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Book in a Year: Q1 Check-In and Q&A
Author Learning Center
In this first quarterly check-in webinar, presenters from the previous months’ webinars will provide a recap on tasks completed to date, offer tips and advice on staying motivated throughout the writing process, and host an open question and answer session...
over 7 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Goal Setting and Process
Social Media Tools for Authors
L.E. Perez
Social media is everywhere and there are a lot of platforms out there. It can be overwhelming to determine which are most effective for you and your book. Author and publisher L.E. Perez will go over what some of the best ones are for authors, why they...
over 3 years ago
Social Media
General
Writer Crisis Hotline
Cathy Fyock & Allie Pleiter
The Write Solutions for Authors You’ve started on your book a dozen times, but you still don’t have a draft you can publish. Your book is half-way completed, but you just can’t conjure up the creative energy to get it across the finish line. You...
over 2 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Goal Setting and Process
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
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
Practical Budgeting for Indie Authors
Beth Kallman Werner
Essential Prep for Smart Investment Before embarking on the journey to write and publish a book, it's important to understand the potential costs associated with each step in the process. This will help you properly budget for your project and make...
over 4 years ago
Writing Jobs
The Business of Being a Writer
The Essential Elements of an Author Media Kit
Lindsey Gobel
An essential tool for any new author is an author media kit. A media kit gives authors the edge they need to help drum up press by exhibiting professionalism and providing the metadata that every journalist, reviewer or bookstore needs to publicize information...
over 6 years ago
Public Relations
Press Kits
Secrets of Getting Traditionally Published
Jeanne Lyet Gassman
NONFICTION AUTHORS: You love to do research & have great ideas for nonfiction articles, but how do you get them traditionally published? You have written personal essays about your life. Is there a market for stories like these? What about a nonfiction...
over 2 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Submission Process
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