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Spring Seeds on Saturday
by, Jill Swenson
April 6, 2013
Heirloom flower, Brooktondale, NY 2012

“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonder,” Henry David Thoreau. Heirloom pink poppy seeds sprouted this week indoors. I am prepared to expect blossoms this July. Much depends on what happens between now and… [Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Cathryn J Prince, Death in the Baltic, Ideas, Palgrave Macmillan, Seeds
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Books on the Streets of Brooklyn:Guest Blog
by, Jill Swenson
December 13, 2011

For the Love of Books is a series of blogs we have run this fall of 2011 to celebrate all things BOOK. This week we feature a memoir writer living in Brooklyn, Ashley Grill. Ashley brings a different perspective with her observations of living in Brooklyn and seeing books everywhere….. “Walking along the rows of brownstone buildings in Park Slope is one of my favorite things about living in Brooklyn,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Brooklyn, Freecycling, NY, Park Slope
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What you’ll find here and when
by, Jill Swenson
August 29, 2011

Swenson Book Development, LLC is pleased to announce that starting in September our blog will begin featuring three weekly articles or columns. Here’ what we have planned for our subscribers to receive on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. Tuesday:              For the love of books                 Those who publish and sell books for more than the sake of a lousy buck are today’s unsung heroes. Ithaca… [Read More]

Filed Under: Authors, blogging, Books, Publishers, Readers
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The Spur & The Sash: Love and Displacement in the Civil War
by, Bethany Dixon
August 3, 2011

Robert Grede’s first novel has all the makings of a rollicking good story. Based on the life of Sergeant George Van Norman, Grede’s great-great-grandfather, The Spur & The Sash seamlessly combines fiction and fact. The facts, Grede tells us, are these: “Sergeant George Van Norman, a Yankee, was wounded in one of the last battles of the American Civil War, at Nashville(December 15th and 16th,… [Read More]

Filed Under: adventure, Authors, Books, Civil War, conflict, displacement, first novel, Robert Grede, romance, sesquicentennial, travel, war
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Listen to Blog Talk Radio Books
by, Danielle Sherwood
June 23, 2011

If you are an author who wants to get published, you need a website, blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media platforms. Publishers expect the author to play the primary role in social media marketing. You can hem and haw, but most book professionals are going to insist you build your author brand online. Luckily, Swenson Book Development, LLC assists authors with their… [Read More]

Filed Under: Acquisition Editors, Arielle Ford, audience, author self-sabotage, Authors, Blog Talk Radio, Books, branding, Listen, Publishing Insiders, query, radio, review, selling more books, SEO, Seth Godin, shows, social media platforms
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Why should authors blog? Top 10
by, Jill Swenson
January 24, 2011

1. Writing improves with practice. 2. Blogging allows you to hone your rewriting skills with its many editing functions. 3. Blogs attract readers; and the more readers the bigger your audience. 4. Blogs generate important feedback from readers. 5. Blogging connects you with other authors, readers, and book lovers. 6. A blog is a low cost way to market yourself as an author and promote… [Read More]

Filed Under: Authors, Blogs, Books, Readers, Top 10 Reasons, Writers
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