Boroughs Publishing Group newsletter

Here are the latest three Boroughs Publishing Group newsletter, including details of the June conference:

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			May 2017 ·         > bpg news ·         > sur-prizes ·         > from the editor's desk ·         > boroughs about town

 

Boroughs Publishing Group News   Celebrate Books   Royalty Born to a famous movie star, Mace signed with RiffRaff records on his own merits, which is the only way he’ll win Payton’s heart. learn more Collision Ella is trapped with a future she doesn’t want & she’ll do anything to escape, then one night she meets the most unusual guy in the woods. learn more Avenging the Night Fighting for the worlds’ survival, Amitiel wonders about Kayd’s true identity, & while he questions it too, he vows to protect her. learn more   Solitary Man NATIONAL READERS’ CHOICE AWARD FINALIST learn more Luxury Model Wife HOLT MEDALLION FINALIST learn more Floating Loose ATHENA AWARD FINALIST learn more

 

Sur-Prizes Every month Boroughs and its authors are going to offer special prizes for our wonderful fans. To Celebrate the Release of Royalty ten lucky readers who like & follow L.P. Maxa on FB - http://bit.ly/2qLG7zN will receive a copy of Play Nice & Play Dirty Don't Forget to Sign Up For The Boroughs Book Club Buy any 10 ebook novels or novellas and get the 11th ebook free. (Lunchbox Romances are not included.) To sign up for the Boroughs Book Club, go to our website.

 

From the Editor's Desk What They Want, What You Need In the park where I take my child after work, I have a dad-friend who’s looking for a new job. When I arrived the other day, he was asking a different friend—she fixes resumes and helps people get into business school—how to twist his grad paper into a writing sample for an upcoming application. He had about a thousand reasons why it was what they wanted without them knowing it, why it was already “just about” what they were looking for, and he was probably right. It was just about right. Which is…well, wrong. (Lightning and lightning bug, if you know what I mean.) I think back to my college writing teacher, who said you should never be afraid to throw away what you wrote, never fear to start over; the words themselves aren’t sacred. But this goes beyond that. This is a symptom of laziness—and there’s not many of us who aren’t guilty of wanting to repurpose to save time and energy. But, in job seeking and writing books, I come back to the same refrain: Don’t ask for any favors. Never waste time explaining (to anyone, but especially not editors) why a reader will—if they understand where you’re coming from—cut you some slack. Writing is communication. That’s talking to someone. When you’re talking to someone, you don’t—or shouldn’t—have a hard and fast script you read whenever a topic arises. If you do, you’re not paying attention to them; you just want to get across your point. Which everyone wants to do. And which of us listens for very long to someone who’s not showing they have some interest in what we’re saying, thinking, wanting? Who we are? Right. As a job seeker, you find parameters in the help-wanted ad. As an author, you should find them as a fan. Things you hate—don’t do them to your readers. Not even if you have an amazing story “they’d love if they just looked past the flaws.” If you have an amazing idea that you love more than your current WIP, don’t save it for your sequel. Trust me, we won’t get there. Every moment is crunch time. So, do research and think. Figure out exactly what your audience wants before you even begin. Give it to them. Then give them more of the same. Then give them what you think they should want, after you’ve won their hearts and minds. After you’ve done it their way to begin. I met up with my job-seeking friend again. He said he’d lost the thumb drive with his college paper and would probably have to write something original. I said, “Good.” It’s what everyone needs.

 

Boroughs About Town (& Country) In June We’ll Be Attending:

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			April 2017 ·         > bpg news ·         > sur-prizes ·         > from the editor's desk ·         > boroughs about town

 

Boroughs Publishing Group News   Some Like it Hot   Omega's Choice In their dangerous world, laws are essential for their safety & survival, most critical is Omega’s Choice - the Omega chooses the Alpha. learn more Jesse Since losing his husband to a tragic accident, Royce has been going through the motions until he meets Jesse, who tests his heart. learn more Indigo The man Timberlynn holds responsible for her husband’s death comes crashing back into her life & demands to stay there. learn more   The Unseducible Earl An earl who has given up on love becomes engaged to a society darling then falls for a Crimean War nurse who he must give up to avoid scandal. learn more Negative Space Ivy league bound, 17 year old Zoe’s life is crushed when a harmful photo surfaces on the Internet & she relearns to believe in her future. learn more The People's Champion With both their lives on the line, Mara & Dalin must make the ultimate sacrifice to save their world & give the people a champion. learn more

 

Sur-Prizes Every month Boroughs and its authors are going to offer special prizes for our wonderful fans. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter & five (5) lucky winners will receive the first 2 books in the Torn Series Pushed & Pulled Don't Forget to Sign Up For The Boroughs Book Club Buy any 10 ebook novels or novellas and get the 11th ebook free. (Lunchbox Romances are not included.) To sign up for the Boroughs Book Club, go to our website.

 

From the Editor's Desk Spring Cleaning To be honest, I don’t do it enough. Not many of my friends do, either, and I think that speaks to the crazy, harried lifestyle of so many of us: always on the go, rushing from one “victory” to another, sometimes without enjoying the rewards. There’s something to be said for taking a moment—or having a set, recurrent time every year—for inventory, physical and mental. Emotional. Because that is what spring cleaning’s for, right? It’s about seeing what you have. It’s about seeing what’s available for the days ahead, discarding the useless, mending the broken, and finding the misplaced. And it’s about planning for ways to acquire the missing. As a writer, do this. Whether in reference to your current book, your career, or simply the things that make writing work in your life. Go reflect on half-completed manuscripts and ideas. Go revel in the ones you’ve finished. Read reviews or critiques and laugh at the way you’ve improved—and consider the issues you have yet to master. Take a moment to reflect upon the journey as its own discrete but critical element. Oh, and you should do it in your house or apartment, too. That way you don’t end up with five egg whisks.

 

Boroughs About Town (& Country) In June We’ll Be Attending:

Like Us Follow Us Forward to a Friend   March 2017 ·         > bpg news ·         > sur-prizes ·         > from the editor's desk ·         > boroughs about town     Boroughs Publishing Group News   Spring Fever   Blessed Curse Pregnant & alone Jorie learns a terrifying presence wants her unborn child dead & Logan will fight to protect her & the baby. learn more Charmed by Charlie Everyone loves marketing whiz Charlie Solanger except the woman whose promotion he stole & Charlie wants her, too. learn more Sonnet Coupled ER nurse Sonnet Mendoza’s new housemate proves there’s more to a man than meets the eye & more to life than a career. learn more   Negotiating Her Release Hostage negotiator Ashe MacAvoy never expected to become a hostage or to fall under the protection of sexy Detective Chase Weber. learn more Naked Phoebe enlists the help of the mysterious Cage St. John to save her sister while dangerous Others are streaming onto Earth. learn more Love Among the Ruins Time travel, an Anasazi princess, an Irish sea god & a vengeful Italian ghost – 4 stories that prove love knows no bounds & lasts forever. learn more   Sur-Prizes Every month Boroughs and its authors are going to offer special prizes for our wonderful fans. So Good We Had To Do It Again: The first 10 people to arrive at the book signing will receive two of Susan’s signed books & will have your picture taken with Susan and Nicholas. Don't Forget to Sign Up For The Boroughs Book Club Buy any 10 ebook novels or novellas and get the 11th ebook free. (Lunchbox Romances are not included.) To sign up for the Boroughs Book Club, go to our website.   From the Editor's Desk The Path Not Taken (Directly) Lying. To be a good writer, you have to do it well—or at least be a good manipulator. You have to get in the head of your reader and push the right buttons, and to do that you must know what they want, what they’re expecting, and how to effectively draw them down a side path or two when appropriate. Aristotle said a plot is most effective when the actions are both unexpected and logical. Without lying, how else can that be achieved while obscuring the steps to your destination? So, if you want to learn from the best—and protect yourself from the rest—look at what your favorite authors have set up, then watch what they’re saying…and what they’re not. Like me now.   Boroughs About Town (& Country) ON MARCH 23RD at 4 p.m. WE WILL BE AT West Hollywood, California & WE’RE PROUD TO BE A CONFERENCE SPONSOR & WE WILL BE ATTENDING: March 24th – 26th Brea, California

 

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