Karen Dionne's Blog – June 2008 Archive (3)

My First Book Review!

From Sarah Weinman's Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind:

Karen Dionne: Freezing Point

Karen is the brainchild behind the wonderful writer's forum Backspace, and finally, her debut thriller is about to arrive this fall. The action is nonstop and the hot button issue - finding untapped resources to solve a growing drinking water shortage - is timely in light of rising populations, global warming and other signs of the economic… Continue

Added by Karen Dionne on June 28, 2008 at 6:44am — No Comments

The Backspace Book Promotion Network

A few months before the release of my debut thriller, FREEZING POINT, I decided I was going to use the Internet to promote my novel as much as possible.

From talking to other writers, I knew there were plenty of promotional opportunities available - blog tours, online book clubs, book review sites, video sharing, and social network sites where people who might be interested in the topic of my book gathered.

I heard words like… Continue

Added by Karen Dionne on June 8, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

John Searles, books editor for Cosmo, to keynote at the Backspace Writers Conference

Author and editor John Searles will present one of two keynote addresses at the 2008 Backspace Writers Conference in New York City this August. John is the Deputy Editor of Cosmopolitan where he oversees all book coverage for the magazine. His essays, articles and reviews have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times and other national magazines and newspapers. He is the author of two… Continue

Added by Karen Dionne on June 6, 2008 at 10:05pm — No Comments