What's Up With MusItUp Month

In a few short days we begin a fun, informative journey through the enticing world of MuseItUp Publishing. What will we discover? What will we find as the days go by and we meet new people? As I mentioned in an earlier post I have a new person scheduled for everyday during the month of September. I know you've seen the names listed on my site and you may have visited some of their sites to learn a little more before September but here is a summary of exactly who it is you will be meeting.

MuseItUp authors - The authors from MuseItUp Publishing are passionate, intelligent, and ready to share with all of us. They come from all walks of life and write in a broad range of genres. This is the perfect time to find new authors with exciting books and informative websites from all your favorite genres.

MuseItUp cover artists - I'm really excited by this. We will meet the head of the art department at MuseItUp Publishing as well as one of the other fine cover artist. We will also see some examples of their work. You want to know how talented these individuals are? They've won a large number of contest throughout the year for the covers they generate. It is my hope that we will learn the importance and strength a book cover provides for our books from those that make the covers.

MuseItUp editors - Ever wonder what an editor looks for when we submit our manuscripts or synopsis to them? Well we will find out from the editors of MuseItUp. I should probably say that we will learn what the editors from MuseItUp are looking for but that insight should prove valuable. I have always wanted to have an editor as a guest on the New Author.

MuseItUp publisher - The last day of September will be a special one. The guest for that day will be the publisher from MuseItUp Publishing. Not only will she provide a guest post but she will also be here to answer your questions and respond to your comments. The whole month will be great but this day will be a gift to all new authors.

Now that we know who will be here during the month of September let's take a look at what they will bring to the New Author. We will see informative posts about developing our writing skills, posts about the publishing world and posts about the life of an author. We will also see book excerpts, blurbs and descriptions but as an added bonus we will read a little about every guest during the month. You might be thinking that book excerpts and blurbs are boring and you read them everyday but in the context of what we are doing here they can also be an instrument for us to learn by. When we read them we might want to consider a few things such as:

• Why did the author select this portion of the story?
• What is the author attempting to show me about the story with this excerpt?
• Why did they word the blurb the way they did?
• Did they accomplish what the wanted to with that blurb and excerpt?

This is a summary of what MuseItUp Month will hold but this is not the full extent of it. There will be many more discoveries and lessons learned along the way. I'm excited and I hope you are too. Mark your calenders because the  fun starts very soon.