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One-Week Seminar

KISS: Book Reviews That Rock:
Finding Books To Review And Places To Sell Them
with Sandra Louden

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These one-week seminars are NOT subject to the ten-day drop period/refund that we offer for our standard courses. To be elegible for our Certificate of Completion student must take the standard course as Certificates are not issued for these quick seminars.

No prerequisites.

ONE WEEK SEMINAR: $36. Click here to register

For questions about this COURSE, e-mail Sandra Louden at

When you read a book, you always have an opinion about it, don’t you? Well, why not turn that opinion into cash by writing book reviews? How do you get books to review and where are the best places to peddle your freelance reviews after you’ve written them? As part of the unique KISS series (Keep It Short, Sweetie!), this one-session seminar will whet your reading—and writing—appetite and answer some basic questions about the world of book reviewing.

KISS (Keep It Short, Sweetie) is a series of independent, one-week writing seminars on various short writing genres that are rarely explored. Each seminar gives the student targeted background into the writing area and uses a unique combination of assignments for the student to complete. Each writing genre in the KISS series is short and “do-able”—designed to fit in and around your daily routine.

I really enjoyed reading your introduction on how you started as a book reviewer. It was extremely interesting and helpful. From your introduction, I learned vital tips ... [and]I loved the section on essential qualities for a book reviewer. I think they're good tips that every professional should keep in mind.- Erika

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Sandra Miller-Louden has reviewed books in various genres, including mysteries, biographies, memoirs, general fiction and non-fiction. In addition, she’s combined book reviewing with author profiles and interviews for more extensive articles. Her reviews have appeared in The Virginian Pilot And Ledger Star (Norfolk) and The Tribune-Review (Pittsburgh). In addition to Sandra’s popular greeting card course at Writer’s College, she teaches “Quizzes That Sizzle”—writing fun quizzes for magazines and newspapers.