Contractions and possessives misused are one of my pet peeves. In fact, if it is more than just an occasional typo, I will not bother to finish reading. Nor will I seek the author out. Thank you so much for putting this article here. Zada Connaway crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealesd. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional. Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 SBN # 1-4241-6969-0 http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Hello Jacqueline! Good to see you here, another name I know. Zada Connaway crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealesd. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional. Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 SBN # 1-4241-6969-0 http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

I went with PA. Getting published for $0.00 was the hook. Any publisher will take your money if you are willing to pay them. It is also necessary to promote your work, regardless of who you go through, even J.K.Rowlings does signings, and promotes. If you are not a big name, you must do the work. Being an unknown makes it difficult, regardless of who you go through. I think if I had the money to have my book published, I would still to go with PA and hire a publicist with what the other companies would charge me just to get into print. I went through PA, got a beautiful product, and now it is up to me to promote and sell it. I am happy--they did what they told me they would do. I read all the bad things about PA when researching a publisher, and as was already said, most all of it is very old. Check the dates on the comments. I think they made mistakes when first starting out, but have since ironed out the wrinkles. I have also read bad comments on other publishers. There will always be someone who expects to be a Stephen King without doing any work, and who will blame their publisher when it doesn't happen. King worked to build his name, as did all the other authors who have made it big. Once your name is out there, you may be snapped up by one of the 'big boys', but your name has to become a household word before that will happen. I don't think our success or failure lies with our publisher, but with how much effort we are willing and able to put into promotion. I have heard many good things about other publishers as well, so just do your research and go with whichever one seems to fit you and your book. There are many out there. Good luck, Zada Connaway crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealesd. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional. Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 SBN # 1-4241-6969-0 http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Hello and welcome to the sire. It's ben kind of quiet lately, I guess everyone is busy, either promoting or trying to pick up new tricks to promote. I look forward to networking even though I am not currently doing any horror novels. Zada Connaway crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional. Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 SBN # 1-4241-6969-0 http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Forgive the typos! I'm only on my 2nd cup of coffee, and my fingers are still asleep! Zada Connaway crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional. Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 SBN # 1-4241-6969-0 http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Thanks for the welcome, and welcome to Nancy as well. This might be fun getting to know who is in our little corner of the world. Zada Connaway crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional. Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 SBN # 1-4241-6969-0 http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Maybe if you told us a little bit about you--name, website, book titles, location, genre,etc, others may have ideas specific to your books and area. But welcome to the group, whoever you are. Zada Connaway crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional. Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 SBN # 1-4241-6969-0 http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Hello Jim, and welcome to the group, even if you have been here for awhile. Zada Connaway crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional. Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 SBN # 1-4241-6969-0 http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Hi There, Phil. Welcome to the group. Nice to see others from the PNW areas joining! I did not have funds with which to self-pub, so went with Publishamerica, and have been happy so far. My novel, 'Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3' came out earlier this year, and is available through all major outlets. Your web site says your book will be out next year, so I will be following your progress as you go along and share with us. Zada Connaway crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional. Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3 SBN # 1-4241-6969-0 http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Hello Jacqueline!

Good to see you here, another name I know.

Zada Connaway
crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealesd. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional.

Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3
SBN # 1-4241-6969-0

http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Hello Jim, and welcome to the group, even if you have been here for awhile.

Zada Connaway
crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional.

Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3
SBN # 1-4241-6969-0

http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Hello and welcome to the sire. It's ben kind of quiet lately, I guess everyone is busy, either promoting or trying to pick up new tricks to promote. I look forward to networking even though I am not currently doing any horror novels.

Zada Connaway
crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional.

Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3
SBN # 1-4241-6969-0

http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

I went with PA. Getting published for $0.00 was the hook. Any publisher will take your money if you are willing to pay them.

It is also necessary to promote your work, regardless of who you go through, even J.K.Rowlings does signings, and promotes.

If you are not a big name, you must do the work. Being an unknown makes it difficult, regardless of who you go through. I think if I had the money to have my book published, I would still to go with PA and hire a publicist with what the other companies would charge me just to get into print.

I went through PA, got a beautiful product, and now it is up to me to promote and sell it. I am happy--they did what they told me they would do.

I read all the bad things about PA when researching a publisher, and as was already said, most all of it is very old. Check the dates on the comments. I think they made mistakes when first starting out, but have since ironed out the wrinkles.

I have also read bad comments on other publishers. There will always be someone who expects to be a Stephen King without doing any work, and who will blame their publisher when it doesn't happen. King worked to build his name, as did all the other authors who have made it big.

Once your name is out there, you may be snapped up by one of the 'big boys', but your name has to become a household word before that will happen. I don't think our success or failure lies with our publisher, but with how much effort we are willing and able to put into promotion.

I have heard many good things about other publishers as well, so just do your research and go with whichever one seems to fit you and your book. There are many out there.

Good luck,

Zada Connaway
crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealesd. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional.

Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3
SBN # 1-4241-6969-0

http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Maybe if you told us a little bit about you--name, website, book titles, location, genre,etc, others may have ideas specific to your books and area.

But welcome to the group, whoever you are.

Zada Connaway
crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional.

Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3
SBN # 1-4241-6969-0

http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Contractions and possessives misused are one of my pet peeves. In fact, if it is more than just an occasional typo, I will not bother to finish reading. Nor will I seek the author out. Thank you so much for putting this article here.

Zada Connaway
crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealesd. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional.

Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3
SBN # 1-4241-6969-0

http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Thanks for the welcome, and welcome to Nancy as well. This might be fun getting to know who is in our little corner of the world.

Zada Connaway
crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional.

Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3
SBN # 1-4241-6969-0

http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/

Hi There, Phil. Welcome to the group. Nice to see others from the PNW areas joining!

I did not have funds with which to self-pub, so went with Publishamerica, and have been happy so far. My novel, 'Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3' came out earlier this year, and is available through all major outlets.

Your web site says your book will be out next year, so I will be following your progress as you go along and share with us.

Zada Connaway
crimes committed, hardships and abuse endured, secrets revealed. Romance, murder and tragedies! Cold showers optional.

Mother's Journals: parts 1, 2 and 3
SBN # 1-4241-6969-0

http://www.freewebs.com/zadaconnaway/