newspapers. She has been a radio guest on the nationally syndicated program, Dresser After Dark with Mike Dresser, blogtalkradio’s Conversations Live! and on WMSX-AM and WATD-FM. In addition, she has been co-founder and board member for the South Shore Ad Club and has worked as Marketing Coordinator in charge of creative services. She is the founder/manager of the LinkedIn Group for authors called Publishing Today with more than 100 members. Erickson’s goal is to continue growing her company as a virtual writing, editing, and publishing business.
How many book/s have you written?: one published, one book proposal with a publisher
Please share with us your book titles: No-Hassle Publishing: An Author's Guide to Today's Changing Industry - Published Feb. 2010
A Change of Faith - Not yet published
What genre/s would you like to write in?: non-fiction, historical fiction
Please share with us who or what encourages you to write and why?: Writing has been my passion since childhood. I made it my career in 1986, when I began working as a feature writer. For the next two decades, I continued running a writing/editing service (and still do) to help others with their writing needs. Then I wrote my publishing guide for authors and added in a publishing division to help new authors avoid getting scammed. I enjoy helping people, and I get to do what I do best!
How long did it take for you to write your book/s?: 6 months for the publishing guide, I'm still writing the other (off and on for 2 years).
How long did it take for you to publish your book/s?: Immediately, since I'm the publisher!
Who did you publish with and why?: I added in the publishing division to help authors in need of affordable, reliable, and ethical services, which seem to be lacking today in this industry. We needed to build titles to gain exposure, so I published my authors'guide--first as a free ebook and then as an inexpensive booklet--to help new authors and to serve as a marketing tool for my company.
Please share with us how you prefer to market your book/s?: I've had extremely good luck with the Internet book marketing services at www.bookcandystudios.com. Todd and Sandy have gone above and beyond my expectations, and we are growing at a nice pace.
Annie Jennings, a national P/R expert and icon in the industry, has been an invaluable source of support and promotion. She invited me to co-sponsor her seminar for 500+ authors worldwide. Her client list includes HUGE names, such as Maya Angelou, F. Lee Bailey, Dr Oz, Deepak Chopra, and the late Michael Jackson. It's an honor to be involved with Annie.
Please share with us any event/s that you have planned in marketing your book/s: I've done a national seminar on publishing for the Downtown Women's Club (DWC), am planning a webinar and other seminars, was invited to speak about publishing to a writers' group at Leslie University, did an interview for www.examiner.com, and a radio interview on WATD-FM's morning program. All of these opportunities allow me to also promote my book and my services.
Do you wish to share any additional information with our readers?: Social networking is important. I have a fan page on Facebook, belong to many LinkedIn groups and manage one of my own called Publishing Today, and also have a Twitter account (aflair4writing).
A must-have guide for the novice writer, which contains a wealth of information not found elsewhere. Authors will learn everything about publishing--from choosing a publisher, signing contracts, and purchasing an ISBN, to insider advice on what to avoid.
Email to share: donna@aflairforwriting.com
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