Welcome to the third edition of author love. We've got book reviews, how-tos, and writing tips.

Book Reviews

swapnil warang presents switch2life: Book Review:"White Man Falling" posted at switch2life.

GrrlScientist presents Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "A review of the book by Nina Burleigh. This book describes one of the greatest hoaxes of all time as the author follows the path of several ancient biblical artifacts from illegal archaeological digs in Israel through shady antiquities markets and even into the display cases of several famous museums around the world."

Lit Drift presents Holden Gets Old, Salinger Gets Mad posted at Lit Drift, saying, "Lit Drift's Jennifer Blevins takes a hard look at J.D. Salinger's death grip over his work, and wonders if J.D. California's "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye" wasn't such a bad idea after all."

How-Tos

Ram Raghavan presents How to overcome writer's block posted at ramraghav.com, saying, "A few simple tips to help overcome writer's block"

C.F. Jackson presents Tips On How To Sell Your Self Published Book posted at Website Makeover Workshop, saying, "I just returned from presenting a workshop in Vegas for the Black Writers Reunion and Conference. It was an excellent event. So I quickly, I decided to share a segment from the workshop, where I’m discussing ‘Increasing Your Online Book Sales‘."

Writing Tips

Victoria Janssen presents Victoria Janssen: Historical Detail in Fiction posted at Victoria Janssen, saying, "Some methods of including historical detail when writing fiction."

Amy Dyslex presents Creative Writing Process: Making Use of Mental Connectors posted at Write a Writing, saying, "tips on creative writing process"

Shaun Duke presents Reader Question: Dialogue Tags (Friend or Foe?) posted at The World in the Satin Bag.

Richard Shelmerdine presents Some Random Haiku Poems posted at Richard Shelmerdine.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of author love using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Welcome to the first edition of author love. This carnival welcomes writers, authors, and readers to get together and share across genre every aspect of publishing. I hope you enjoy the inaugural edition and participate in the next!

Book Intros

Michael Miles presents Effortless Abundance posted at Effortless Wealth and Abundance.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Book Authors Among Us: Finance Books By Bloggers posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "Thanks! I wanted to share this with your readers."

Book Reviews

GrrlScientist presents Why Evolution is True posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "A review of Jerry Coyne's wonderful book about evolutionary theory, which the most up-to-date and one of the most clearly written books about evolution that is currently available."

The Smarter Wallet presents Women and Money By Suze Orman, A Book Review posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, "Thanks!"

How-Tos

Pete Spurrier presents How to Get Published in Hong Kong posted at The Blacksmith blog.

Online Promotion

C.F. Jackson presents How To Promote A Self-Published Book Online posted at Website Makeover Workshop, saying, "What is one POWERFUL way to promote a self-published book online? Social Book Marking!"

Writing Tips

Shaun Duke presents Inspiration Station: 5 Places to Get Inspiration For Your Writing posted at The World in the Satin Bag, saying, "Here are some great ways to get some inspiration for your writing."

iWrite-2-Know presents Writing beautiful posts posted at iWrite2Know.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog articles to the next edition of author love using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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