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Authors hungry for attention and book sales, yet afraid to seek publicity, will benefit from this simple yet powerful guide. Get noticed without diminishing your artistic aspirations.

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(Free-Press-Release.com) August 6, 2009 -- Los Angeles, CA August 6, 2009 – Many authors love attention and books sales yet are afraid to seek publicity for fear that it diminishes their artistic values. To teach writers how to remain in public view without harming their literary aspirations, Douglas Glenn Clark has created a free e-book called STORY Force!

STORY Force! is now available free at Clark’s www.thelakethatstolechildren.com. This new site is designed to help create wealth for writers with programs that teach how to break into various freelance niches. Practical and pragmatic publishing and publicity solutions are also available

“It is hard enough writing a good book. But these days, every writer must also maintain a publicity outreach program. It’s not impossible, if you have a simple plan and stay the course. But we all need to get out of our ‘safe zones’ and greet John Q. Public. My free e-book helps writers get the wheels rolling,” says Clark.

STORY Force! also reveals one big mistake writers and businesses of all kinds need to avoid if they hope to succeed. Touching people’s lives is not merely an intellectual exercise. Nor is it short, mundane Twitter posts that fill space but don’t necessarily fulfill a need.

“What if most Twitter or Facebook posts were personal, emotional experiences, rather than menu selections? As writers, we spend endless hours trying to make our novels and short stories appeal to readers but fail to tell our own personal story in a compelling way when reaching out to the public,” Clark says.

Chapter headings such as “The Transformation Story” and “The Neverending Story” guide authors through the process of understanding how to keep active and available even when engrossed in the grand ordeal of writing a book. “The Unwritten Story” chapter provides a sample strategy for getting some attention.

In recent posts at www.thelakethatstolechildren.com Clark also shares advice he has received over the years from successful writers. American playwright Robert Anderson, who passed away earlier this year, instilled in Clark the need to “moonlight” while answering a higher, artistic calling. Anderson and other professional writers made their living not just from their “hits” or bestsellers, but by offering their writing talent in creative, sometimes unexpected ways.

Clark, who resides in the Los Angeles area, is the author of The Lake That Stole Children, a fable fashioned after the dark mysteries of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. The Midwest Book Review said this of Clark’s redemptive tale about the residents of a quiet Michigan lake town who realize they can no longer bear to keep quiet about their missing children: “The characters live in a world of enchantment and the reader is drawn into that world by the words and story of Douglas Glenn Clark. The descriptive power of his words in many instances was exceptional."

Publishing pros Arielle Ford and Bob Bly, a renowned copywriter and author of best-selling books, are also featured on Clark’s site.

Clark has been the subject of feature stories in various New England and Midwestern newspapers. He has also written for the theater. His plays have been produced at the Old Globe Theatre, as well as the Chester Theatre Company in the Berkshires. He has received writing awards from the Connecticut, Massachusetts and Michigan arts councils. His journalism has been published in daily newspapers, such as the Los Angeles Daily News and various print and online publications.


About Douglas Glenn Clark:

For more information about STORY Force! visit www.thelakethatstolechildren.com or email dgcwrite@gmail.com. The Lake That Stole Children is now available at Amazon.com.

For More Information Contact:
Douglas Glenn Clark
Phone (310) 289-5474

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