Aggie Villanueva

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BIOGRAPHY

Aggie’s how-to, The Rewritten Word, held multiple Amazon category bestseller status for over seventeen months (and still holding), and Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers hit multiple category bestseller three days after release at Kindle. Published at Thomas Nelson before age 30, award-winning author Aggie Villanueva is now a self-published fiction & nonfiction author at Amazon/Kindle with The Rewritten Word, Rightfully Mine and Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers, all of which reached bestseller in multiple categories shortly after release, and also ranking in multiple categories of Amazon’s Top Rated and Hot New Releases lists. The Rewritten Word won the 2011 Global eBooks award in Writing/Publishing. Aggie foundedPromotion á la Carte, author promotional services July 2010 and 6 months later was voted #2 at Preditors & Editors inPromotion, and #4 in 2011. My Book Marketing Systems is her sister company that save authors $100s - $1,000s, allowing them entry into the author app mobile market of billions. She teaches author promotion across the Web. Villanueva is also an award-winning critically acclaimed photographic artist represented by galleries nationwide, including Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ. Contact Villanueva at aggie@promotionalacarte.com.

REVIEWS

"Thisbook is a little jewel. Aggie Villanueva’s how-to changes your perspective ofAmazon from that of an online book store to that of an author publicitymachine. Amazon.com like its namesake – is a large, unfathomable, murky riverwith many secrets and many treasures. This book shines a light on one suchsecret – using the categories function on Amazon to create best sellers. Thislittle book is essential reading for authors ... even those who hateAmazon!"
Vikram Narayan, CEO BookBuzzr.com

"Ifyour book is listed on Amazon, but you don't know about these hidden featuresthat benefit writers, you're missing out big time. Best-selling author AggieVillanueva takes you step-by-step through the process of categorizing your bookand offers dozens of valuable tips that will help your book reach the top - orat least gain greater visibility. This book is fantastic."
Author/Editor Sigrid Macdonald

“This is anexcellent/easy-to-read and easy-to-implement "how to" book. Thankyou, Aggie, for being willing to share your knowledge with others and for beingsuch an awesome author.
VicToria Freudiger, owner Digi-Tall Media & Entry Way Publishing

“If you're anew author or simply wanting to get great, creative and FREE ideas formarketing it on Amazon, you have to read Aggie Villanueva's book, AmazonCategories Create Best Sellers. Her advice is spot on for me, a new author.”
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“Herportrayal of a humanity struggling between safety and destiny is touching,palpable, and memorable. This is easily one of the best biblical novels I’veever read.”
From a review of Rightfully Mine by K.M. Weiland.

“One of myfavorite movies of all time is The Ten Commandments. Rightfully Mine is now oneof my favorite books.”
From a review of Rightfully Mine by Cindy Bauer

“…with theeconomy of words that is the hallmark of a masterful writer. Her characters arefull-bodied; her action scenes are tense and exciting; her love scenes are bothpure and seductive.”
From a review of Rightfully Mine by Linda Yezak

“Thisreviewer liked the book so much that she is buying it as a Christmas gift for afamily member.”
**** 4 stars Carol Langstroth, Manager, Mind Fog Reviews

"TheRewritten Word is a brilliant little book! Villanueva tackles the"how-to" subject of writing with concise examples, lessons andexercises designed to help both the novice and established author. Theinformation can be applied to fiction and nonfiction, as well as full lengthbooks, articles and essays. This is not a dry read or boring guide. Villanuevaentertains while she goes about demonstrating her points. A must for anyonelooking to make his or her writing more dynamic."
Review of The Rewritten Word by DarciaHelle

“If you'relooking for a book about writing, this isn't the thing for you. If, however,you are looking for a book dedicated to the art of rewriting, then you need toswipe this up right away. Bestselling novelist Aggie Villanueva takes youthrough five separate lessons that will show you how to rewrite with clarity.By numerous examples she'll teach you how to find the right words that will addpunch to your art, no matter the genre. A tiny book that is big on greatadvice.”
Review of The Rewritten by Cheryl C.Malandrinos

“Villanueva'sbook does not disappoint....a great reference book to go back to, it willremind writers as to why we do what we do. It's about the ideas, thoughts, andour passion down on paper. It's about going back to the drawing board and towork with what we have. Go pick up this book, my plot bunnies thank Aggie!”
Review of The Rewritten Word by DeniseAlicea

“...noteveryone reading The Rewritten Word will understand that tightening, coming toconcise expressions of your meaning IS poetry, even when used in prose. AggieVillanueva has made it easier for writers to get where they are going and to beread.”
Review of The Rewritten Word byGeorgia Jones

“...she hasdone a better job than most of the manuals used and I suggested that she beginto market it to public and private schools for any grade level. An author youwill want to follow.”
Reader's Favorite review of The Rewritten Word

“Aggie delivers a power-packed small booklet for authors, literaryprofessionals, and even editors to review for their writing or works they areediting. “
Review of The Rewritten Word by Adrienna Turner

PHOTOGRAPHIC ART

“…Villanueva is one of those rare individualswho uses new technology…to take a digital image to a new and excitinglevel….With some photographers this digitizing and manipulation are evident andstumbling...not so with Villanueva's work, which is sophisticated and wellthought out….She has a knack for transferring her impression of a scene to theviewer that is remarkable and almost magical.
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“She isknown as the "Grandma Moses of the American Southwest," and thenickname fits as comfortably as a well-worn pair of jeans. Aggie Villanueva isa self-taught artist, a grandmother and something of a folk hero to anyone whoopts to pursue a new vocation later in life. A photographer and writer, shelives in a modest cabin in the New Mexico Mountains and draws inspiration fromthe dazzling beauty of the Southwest. Her photographs are fantastic, evensurreal.”
Thomas B. Harrison,MobileRegister

As Aggiestates; The Fairy Trail is real, folks. Welcome To My Path.”

DiscoverAggie’s photographic art blog, AggieLogic

Aggie’s online studio at XanaduGallery, Scottsdale, AZ

The complete Collection at the Fairy TrailsOnline Gallery

The Time That's Given

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Have you ever awoken from a vivid dream and wondered which side of waking was real?Burt Higgins' retirement is not going well. His children have grown, and his wife has gone off to earn a late-life degree, leaving him alone in his sprawling suburban home. With too much time on his hands, he broods on the state of the world, obsessively following the worst of cable news and the Internet. Increasingly angry at the state of affairs, he nurtures a fantasy that a dark lord from another realm has foisted these problems on humankind. If only he could transport to that world, he'd confront the demon and use the magic found there to defeat the beast and end despair forever.On a particularly bad news day, while housebound in the midst of a snowstorm, he retreats to his study to shut out the world and immerse himself in his books. When, on a whim, he lights a candle purchased in an obscure Prague curiosity shop, a magical guide appears and offers to take him on whatever quest he chooses. When he asks to become a hero in a fantasy realm, he discovers a more complex world than he expected, and battling evil with magic turns out to be far from his greatest challenge.EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a specualtive fantasy adventure sure not just to entertain you, but to make you consider your life, your dreams, your goals. [DRM-Free]<h2>Books by David Litwack:</h2><ul><li>Along the Watchtower</li><li>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</li><li>The Time That's Given</li><li>The Children of Darkness (The Seekers - Book 1)</li><li>The Stuff of Stars (The Seekers - Book 2)</li><li>The Light of Reason (The Seekers - Book 3)</li></ul><h2>More Great Fantasy Fiction from Evolved Publishing:</h2><ul><li>The Awakening of David Rose (David Rose #1) by Daryl Rothman</li><li>Shadow Swarm by D. Robert Pease</li><li>Kingdom in Chains by J.W. Zulauf</li><li>The "Grims' Truth" Series by Isu Yin & Fae Yang</li></ul>

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"Aggie has few peers as an interviewer. She does her homework, asks layered questions that illuminate the writer's core, and brings a fresh and positive energy to the experience for both reader and interviewee alike." Larry Brooks, critically acclaimed author and revolutionary fiction instructor. “Aggie Villaneuva's interviews are more perspicacious than most, better researched, and more complete than most you find, even in national periodicals. You'll love her book as much as I do her blog.” Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award-winning novelist and author of the HowToDoItFrugally series. Aggie Villanueva sorts through everything she can find on her interviewees, then takes that information and goes right to the heart of their expertise with her insightful questions. Answering her requires the interviewee to dig deeper and discover truths they might not have even known.Lynne Gentry, the Susan Lucci of Genesis, writer, acting coach “Most reviewers want to put me in pre-existing boxes and genres. It's been a wonderful pleasure to talk to someone who really gets what I'm trying to do." Bill Myers, bestselling author of Eli. “I thoroughly enjoyed my interview with Aggie Villanueva. She seemed to know how to ask the right questions to draw out the passion within me to assist writers with achieving their publishing dreams.” Todd Rutherford, VP Yorkshire Publishing “Aggie's Interview for Visual Arts Junction was not only a great lesson for readers in the publication journey of a novelist, but it provided great promotion for my novels which she highlighted. Her questions allowed me to share not only my background but also things I'd learned along the way. Authors appreciate good interviewers.” Gail Gaymer Martin, multi-award-winning novelist.

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