Robbert Eggleton is advertising his wares on Mania.com

[DeschainGang]

The PDF Rarity from the Hollow is being promoted by Robbert Eggleton on mania.com. Beware.

[robert eggleton]

The PDF Rarity from the Hollow is being promoted by Robbert Eggleton on mania.com. Beware.

I wrote a press release -- my first. Does anybody have time to comment on it before I send it to the local press. I'd really appreciate any help avaiilable. Thanks.

[kah]

Where is it?

[kah]

Did you send it out yet?

[robert eggleton]

No, it's still pending. Please see the following and any instruction would be appreciated. Robert
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Please consider. Thanks.
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M E D I A R E L E A S E
CONTACT: Robert Eggleton
Phone: 304.346.7907 (home) or 341-0511 (work)
E-mail: robert_t@charter.net

Local Author Awarded the Noble (Not Nobel) Prize

Praised or maligned, the Nobel Prize for Literature is always news. It selects the best from the world and therefore misses much of value. Carolyn Howard-Johnson, “Back to Literature” columnist for MyShelf.com, closes the gap (only slightly) with her an annual “Noble Prize for Literature.”

Over the last years the Nobel committee has recognized authors for their literary expertise but there has also been a trend toward awarding the prize for, as Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Tim Rutten says, “an author’s particular relevance to the moral moment in which the world finds itself.”

Howard-Johnson’s prize therefore concentrates on books that address these same issues. Her lists have included well-known authors who explore discrimination in their writing like Toni Morrison and Ralph Ellison, but she tries to concentrate on authors who have not been posted to bestseller lists or won major awards. Some past winners are LA's Leora G. Krygier and Randall Sylvis. Fifteen books were named as the best releases in 2006. One of the winners announced in the January issue of Myshelf was:

Robert Eggleton for his e-book, Rarity from the Hollow (Fatcat Press). Nominated by Evelyn Somers, an Editor of The Missouri Review.

Mr. Eggleton is best known for his investigative reports about children’s programs. Today, he is a therapist at the Prestera Mental Health Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Rarity from the Hollow is his debut novel. Author proceeds are donated to a child abuse prevention program operated by Children’s Home Society of West Virginia (Dennis Sutton, Executive Director, can be reached by telephone at 304.346.6644).

To read an excerpt or to learn more about Rarity from the Hollow visit:

www.fatcatpress.com , or

book reviews can be found at:

www.baryon-online.com/baryon103/rarho.html
http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/?p=310

To learn more about Howard-Johnson’s "Back to Literature" column or to see the complete listing of winning publications visit:

http://myshelf.com/backtoliterature/column.htm.

[kah]

I would actually start the piece with the links to MyShelf.com. That way it brings attention to the Noble prize itself, and your honors in receiving one. By listing the link at the bottom, it looks like a self-congratulatory piece with a "by the way, this is where my award came from" at the bottom. Other than that, good for you! That's my two cents.

[robert eggleton]

Thanks. I'll rework it. Bob

[robert eggleton]

Well, I changed it up as recommended and ended up with two sentences published in last Sunday's newspaper. However, the mention included the link to the publisher; and several other local papers in West Virginia picked up on it. Thanks again.

[kah]

Fantastic!

[robert eggleton]

I'm trying to "sell" a short story. I've submitted it to paying and nonpaying mags -- I can't remember which is which, in part, because no place actually pays much of anything anyway. If you'd like to read it for free, PM me. I can't put it out there on the site because the mag editors would consider it previously publiished. But, I don't see any risk in sending it privately to folks. Bob

[robert eggleton]

"Rarity from the Hollow draws the reader into the life of rural Appalachia, a vivid, living world -- a perfect balance of detail and storytelling. Robert Eggleton is a very competent writer that builds strong, multi-leveled characters. The themes of sexual abuse in Rarity are both uncomfortable and important and handled well."
Cameron Marschall
Publisher
Chain Reaction Press
Science Fiction & Fantasy
cameron.marschall@chainreactionpress.com

[DarkJedi]

Robert...or rather Cameron Marschall who just posted under Robert's name..

We have other forums if you would like to discuss other things as well. You said you got a lot of flack on yahoo groups. This may be why..

Also, don't be afraid to perhaps send a word and advertise your book on our main site which gets quite a bit of internet traffic.

You can upload fiction segments there on the main site...video trailers and images if you have pictures or coverart for the book.

I'm just telling you that the people here give some lattitude to some spammers if the people at least participate in discussions outside of advertising their books and stuff.

[kah]

He has.

[robert eggleton]

for my first short story that was publiished. It wasn't a very big check, but, except that part of it goes to prevent child abuse, I'd frame it. The story is "Stainless Steel" and you can read it online for free:

http://www.atomjackmagazine.com/7/main.htm

[kah]

Yay! I just saved it to my favorites so I can read it in the next day or so.