Welcome to Author Marketing Experts’ Blog Carnival. This week features posts on self-publishing, getting published, and writing. Thank you to all of the contributors!

Writing

Hazel Longuet submitted Writing Tips: This Week’s Most Popular Writing Articles posted at Novel Experience, saying, “I’ve gathered together the articles that were most popular this week with my Twitter followers and Google + Circles. There are some great articles here that you shouldn’t miss.”

Getting Published

Erica Verrillo submitted 12 December Writing Contests – No Entry Fee posted at Publishing… And Other Forms of Insanity, saying, “Writing contests can act as a powerful boost to your career. Agents and editors take note of who wins writing awards, and it’s a tremendous lift to be able to put “award-winning author” on your resume.”

Self-Publishing

Claire McKinney submitted Publish, Release, Launch: Some of the What and When of Book Publishing posted at Claire McKinney, saying, “When is the best time to publish a book if you are self-published? This post gives a general description/monthly breakdown of when/what books are released by traditional publishers and when is the best time for a self-published author to release their books. Also provides some publishing terms!”

That concludes this week’s carnival. Our weekly roundup offers the best book marketing, self-publishing, writing, and general publishing industry tips to guide authors, would-be authors, publishers and others on their book journey. Submit a post to our weekly carnival by using this link: http://amarketingexpert.com/submit-ame-blog-carnival/