Recognizing the Authors – And the winner is…

As part of our ongoing efforts to develop the content on this site by authors and for authors and to support and reward those that take the time out of their busy days to put pen to prose and prose to email, we are excited to launch this feature!

Watch for exciting updates and surprise recognition posts as more authors join and more articles come in for publication.

As of the date of this post, there are 16 published posts and 11 pending!  We also set up menus and pages of the same posts to make searching for something you need easier and have acquired informative articles in the topics of Publishing, Writing, Marketing and of course What is AHA and the guidelines for getting your article published here.

The site was launched on March 11, 2013 and has already grown so much thanks to all of you:

MOST ARTICLES SUBMITTED TO DATE:

1st Place is a tie!  We’ll recognize both authors and make special note of thanks to Mercy for submitting her 1st article, literally just hours before Stefan and the 4th, again, literally hours before Stefan.  Neck and neck you guys – whose going to break the tie?

Mercy Pilkington is the CEO of Author Options, a full-service solutions provider for authors and publishers. Her sense of humor leans a bit to the sarcastic side, hence her overuse of the word crap. She is looking for romance titles that do not involved chiseled men with giant penises, and no more vampires unless there is something stunningly different about them that doesn’t involve sparkling.  www.authoroptions.com

#1 – “It’s Not a Baby, It’s a Book”

#2 – “It’s Called Social Media Because it’s Supposed to Be SOCIAL” (pending)

#3 – “I Wrote a Book…Whoop-di-do!”

#4 – “Balancing the Fine Line of Your Genre” (pending)

Stefan Vucak is an award-winning author of the Shadow Gods series of books. His contemporary political thriller ‘Cry of Eagles’ has won the coveted 2011 Readers Favorite silver medal award.

#1 –  “Beware the Procrastination Demons”

#2 – “How to Avoid the Rejection Blues”

#3 –  “The Drive to Write…”

#4 –  “How to Research Before Writing that Book” (pending)

Website:  www.stefanvucak.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/StefanVucak

Twitter:  @stefanvucak

FIRST ARTICLE SUBMITTED PRE-LAUNCH:

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO LAURA GRAHAM, SHE RESPONDED TO THE VERY FIRST EMAIL WE SENT AND IN RECORD TIME WITH A LOVELY POST THAT OFFERS GREAT ADVISE AND A PEEK AT HER OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE!

“The Teething Problems of Becoming a Writer”

Laura Graham – Published Author of Down A Tuscan Alley, A Tale of Two Tuscan Cats and Tuscan Cats get into Mischief available on Amazon at

http://www.amazon.com/Down-Tuscan-Alley-Laura-Graham/dp/1463698526/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361985348&sr=1-1&keywords=down+a+tuscan+alley

–      Learn more about this author at: http://www.lauragraham.co.uk/ and her blog site at http://www.lauragraham.co.uk/blog/ and here is a link to an exclusive interview with Laura: Author Interview – Laura Graham

2nd PLACE GOES TO…

Charles D Ameringer has contributed 2 articles:

“The Limits and Limitlessness of the Internet”

“Lessons Learned in Getting Published”

Charles Ameringer is the author of the spy/mystery novel The Old Spook.  You can find him at www.Solsticepublishing.com, Amazon.com, Goodreads, and BookDaily, get your copy of The Old Spook today! CLICK HERE

Did you know that a significant part of the action in The Old Spook takes place in Milwaukee and is featured at www.MilwaukeeAuthors.com?

POST WITH BEST GRAPHICS/VISUAL APPEAL:

Kenneth Fore partnered with Duncan Long to bring an interesting article about the development of a book cover with beautiful graphics and detailed information on the progression of the project.

The Making of The Wolf Tattoo Book Cover – A Look at the Process by Duncan Long

Kenneth Fore is the author of Mossback, available on Amazon and soon to be released, The Wolf Tattoo.  You can learn more about this accomplished writer on his website, http://kennethfore.com/ or his author profile at amazon, http://www.amazon.com/Kenneth-Fore/e/B001K8V0XM/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE AUTHORS THAT HAVE SENT CONTENT FOR THIS SITE!

“Revise Your Novel by Reading it Aloud”

• Kevin Berry – Freelance Editor, Co-author of humorous fantasy novels Dragons Away and Growing Disenchantments, view my profile at www.theprobookeditor.com

“Recommended Site for Connecting with Readers”

• Lilith Darville – Erotic Romance Novelist, www.lilithdarville.com/

“Baby Steps”

• Jordyn Redwood is a pediatric ER nurse by day, suspense novelist by night. She hosts Redwood’s Medical Edge, a blog devoted to helping contemporary and historical authors write medically accurate fiction. Her first two novels, Proof and Poison, garnered starred reviews from Library Journal and have been endorsed by the likes of Dr. Richard Mabry, Lynette Eason, and Mike Dellosso to name a few. You can connect with Jordyn via her website at www.jordynredwood.net

There are no official contests, yet, but you never know when we are going to pop up with pages like this, just to say thank you to all of the wonderful contributors to this site and to get the word out.  Pass it along – this site is there to help and encourage authors of all experience levels and we hope you are all proud of the work you’ve done to build this site and will tell everyone that you are a member of the AHA! community.  Coming soon – you will be able to get a badge to put on your website, as soon as Debra finishes learning the HTML code needed to pull that off!