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#120 – Tony DiTerlizzi Shares the Dummy for The Spider and The Fly

Katie Davis November 14, 2012

Subscribe to this podcast! Subscribe to the Brain Burps About Books: Marketing podcast! In today’s show you’ll hear a review by Julie Falatko of hello! hello! by Matthew Cordell info…

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Who Hops? Discovery!

Katie Davis November 13, 2012

When you stumble upon a video of an adorable child reading your book, and a lady singing your book, you simply must post it. It’s the law.

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#119 – Raising Disaster Relief Funds Through Children's Books Plus Chris Raschka Does Show and Tell for Picture Book Month!

Katie Davis November 6, 2012

Subscribe to the show! Subscribe to Brain Burps About Books: Marketing! In this episode you’ll hear about these things: a review from Mr. Schu: November Graphic Novels children’s book creators…

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Kid Chef Eliana Interviews Katie Davis!

Katie Davis November 6, 2012

Wait…that’s me! Yep, I got to talk to the amazing daughter of Dianne de Las Casas, contributor of Brain Burps About Books: Marketing‘s Take 5 Marketing Tips. If you want to…

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Free Webinar on How to Build Your Platform!

Katie Davis November 1, 2012

You can sign up here to join us! If you have friends who’ve been wondering about this, please pass on the sign up link! Click the image to learn more…

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Sandy Wreaks Havoc – and We Are the Lucky Ones

Katie Davis November 1, 2012

We have no electricity or internet service. I can only text from my phone – but can’t send images. Right now I’m in our local public library (yet ANOTHER reason…

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Becoming a Writer at a Writing Workshop in Italy

Katie Davis October 31, 2012

Subscribe to the podcast here! In today’s show you’ll hear why I may change the name of my “how to make a video” course (Name suggestions are welcomed!) If you…

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#3 – Start Building Your Email Lists Before You're a Published Writer

Katie Davis October 29, 2012

In this episode you’ll hear all about how and why you need to start creating your email list…now! You don’t have to be published! If you want to hear the…

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Today on Good Morning, Connecticut!

Katie Davis October 27, 2012

When I get back home from the TV studio, I’ll post the video, too. I talked about this on today’s appearance on Good Morning, Connecticut (ABC affiliate): I donated my…

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Learn Creativity and Writing in Italy

Katie Davis October 26, 2012

I created this video in goanimate for my “From Your Bean to the Screen” course on how to make videos. God forbid I do anything unproductive, so I made it…

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Welcome! I'm Katie Davis, a children's book author with a passion for helping writers bring their stories to life. Here you'll find tips, tricks, and tales from my twenty years in publishing.

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