Event Date: June 27, 2018 | Time: 10AM PT / 1PM ET Join us as Deltina Hay discusses How to Create Profitable Online Courses Around Your Book. About Deltina Hay Deltina Hay is the CTO and Director of Elearning Development at Elearning Delta. For nearly 30 years, Deltina has helped businesses of all sizes with […]
Event Date: July 4, 2018 | Time: 10AM PT / 1PM ET For the July 4th holiday, we’ll be hosting a replay of a previous teleseminar event from December 2016. Join us as Sandra Beckwith discusses How to Get More Visibility on Amazon and Maximize Your Book Sales There. About Sandra Beckwith Sandra Beckwith is an author and […]
Event Date: July 11, 2018 | Time: 10AM PT / 1PM ET Join us as publishing and intellectual property attorney, Jonathan Kirsch, discusses How to Avoid Getting Sued When Writing a Memoir. About Jonathan Kirsch Jonathan Kirsch is a publishing and intellectual property attorney based in Los Angeles, an expert witness on publishing industry matters, an […]
Event Date: July 18, 2018 | Time: 10AM PT / 1PM ET Join us as Danielle Vincent discusses How to Pre-sell Books and Generate Major Funds for Your Book via a Kickstarter Campaign. Danielle began with a funding goal of $4,500 and ended up raising over $13,000 within her two-week campaign. See the details here. About […]
Event Date: July 25, 2018 | Time: 10AM PT / 1PM ET Join us as Henry DeVries shares information on How to Book Yourself for Speaking Gigs to Sell More Books. About Henry DeVries Henry DeVries is the CEO (chief encouragement officer) of Indie Books International, a company he cofounded in 2014. He works with […]
Event Date: August 1, 2018 | Time: 10AM PT / 1PM ET Join us as Blake Atwood & Clay Morgan share How to Create Amazon Alexa Skills (Amazon’s version of an app) Tens of millions of users own Amazon’s Echo family of products, which are the voice recognition devices also known as Alexa. In the […]
Event Date: August 8, 2018 | Time: 10AM PT / 1PM ET Join us as Katrina Shawver discusses Bringing Someone Else’s Story to Life – Advice for Writing Memoirs & Personal Stories. About Katrina Shawver Katrina Shawver is a writer, blogger, speaker, and the author of “Henry: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz […]
Event Date: August 15, 2018 | Time: 10AM PT / 1PM ET Join us as Kate Frank shares Success Strategies for Highly Sensitive Writers. Do you sometimes feel a little overwhelmed by the world? Do you prefer time alone over being a room full of people? Do you find the evening news depressing, to the […]
Summer is a time when we typically relax and enjoy time with family and friends, as we should because making memories is what life is all about. But the slower summer months can also present an excellent opportunity to dedicate time to meet your author goals. Whether you’re writing your first (or next) book, working […]
Event Date: August 22, 2018 | Time: 10AM PT / 1PM ET Join us as John Cousins discusses How to Monetize Your Content. Link to slideshare on Business Models for Writers. About John Cousins John is an author of over 20 books, blogger, podcaster, online course creator, investor, inventor, entrepreneur and musician. John began his […]
Member Book Announcement: To Cast A Reflection: The Henry Family In Their Own Words
Member Name: Laura Suchan Book Title: To Cast A Reflection: The Henry Family In Their Own Words Synopsis In the summer of 2013 a box stuffed with old papers was donated to the Oshawa Museum. The Thomas Henry Correspondence Collection, as it became known, contained 520 individual documents including personal letters, receipts and business correspondence of […]
Some Favorite Books for Writers
We asked other nonfiction authors what some of their favorite books for writers are. Here are their responses: Sanjida Kay I’d recommend The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne, an editor who describes how to develop one’s craft as a writer. There’s an accompanying podcast, Story Grid Podcast with Shawn Coyne and aspiring novelist, Tim Grahl. […]
Giving Back to Your Writing Career by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Consider Writing Professional Reviews as Part of Your Marketing Plan Excerpted and expanded from the recently released 415-page book in Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s multi award-winning How To Do It Frugally Series of books, How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically Because you are a writer, you’ve always known that a review is the best kind […]
Before you begin to write your book, it is important to know WHO you’re writing for. Identifying your audience will help you not only develop your manuscript, but you will be better able to choose marketing methods for your book. Are you writing a book for: Single moms with young kids? Single moms […]
Some Favorite Books for Writers
We asked other nonfiction authors what some of their favorite books for writers are. Here are their responses: Sanjida Kay I’d recommend The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne, an editor who describes how to develop one’s craft as a writer. There’s an accompanying podcast, Story Grid Podcast with Shawn Coyne and aspiring novelist, Tim Grahl. […]
Giving Back to Your Writing Career by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Consider Writing Professional Reviews as Part of Your Marketing Plan Excerpted and expanded from the recently released 415-page book in Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s multi award-winning How To Do It Frugally Series of books, How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically Because you are a writer, you’ve always known that a review is the best kind […]
Before you begin to write your book, it is important to know WHO you’re writing for. Identifying your audience will help you not only develop your manuscript, but you will be better able to choose marketing methods for your book. Are you writing a book for: Single moms with young kids? Single moms […]
Authors! Embrace these Three Tips and Get Ready for Success!
To say our world is changing quickly is cliché. In fact, quick change is the new norm, so we must be willing to learn new things and change quickly, too. Never has this been more true when it comes to book publicity and visibility. If you have a book, before you reach out to a […]
Last week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: If you were beginning your author career today, what would you do differently? Here’s what they had to say: David Evans: When I first start writing, I had some good indications that writing was the thing I was good at, and should seriously […]
Better Writing: When to Use “Like” vs. “Such As” by Barbara McNichol
Have you ever wondered about the distinction between “like” or “such as” in your writing. Here are two phrases to consider: . . . the answers that so-called geniuses “like / such as” Newton seem to embody. . . . centuries of innovations “like / such as” the airplane and space shuttle have resulted. In […]
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