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

Getting Published

Erica Verrillo submitted 10 Writing Contests in January 2015 – No Entry Fee posted at Publishing… And Other Forms of Insanity, saying, “Writers should enter writing contests at every given opportunity. Agents and editors take note of who wins writing awards, and it’s a tremendous lift to your platform (not to mention sales) if you can put “award-winning author” on your bio.”

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Book Marketing

Sarah Bolme submitted Accessibility posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, “Are you accessible? In other words, are you easy to approach, reach, or speak with? As an author, this can be important.”

Self-Publishing

Heather Thomson submitted Changing Creative Lanes: Why I Left Hollywood for Self-Publishing (And, Yes, I’m Not Quite Right in the Head) posted at Self-Publishing Review, saying, “Laugh Riot Press writer and founder, Rich Leder, discusses why he left Hollywood and writing screenplays to become a self-published author.”

Writing

Chrys Fey submitted Writing Tips Part Two posted at Write With Fey, saying, “I am sharing my final 25 writing tips.”

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/