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Learning from a Cookbook Author who has Self-published with Amazon and Recently Published with Countryman Press

March 28, 2022 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

I met Craig Fear in a business networking group, and after we became housemates, we also became great friends. While we no longer even live in the same state, we remain close. Craig was a skilled

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Filed Under: All, Books, Local writers Tagged With: cookbook, Craig Fear, new book, publishing, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing

Learning from a Cookbook Author who has Self-published with Amazon and Recently Published with Countryman Press

March 21, 2022 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

I met Craig Fear in a business networking group, and after we became housemates, we also became great friends. While we no longer even live in the same state, we remain close. Craig was a skilled

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Filed Under: All, Books, Local writers Tagged With: Amazon publishing, author, author interview, book publisher, cookbook author, food writer, self-publishing

Excerpt from Work of Short Stories

November 29, 2021 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

Note: Today you will get a glimpse at the writing of John Sheirer, a prolific author of fiction from Florence, Massachusetts, who recently published a new collection of linked short fiction,

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Filed Under: All, Books, Local writers Tagged With: excerpt, fiction, short story, Stumbling Through Adulthood

Prolific Valley Author to Launch New Collection

July 26, 2021 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

John Sheirer is at it again. A prolific writer of fiction and memoir, John has published a new collection of linked short fiction, “Stumbling Through Adulthood,” which carries the Janice Beetle

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Filed Under: Books, Local writers Tagged With: John Sheirer, local author, new book, publishing, short story collection, Stumbling Through Adulthood, writing community

Client’s Book Reviewed by Daily Hampshire Gazette

July 20, 2021 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

Note: Today’s blog is a review by Steve Pfarrer of the Daily Hampshire Gazette of Nick Grabbe’s book, Print and Privilege: Newspaper writer tells his own story. The book has been out for several

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Filed Under: All, Books, Local writers Tagged With: book review, local writer, memoir, new book, nonfiction, Print and Privilege

Client Reflection

April 19, 2021 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

Note: Charlene Moses’ memoir, Given to Submission, has been out for about a month, and we wanted to check in with her to see what kind of feedback she has been getting. The following is a Q&A

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Filed Under: All, Books, Interns, Local writers Tagged With: Given to Submission, memoir, nonfiction, writing a book, writing a memoir

Guest Blogger Talks about Why She Writes for Children

April 12, 2021 by Janice Beetle 4 Comments

Note: As I worked to publish “Willful Evolution: Because healing the heart takes strength,” I reached out to online bloggers and print reviewers alike to secure book reviews. One blogger who responded

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Filed Under: All, Books, Local writers Tagged With: book publishing, book writing, children, Children's Literature, guest blog, middle-grade, self-publishing

Feedback from a client

March 30, 2021 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

Nick Grabbe is a former colleague of mine, from our newspaper days. Nick was the editor of the Amherst Bulletin, and I was an editor at a partner paper owned by the same publishers. Recently, I had

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Filed Under: All, Books, Local writers Tagged With: feedback, Print and Privilege, publishing a book, q&a, writing a book

A Look at the Authors Featured in Mixed Words

November 23, 2020 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

There are 10 authors featured in Mixed Words: A collection of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, a book I’ve created as a fundraiser for a nonprofit that supports children and families. They are from

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Filed Under: All, Books, Local writers Tagged With: author, collection, excerpt, fiction, fundraiser, memoir, Mixed Words, nonfiction, nonprofit, Poetry, work in progress, writing

Another Client Book Hits the Press

October 27, 2020 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

My client Vincent “Vinny” Valetutti has published “If I Were President: 29 alternative ideas for solving global problems” in the days before the presidential election to get Americans thinking about

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Filed Under: Books, Business, Local writers Tagged With: author, client work, manuscript, new book, published

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