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 By Marla Miller

 This is for my kids and all the Generation Yers brought up to believe they had more than they had and that they’d always have it. Here’s the truth: lots of your parents fucked up.

Not all of us but a whole lot did. Some… Read full post »

Follow me over to www.MarlaMiller.com–that’s me—

where MarketingtheMuse now has room to GROW.

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If you like Marketingthemuse.com, you will LOVE MarlaMiller.com. Why? It offers more good stuff that authors on the road to publication need to know so please register at the site just by clicking  www.MarlaMiller.com

AND be sure to ‘pick up’ your Complimentary 41- minute Real Time Quick… Read full post »

My pal, Michael Steven Gregory, founder of The Southern California Writer’s Conference, SCWC, filmed this video when my hair was that other color, The letter was written by an MD.

Hear what the group has to say about it.

BTW, have you signed up for the upcoming SCWC, Sept 24-26,  held… Read full post »

Matt Stewart is author of The French Revolution, his debut novel that Kirkus raved about—

“Best of all, Stewart’s language sparkles, sometimes riffing like Bob Dylan, always moving the narrative forward….easy entertainment in book form.” – Kirkus Reviews

He began… Read full post »

(This column causing a ruckus on 2 sites, urls included @ bottom). 

The Power of Palin

Non fiction authors: If you expect an agent/traditional publisher to have interest, you must prove two things: 1. you are the expert to write this book 2. there’s enough content to fill one.

I suggest to this author that she consider a collection: stories from folks, also caretakers, who have w… Read full post »

Remember, any world you create, you must also navigate your readers through it.  If your query letter isn’t able to accomplish this, what makes you think an agent/editor will trust that your manuscript will read differently?

THE LETTER:

Dear Sir or Madam:
Please consider Pentacle, my young… Read full post »

This author has no problem writing. The need to define this book is her challenge. I can’t ’see’ it on the page. I can only ‘read’ what she wants it to be about and that’s a problem.

THE LETTER

Boom and bust; boom and bust. Economists call it the business… Read full post »

As promised, we have added author interviews to our MarketingtheMuse content. Published authors now have an opportunity to build/expand their platforms as MtheM builds/expand through MtheM Skype interviews, also complementary to subscribers.

So without  apology, here’s the first in Mthe… Read full post »

            Jon Stewart is not a sexist. He only looks like one on TV when he covers the 2010 World Cup and does not mention this fact: U.S. girls have brought soccer to this country. He and John Oliver are big fans, cool. Both played the game as… Read full post »

I need your votes so I’m begging on my own website…where else would I beg?  Click the video to hear more about OWN AGING, my audition for Oprah’s OWN TV. I need votes & comments & remember, OWN AGING could provide a platform for over-40 authors  on the road. How that&#8217… Read full post »

THE LETTER

Dear Agent,
I invite you to read my 128,000 word archaeology-mystery and fictional novel entitled The Ancient Prophecy.
Kirkus Review calls it “a head spinning adventure,” also adding that “The plot pulls the reader smoothly through the action and the scenes from… Read full post »

Quick Query # 7 is a re-do of Q.Q.C. #6.

THE QUERY LETTER

Dear Ms. Miller,
Love-Laws of the Jungle is a compilation of authentic letters I spontaneously wrote to my clients in the middle of the night from our session that day, synthesizing my afterthoughts and insights. One… Read full post »

This letter needs work but has potential. If you’d like to view it, please sign up for my Museletter by registering here.  If not, listen to my reading and please add your comments if so inspired. In my humble, it’s biggest speed bump is disorganization followed by confusion re: auth… Read full post »

Sometimes, it’s nobody’s fault. That’s just a truth to understanding why some long term marriages, like Tipper and Al Gore’s, end.  Often, it's after a slow death that one partner finally puts to rest. Too often the split is triggered by a love interest which more often t… Read full post »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st3iuio_6NM

My video critique of the following query letter:

The Letter:

Dear Sir or Madam,
The Rubin girls, a mother and her two daughters, each suffer the loss of a son. Each male child dies within a two-year period from different causes. This is their story of surviv… Read full post »

(COPIED FROM MUSEletter # 19, May 27, 2010)

Guerrilla Marketing: a way to showcase your business or product in unconventional methods that often times cost little-to-no money. 

The first time I heard this term was back in the early 1990’s when guerrilla marketing was linked to self publishi… Read full post »

To NEW MARKETINGtheMUSE subscribers: A complimentary video critique is offered to writers who submit query letters here or at marketingthemuse@gmail.com. Cut/paste into email–no files please!

QUERY LETTER:

Dear Agent,
Attracting bad boys sounds romantic but when they’re demons, it’s ju… Read full post »

To new MARKETINGtheMUSE subscribers: A complimentary video critique is offered to writers who submit query letters here or at marketingthemuse@gmail.com. Cut/paste into email–no files please.

THE LETTER:

Click here to watch video query letter critique of Amy’s Own, a novel watch?v=Hb… Read full post »

Dear Agent,
      I enjoyed your interview with (insert name) for the (whatever magazine or blog), and believe, from your comments, you will be interested in my 70,000+ word novel about prejudice, friendship, and courage―and how two unsettling chapters in American history, the Civil Rights Mo… Read full post »