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Let’s Rev Up Your Story’s Action Scenes!
L.E. Perez
Adding action to your scenes shouldn’t be hard, but it can be if you’re just not sure what to write. Sometimes translating what’s in your head to your writing can be tricky. In this webinar, author and publisher LE Perez teaches 6 tips for adding action...
over 5 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Education and Craft
How to Have a Successful Book Event
Russell Nohelty
Now that in-person events such as conventions, fairs, and festivals are back in full swing, it's time to shake off the rust and prepare for the rush of shows at the end of 2024, into 2025, and beyond. Join USA Today bestselling author Russell Nohelty...
over 4 years ago
Events
Book Fairs
The Four Paths to Publishing
Keith Ogorek
Industry changes have made it one of the best times in history to be an author, but also one of the most confusing times with all of the different publishing options that are available. In this webinar session, Author Learning Center President Keith...
over 4 years ago
Preparation
Choosing a Path
8 Reflections on Dealing Rejection 1-4 - video
Ken Atchity
Rejection is the daily fare of artistic success, and the writers who learn to deal with it in stride are the ones who separate themselves from the pack. Based on his decades of coaching and managing writers in all genres and on his bestselling book...
over 8 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Agents
Goodreads: What Every Author Must Do, and How To Do It
Nic Nelson
In this Goodreads-focused webinar session, writing coach and book editor Nic Nelson will help you: 1. Understand the Goodreads Author Program, what it will and won't do for you, and how to establish a good author presence in less than an hour 2. Claim...
over 4 years ago
Book Reviews
Goodreads
Book in a Year: How to Create Your Own WordPress Blog in 60 Minutes or Less
Erik Deckers
A blog can be a great complement to your author platform and provide a powerful way for you to engage your target readers. If you are interested in starting your own blog but aren't entirely sure how to do it, this session is for you! Professional blogger...
over 7 years ago
Websites
Platforms
Middle-Grade Novels: Secrets of Writing for the 7 to 12-year-old Audience
Derek Taylor Kent
From titles such as Harry Potter to Captain Underpants , Percy Jackson to Diary of a Wimpy Kid , Junie B. Jones to Harriet the Spy , middle-grade novels are one of the most popular and best-selling categories, yet very few authors ever try to write them...
over 5 years ago
Children's Books
Age Groups
8 Reflections on Dealing Rejection 5-8 - video
Ken Atchity
Rejection is the daily fare of artistic success, and the writers who learn to deal with it in stride are the ones who separate themselves from the pack. Based on his decades of coaching and managing writers in all genres and on his bestselling book...
over 8 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Agents
Proposal Packages: The Secret Weapon to Ignite a Bidding War
Derek Taylor Kent
While many just write query letters, there's a whole other option that very few know about called the proposal package. Learn how Derek created a proposal package that got his book into a bidding war between Penguin, Random House, and Holt/Macmillan...
over 3 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Book Proposals
Author Appeal in the Virtual World
Steve Piacente
Whatever future is headed our way, it will not be a return to the past. Face-to-face book events will not return anytime soon. Authors need to know how to present themselves and their work in a virtual environment, be it Zoom, WebEx or another platform...
over 5 years ago
Events
Speaking Engagements
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