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Recommended Resources for Writers...
We are fortunate to know and work with
many talented individuals and companies who
can help authors achieve their writing goals.
We highly recommend the following group
of professionals and encourage you to contact
them regarding their expert services.
 CONFERENCES
- Bradley Communications
The Millionaire Authors Conference and The Publicity Summit
Contact: Nick Summa
Email: nicks@rtir.com
- Mega Book Marketing for Authors
Mark Victor Hansen's annual conference
Web: www.megabookmarketing.com
COPYWRITERS
GHOSTWRITERS
- Lorna Gentry
Lorna Gentry is consistently sought out as an author coach, ghostwriter,
and content development editor by some of the most respected publishing
houses in the United States. Her client-list includes Dearborn Trade
Publishing, Wiley, Pearson Education, AuthorHouse, Macmillan Publishing,
and Indiana University Press.
"Lorna is a very gifted writer and editor. I know that I can rely on her
to deliver compelling, targeted, and well-researched material. Whenever
I have a writing or editorial project, I turn to Lorna first."
—Lynn Zingraf, Director of Promotional Products and Services, AuthorHouse
and former VP and Publisher, Macmillan USA
Email: lorna@lornagentry.com
- Theodore Kinni
Ted's credits include 13 business books. He has ghostwritten books for consultants, speakers, and Fortune 500 companies, including Be Our Guest for the Disney Company. He also authored and co-authored books exploring business subjects ranging from leadership and strategy to marketing/sales, customer service, and manufacturing.
Ted served as contributing editor at IndustryWeek, Quality Digest, and Workforce Training News. He has written more than 100 published articles on business topics, including cover stories for Across the Board, Training, Selling Power, and Harvard Management Update. He was editor of The Business Reader Review for five years and his business book reviews have appeared in a variety of publications, including Publisher's Weekly. He is a member of The National Book Critics Circle.
Email: bizbooks@cox.net
Blog: readingwritingmanagement.blogspot.com
- Britton Manasco
Britton Manasco specializes in strategic communication and ghost-writing to help clients build business credibility, strengthen their market positioning and establish thought leadership. He recently collaborated with Quaero CEO and ex-McKinsey consultant Naras Eechambadi to write a newly released book called High Performance Marketing: Bringing Method to the Madness of Marketing (Kaplan-Dearborn Trade, 2005), which explores disciplined and dynamic marketing as practiced by world-class companies such as Harrah™s, Dell, Capital One, Gillette, Fidelity, Bank of America and Starbucks. His articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review; The New York Times; Sales and Marketing Management; Marketing Management; CIO Magazine; 1to1 Magazine; and many other media outlets.
Email: BrittonManasco@aol.com
- Dick Richards
Dick is the award-winning author of five books, dozens of articles, and a highly rated blog. In his own writing he has delved into
personal growth, career development, life purpose, leadership, organization change, strategy implementation, and related subjects.
Dick combines his writing and coaching skills to help others bring life to their ideas. He coaches writers, working with their hopes
and fears, and helping them find a way of writing that works for them. He creates proposals that clarify what a book is about, why
it needs to be written, why the author is the right person to write it, and why publishers ought to be interested. He will
ghostwrite your book, bringing clarity to your ideas and experience, and creating a manuscript that you will be proud to submit and
publishers will be pleased to receive.
Email: writer.1@dickrichardscentral.com
Blog: www.dickrichardscentral.com
- Mark Steisel
Mark Steisel is a ghostwriter and editor who specializes in making complex material more understandable for readers. He has written books on business, relationships, health, writing and publishing.
Books Steisel has ghostwritten include:
The four volume Author 101 series for Adams Media Corp.:
Bestselling Nonfiction, 2006
Bestselling Book Publicity, 2006
Bestselling Secrets from Top Agents, 2006
Bestselling Book Proposals, 2005
Ten Clowns Don't Make a Circus, Adams Media Corp., 2006
Networking Magic, Adams Media Corp. 2004
Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants, Wiley, 2004
The 21 Laws of Influence, Indaba Press, 2003
Guerrilla Publicity, Adams Media Corp., 2002
Dr. Fischer's Little Book of Big Medical Emergencies, Barricade Books, 2002
Email: msteisel@earthlink.net
PUBLICITY FIRMS
- Planned Television Arts
Planned TV Arts is one of the oldest and largest book publicity firms in the country with offices in New York City and Washington DC. The senior staff has over 100 years of book publicity experience so it can be called on for any type of book campaign imaginable. The agency conducts full scale book campaigns working with authors six months to a year in advance of the publication of their book to set up a successful book launch. In addition, the agency is also known for its ability to jumpstart a campaign with quick turnaround TV and radio tours. It has specialty divisions in the Business, Political, Christian and Hispanic fields as well.
Contact: David Hahn
Tel: 212.593.5847
Email: hahnd@plannedtvandarts.com
Web: www.plannedtvarts.com
- Wasabi Publicity, Inc.
Wasabi Publicity, Inc. is one of the nation's top virtual PR firms, according to PR Week. With overhead low and talent high, partners are based in New York, Atlanta, California and even Europe. Clients enjoy state-of-the-art online press kits (www.PressKit247.com), tailored media outreach and regular online progress reports. For insider tips, join "The Wasabi Club" by visiting www.PublicityResults.com.
ONLINE PRESS KITS Press Kit 24/7 97% of media report they prefer online press kits. Give the media what they want. Create and maintain an online press kit without the need of an IT person. Plus, you can track media visits, interest and pending interviews with the contact database management tool included. Everything is accessible 24/7 from any computer with an Internet connection. Visit www.PressKit247.com for details.
Contact: Elizabeth Philpott
Web: www.PublicityResults.com
Tel: 828.749.3200
- What Works Communications
What Works Communications is a strategic, boutique marketing communications firm based in Chicago.
With a wide range of expertise, What Works Communications provides clients with strategic marketing communications solutions in industries including books, real estate, personal finance, financial services, consumer products and food and nutrition.
At What Works Communications, PR Works. Whether executing a publicity program designed to generate media placements or part of a larger integrated communications program, What Works clients have appeared in national media outlets including USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Money magazine, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Redbook, and on broadcast show/networks including The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, FOX News, CNN, CNBC, NPR and Bloomberg Television. What Works Communications can also prepare you for your media interviews with media training and book you on a media tour in major U.S. Markets. Whatever your public relations needs, What Works Communications will get you results.
Contact: Al Martin
Tel: 512.282.6000
Email: amartin@whatworkscomms.com
Web: www.whatworkscomms.com
WEB SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
- Bear Data Services
Affordable, custom web site design and maintenance for small businesses, organizations and individuals. Our sites feature easy navigation and clean, professional design to help you effectively communicate and conduct business online.
Bear Data Services helped develop, design and now maintains the
Literary Services Inc. website.
Contact: Sylvia Tooker
Web: www.beardata.com
Tel: 972.365.2218
Email: sylvia@beardata.com
BOOKS
The Art and Science of Book Publishing, Herbert S. Bailey, Jr., (Univ. of Texas Press)
The classic...Timeless....Inspiring
From the Epilogue "On Quality"
"It has been said that printing, like architecture, is a servant art.
Printing serves publishing, and publishing serves civilization.
Books reach every aspect of our culture, interpreting the past and
the present, anticipating the future, carrying necessary information,
portraying life as it was and is and as it can be imagined. All kinds
of books do this and all kinds of publishers have opportunities to
exercise judgment on quality — on the effects of what they publish, for
books do have effects, both good and bad. If a publisher runs the
business well, they have greater opportunities to favor quality, to distribute
it widely, and thus contribute something worthwhile to mankind."
Author 101 Bestselling Book Proposals: The Insider's Guide to Selling Your Work, Rick Frishman and Robyn Freedman Spizman, (AdamsMedia)
 Book Description:
"I've got a great idea for a book!" But a great idea is not enough — what you need is a killer book proposal. With publishing gurus Rick Frishman and Robyn Friedman Spizman as your guides, you can create a proposal that makes your idea sing—and appeals to right publishers.
Excerpts from the book:
"It's a crowded marketplace", agent John Willig, President
of Literary Services Inc. points out. "So publishers are looking
for writers who write books that are aligned with the author's
everyday work and practice. That alignment today is critical, plus the
author must be involved in activities that can support the sales of
the book's message, like speeches, workshops, e-mail communities."
(page 25)
"Editors are great crap detectors, agent John Willig observes. They can sense
when your promises are unrealistic."
For more observations from John and many other talented agents,
editors and writers, purchase Author 101 today. It's a gem.
Author 101: Bestselling Secrets from Top Agents, Rick Frishman, Robyn Spizman, Mark Steisel, (AdamsMedia)
 Book Description
You're passionate about your book. You're determined to get it published, but you just can't seem to do it by yourself. You need an ally. You need a champion. You need an agent.
Enter Rick Frishman and Robyn Freedman Spizman, with this second volume in the AUTHOR 101 series. In Bestselling Secrets from Top Agents, writing gurus Rick and Robyn reveal what makes a good agent, what a good agent will and won't do for you, and how to find the right type of agent — not just for your first book, but for your entire career.
The book includes insights from literary agent John Willig.
Book Proposals That $ell: 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success, W. Terry Whalin
(Write Now! Publications)
 "Traditional publishing is shrouded with mystery. Terry Whalin peels back the curtain to
give authors an inside look at what a writer needs to provide a publisher. Following his
advice willgive you the edge you need to create a slam dunk proposal."
— Michael S. Hyatt, President of Thomas Nelson Publishers
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Lynne Truss
(Gotham)
 The three million copy bestseller...Precious!
Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents 2008: Who They Are! What They Want! How to Win Them Over!, Jeff Herman
(Three Dog Press)
 More comprehensive than ever before—and now 1,000 pages—this revised edition describes the insider dynamics at hundreds of U.S. and Canadian publishers, with hundreds of names and specialties for book acquisition editors. Nearly 200 of the most powerful literary agents reveal invaluable tips, as if they were having a private conversation with special friends. Includes a wealth of detailed information on what to do (and what not to do) to break the code, break down the walls, and get that first book, second book, or thirtieth book published, bought and read. Jeff Herman's Guide is the go-to source for writers everywhere.
On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King, (Scribner, 2000)
 "Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end it's about enriching
the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well.
It's about getting up, getting well and getting over. Getting happy? Okay.
Getting happy." — Stephen King
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