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Today I have an extra-special guest post from blogger extraordinaire Margo Lerwill – one of the brains behind Wicked & Tricksy, and author of the feisty, Norse-themed urban fantasy short Dis.

http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2011 ... or-of-dis/

And at Wicked & Tricksy, we have David Gaughran guesting for us...along with a chance to win one of five copies of Dave's 2-story collection If You Go Into The Woods.

http://www.wickedtricksy.com/?p=707

Which Secrets Do Your Bookshelves Spill?

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/06/which ... spill.html

"Bay Area author Matt Stewart has turned loose a bright, peppery, infectious, debut novel, The French Revolution, an irreverent literacy farce that entertains for most of its cheerfully eccentric path. It’s fresh, funny, and bright, qualities seldom found in our overly earnest literature, when low-rent genre novels like Twilight are written with earnestness more applicable to John Steinbeck and Eugene O’Neill."

More of this at:

http://tbdeluxe.blogspot.com/2011/06/si ... ution.html

Thanks for coming by!

Thomas Burchfield

There are a lot of myths surrounding self-publishing, and part of the mission of this blog is to try and dispel them.

One of the most common myths is that if you self-publish you will never make any money. Today, I show that if you examine the assumptions behind this, it all falls apart.

Self-Publishing Myth #1: You Will Never Make Any Money

http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2011 ... any-money/

What does the Shore mean to you?

The Backstreets of Invincible Summer (Springsteen and Hannah Moskowitz)

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/06/backs ... ummer.html

I seem to be the only one who blogs on the weekend. Guess that's why I get all the chicks. Well, that and my mastery of the seduction techniques pioneering by Australian strippers. I've got a few:

Windows are for Cheaters: A request for not your desert island books, but your Delta terminal book. Also a reading list.

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/06/windo ... f-ive.html

We lost a good one: Remembering the Big Man, Clarence Clemons

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/06/big-man.html

Finally: Invincible Summers and Broken Heroes

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/06/backs ... ummer.html

And Happy Father's Day to all.

You know what hurts? My abs after two days of core work. But they REALLY hurt when I laugh, which is exactly what I did just reading Hektor's post... Yes, Hektor. Your blogs and your sense of humor are why you get all the chicks. Just like why my not-so-six-pack abs bring all the boys to my yard...

Anyway. I'm punchy today and looking for a distraction from editing. When all else fails, BLOG!
Happy Weekend, all.

Procrastination Station
http://tlconwaywriteshere.blogspot.com/ ... ation.html

trixie wrote: Just like why my not-so-six-pack abs bring all the boys to my yard...
http://tlconwaywriteshere.blogspot.com/ ... ation.html

I bet the cases of beer and the Springsteen help as well. That would get me every time.

I blog on weekends too

Rambling About Books, Video Games, Gardens

Paranormal 1232, or my second EVP tells me I'm not welcome in my apartment.

The Downhill Slope: http://claudiea.blogspot.com/2011/06/do ... slope.html <-- Why I love endings

Wow, you weekend bloggers are hardcore! Kudos. I can barely keep up with my once-a-week blogging schedule.

Come tell me your greatest writing-related challenge and how you overcome it: http://www.macybeckett.blogspot.com/

You Never Know When Your Promo Seeds Will Blossom

There is an old adage that half the money you spend on advertising is wasted but the problem is you never know which half. I think with social media the percentage which is effective is more like 10%.

I see it like a farmer scattering a mystery bag of seeds in a wide open field. You don’t know which ones will take, and which will get eaten by birds. And you never know when they will blossom.

http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2011 ... l-blossom/