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The Year of the Author

The Year of the Author

This year is turning out to be just like they said it would. Literary agents, publishers, and even authors have noticed that wherever they look, there is a new writer working or an experienced author writing more. Connect this trend with the explosion of social media and an American economic slump, there are more writers working from home offices than ever before.

Just ask Nathan Bransford what is different this year than past years, and he’ll tell you that there are more queries being sent into publishers and agents than ever before. The reason is simple and it gives authors hope that if it continues they can make a good living creating stories and taking notes of facts about what people on the internet are looking for. Content is King and content marketing is the prince that will carry on the lineage of quality writing pays when it is produced “on demand” and has a following ready to read and rate it’s quality. The signs were there all year long, National Writing Month set the ball in motion, and now the best time to prepare a great work of fiction for the internet is right now.

If you’re a writer but you are a new writer I can tell you that I know you, you and me are alike. I am a writer who started writing because my reality changed and I agreed to change with it. I am not just another sheep in the crowd though, I am the black sheep. “Here’s how I plan on getting myself heard through all the baaaaing.”

#1 Write More (How to, Revenue Share, Website content, tagging, categorizing, novels, links, blog)
#2 Social More
Facebook
Twitter
Website
New options
#3 Bookmark More (Social Marker)
#4 Talk More (Blog Radio)
#5 Record More (NHRA, New Fiction)
#6 Organize More (Calendar, Schedules, Meetings)

These are all difficult and time consuming tasks. Each one has it’s rewards and by following along a schedule of activity that is effective, you can become as good as you want to be, or purport to be, or are. The internet has not offered more opportunity to the lowly writer than right now. I am leading the way with my marketing as I get the content rolling out that will make the most residual income over the long haul.

Royalties will allow me to pursue the rest of my dreams, and writing about what I dream about is a great place to start earning money from the things I love to do.

– FD Walsh

Wedding Trends from Houston Banquet Planner

Weddings change with the times. While important events of life will remain as long as there are loves and lives to follow, how we celebrate and share these perfect moments with our family and friends. The twenty first century has not only given us more people to share our lives with, it has given us new trends in planning and celebrating special moments. There is no special moment more important than our weddings, and this year the trend is for a wedding with sleek lines and geometric synergy.

As a wedding and event planner in Houston, the Houston Banquet Planner team of professional producers has been setting the trends, not just following behind the crowd. As more brides to be in Houston are becoming more tuned in to their own needs, they are twice as knowledgeable about the process and the demand for more amenities for their money. When a bride wants the best for herself and her husband, she means she wants the best and already knows what that means.

Top Ten Houston Wedding Requests

#1 Houston Wedding Venue
#2 Houston Fine Dining Caterer
#3 Houston Quality Entertainment
#4 Houston Couture Wedding Dress
#5 Houston Private Entertainment
#6 Houston Party Rentals
#7 Houston Fondant
#8 Houston Wine and Liqour
#9 Houston Food Service Employee
#10 Houston Event Planner

Top Ten Houston Wedding Upgrades

#1 Houston Limousine
#2 Houston Groom Cake
#3 Houston Dance Lessons
#4 Houston Decorations
#5 Houston Flowers
#6 Houston Hotel
#7 Houston Travel Agency
#8 Houston Family Restaurant
#9 Houston Jewelry
#10 Houston Airport

The Houston wedding planner that can manage all these request BEFORE even laying out the best way the accomplish the bride’s goals can take advantage of the new trends in Houston weddings. Leading the way will be Houston Banquet Planner, with new social tools for bride’s who want to connect with their Houston Wedding Coordinator on an entirely new level through digital presentations, electronic conferencing, and social media.

Houston Banquet Planner can step into any role that supports Houston events and productions that involve participants and attendees from micro parties to national and world-wide events. Experienced vendors, planners, venues, and experience come together at the right time, every time.

Feel free to contact Houston Banquet Planner right now, the task is at hand, and you need to be sure that you did all you could to make it the very best. – Francis D. Walsh