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M. J. Rose

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Smart authors, faced with storms, chose to create umbrellas. That's why a diverse group of authors banded together to create The Fiction Writer's Co-op, which will work to find innovative ways to promote each other's work and cheer each other on in a very competitive field. M. J. Rose

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The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list. M. J. Rose

Waiting Members Promising Writer Celebrated List Fiction Newcomers

I was taught to think outside the box. Before my grandfather was one of the original Mad Men, he and a group of other Air Force Intelligence officers formalized brainstorming as a problem solving technique. He taught the concept that creativity can be taught at Buffalo University. My dad invented toys. My mom was a photographer. M. J. Rose

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It's been more than a decade since I put that self-published novel, 'Lip Service', up on a website. Since then, many hundreds of authors have gone from self-published to traditionally published. M. J. Rose

Website Service Gone Hundreds More Put Since Been Up Than Decade Lip Lip Service Authors Then Many Novel Published

As consumers, we are faced with hundreds of choices - and when it comes to books, thousands of choices. M. J. Rose

Books Hundreds Thousands Faced Consumers Choices

In 'Power Play', Finder uses the thriller structure to make pointed observations about gender in the workplace, the corporate caste system, and the true nature of risk in the global business environment. M. J. Rose

The most satisfying thrillers send ordinary people into battle against the forces of evil - otherwise known as greed, ego, rage, fear and laziness - and bring them out bloodied but whole. M. J. Rose

'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that. M. J. Rose

World Power Nothing Our Wildly Entertaining Morality Wrong Tale Play

I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response. M. J. Rose

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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess. M. J. Rose

Man Woman Mind Important Possess Most Attribute Curious Any The Most Important

When I was a kid, I read many of my mom's books. Sometimes, there were mysteries, but there were no delineations, and my mother never talked about book genres. Nor did we differentiate genres in school. M. J. Rose

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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel. M. J. Rose

Writing Seriously Thought First Thirties Took About Never Categories Until Wrote Reader Courses Formal Avid Novel

I began tailoring my books to cater to one or another universe of readers. I found it incredibly boring; and frankly, it felt stultifying. I'd previously been in advertising. I felt if I was going to create something to fit a specific market, I might as well have stayed with advertising. M. J. Rose

I've always been fascinated by the concept of reincarnation. I learned that many brilliant people were interested in reincarnation, including Carl Jung. I'm a big Jungian. So I began writing novels involving theories integrating past and present, even if the past element in the novel took place 500 or 1,000 years ago. M. J. Rose

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When I sit down to write, I know everything I need to know... I start writing, and within 30 seconds or 60 seconds, I'm watching a movie. I'm not making this stuff up; the characters are acting it out,and I'm just writing it down. M. J. Rose

Writing Sit Down Seconds Everything Characters Write Stuff Know Within Making Up Just Movie Acting Start Watching Need

Ask your agent to set up a meeting with either your editor or the marketing department of the house or both so you can find out what they're doing, what they aren't, and what you can do to help. M. J. Rose

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If no one knows your book is out there, no one will think about buying it. It's as simple as that. M. J. Rose

Book Simple Will Think Out About No-One Knows Your Buying

As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book. M. J. Rose

Recognize that the great majority of us aren't trained actors and entertainers. Usually, it's not our faces, our bodies, our personas or our stage presence that sells our books. It's our stories, our visions and our voices. M. J. Rose

Great Stage Our Books Visions Recognize Entertainers Great Majority Faces Voices Majority Sells Trained Stories Us Bodies Actor Presence

When I do a workshop, there is always at least one author who comes up afterward and asks if I'll take a look at his or her book and consider blurbing it. For some reason, I can turn someone down in e-mail, but when he or she is looking me in the eye, I cave. M. J. Rose

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