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Dorothy Thompson is CEO/Founder of Pump Up Your Book Promotion, an innovative public relations agency specializing in online book promotion for authors.
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Interview with Dave Esler and Myra Kruger, Authors of The Pursuit of Something Better
“...all employees are looking for the same things... respect and dignity; evidence that they are valued as individuals, not just arms or backs or brains...”
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Interview with T. Katz, Author of Miss L'eau
"...you should not let your love of writing be stifled by feelings of inadequacy, paralyzing perfectionism or the opinions of others."
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Interview with David Liss, Author of The Devil's Company
"I've always been very interested in writing about how large social movements, especially economic and political movements, affect people largely ignored by history."
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Interview with Richard Aaron, Author of Gauntlet
“...I want my reader to know how the great Garagum Desert feels, what it’s like to fly an Apache LongBow, or an F-18.”
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Interview with Joey Asher, Author of How to Win a Pitch
"As a newspaper reporter, I had to write every day. I wasn’t allowed to get writer’s block. So I have never had that problem."
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Interview with Wendy Wax, Author of The Accidental Bestseller
"I have tremendous respect for writers - both aspiring and published. The publishing business is not for sissies."
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Interview with Hazel Statham, Author of Lizzie's Rake
“I write as and when the muse is active – which I guess is most of the time!”
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Interview with Renee Hand, Author of The Crypto-Capers in The Case of the Missing Sock
"Mia is an expert puzzle solver. Max is great at deduction and reasoning. Morris is a computer genius, while Granny...is the muscle of the group."
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Interview with Gail Graham, Author of Sea Changes
Of course, writing a book that doesn't slot neatly into a genre is anathema to huge publishing conglomerate.
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Interview with Dr. Ronald J. Frederick, Author of Living Like You Mean It
"...one of the rejections letters came in the same day I got an offer from a publishing house. I thought that was perfect timing!"
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