Among the three of us we have over 80 years of combined experience in publishing. And quite a few more years doing other stuff. Sure, we wish we were younger, but then we wouldn't know as much as we do. And we continue to learn each day, sometimes hourly. So even though we learned to type on clay tablets, we have Facebook friends, we're LinkedIn and learning to Tweet.
Dorothy Molstad is a nationally known PR/marketing expert with more than 30 years of experience working with numerous authors and publishers, covering topics from tea cups to tractors, fiction to law books. She even put a book character, PEEF the Christmas Bear, into a holiday parade as a spinning, lighted float. She lists as a highlight the international publicity earned for Voyageur Press' Snowflake books, which resulted in a US postage stamp, a feature article in Better Homes and Gardens, and an interview on the Martha Stewart Show. She teaches media-training skills, marketing and PR techniques nationally and is recognized as an expert in booking local and national media appearances and garnering print and electronic stories for her clients. Her enviable database of local and national contacts is kept under lock and key. |
Pat Morris is in her second term as president of the Midwest Independent Publishers Association (MIPA), an organization trying to make sense of this crazy publishing industry. As a "natural writer," it was inevitable that she would end up at the University of Iowa, home of the world-renowned Writers' Workshop, where she majored in sociology. It was the 60s! |
Linda Strommer has provided buzz for dozens of books and their authors. As a former art director and corporate creative director, she develops customized Linda's savvy research capabilities can uncover the right market for any book and her project-management expertise can make it happen. |