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by Deanie Humphrys-Dunne

Imagine you've worked for months to hone your perfect children's story. You've paid attention to details. You've made sure that your main character has learned important lessons during her journey. The opening of your story has action to hold the interest of your readers and draw them into the book. But what can you do about the ending?

by Cheryl Carpinello

You’ve written your book. You’ve published your book. You’ve listed your book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. You’ve joined the Polka Dot Banner and other websites designed to give authors exposure for their books. Now go that extra step. Enter your book in Book Award Contests to get recognized for your hard work.

by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt

Rhyming statements hold incredible power. Anyone remember "If the gloves don't fit, you must acquit!"? Start using rhyming in your book marketing!

Using a blog as my creative fiction outlet has been an amazing journey. Tale Spinning, my experiment in creative fiction blog, began in February 2011. This was an offshoot of my other blog, BornStoryteller, where I had been, well, bored. I decided to do a little writing, asking people for some prompts to write a short piece, while I was figuring out the whole blog thing. The creative writing part got to be tremendous fun, and very fulfilling, that it became its own entity.

Click now to read the latest PDB author gossip, news and events. Have you noticed the new "Thank You" book covers box on the front page of the site? Wonder how to get listed there? (Details inside) I've collected a basketful of other goodies to share, so jump in and start reading now!

The Polka Dot Banner recently had the pleasure of interviewing PDB Featured Author Sarah Tregay. Sarah is the author of several books including Love and Leftovers, a novel written in verse (Katherine Tegan Books/Harper Collins), B is for Boston Terrier, books on model horse painting and a variety of short stories and verse.

Rejected? Can’t get an agent? Can’t sell, even though your critique partners LOVE your work? Award-winning, multi-published Harlequin and Silhouette romance author Susan Meier will be teaching Can This Manuscript be Saved? AND Discover how to transform your story into an attention getting page-turner, and receive a critique of the first 500 words of your story. Published author Catherine McLean will be teaching Cause & Effect Sequences. Click below for more info.

You've made it to 2012! What's new besides the year? New books and book deals, favorite tweeters, secrets and newsy items, all to be found in the latest edition of the PolkaDotBanner gossip. Step inside and see who, what, and where is mentioned... it might even be you!

by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt

Man, I hate it when people don't take writers seriously!!