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Websites for Authors: A Necessary Evil
L.E. Perez
With social media so prevalent in our lives as authors, is a website really necessary? If it is, what should it contain at minimum? What resources are available and how long will this take? In this recorded webinar session, author L.E. Perez takes...
over 4 years ago
Websites
Creating a Website
Query Like a Pro - Proven Strategies to Land an Agent or Publisher
Derek Taylor Kent
Querying is the crucial first step when seeking an agent or publisher, but amazingly is also something that very few authors do well. How do you make yours stand out from the hundreds they receive every day? Through years of trial and error and helping...
over 4 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Submission Process
Podcasting for Authors: Maximize Reach with a Micro Approach
Stephanie Feger
Gone are the days where authors should try to reach everyone (and hint: that isn’t effective anyway). Instead, we now know to go big, you have to go small, and when it comes to visibility, the macro-media approach just doesn’t compare to the micro options...
over 2 years ago
Media
Online
How to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing in the New Year
Cathy Fyock
Feeling stuck? Need to look at your topic from a different perspective? It's a New Year and time for a fresh start! This recorded session gets those creative juices flowing with some new writing exercises and prompts. Cathy Fyock, The Business Book Strategist...
over 4 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writing Exercises
Top Five Qualities for Achieving Goals and Finding Success as an Author
Sheri Fink
Being a successful author these days requires more than just writing and selling books. Join best-selling children’s author Sheri Fink to discover the top five qualities for achieving goals and finding success as an author. Learn strategies to increase...
over 4 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Goal Setting and Process
Sensitivity and Proofreaders: the What, Who, and Why
L.E. Perez
Do you need sensitivity readers and proofreaders? What do they do and how do you find them? Whether you want to publish your work independently or traditionally, both types of readers need to be utilized prior to publishing. Proofreaders are the underrated...
over 3 years ago
Basic Editing
Proofreading
Selling Books When You Speak: More Lessons from The Speaker Author
Cathy Fyock
You're speaking for a conference, book signing, or other event. How do you sell more books? In this session, led by Cathy Fyock, coauthor of The Speaker Author, you'll learn more about: • How to pre-sell books before you speak • How to maximize interest...
over 2 years ago
Events
Speaking Engagements
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
Instagram for Authors: Beginner Level
L.E. Perez
The word “Instagram” has a way of evoking a shiver of fear in a writer. Instagram? That’s visual media, not written. But, is it? In this recorded webinar, author and publisher L.E. Perez discusses how to get started and set up your Instagram to work...
over 4 years ago
Social Media
Instagram
Writing Your Best Query Letter
Amy Levenson
Literary agents don’t have time to read every manuscript sent their way. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. So how do they find the next great novel or universally loved memoir? Enter the query letter. Next to your manuscript, the query letter...
over 7 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Book Proposals
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