begin here: The Path to Publication
$150
per person
Today, the challenge is not merely to be published, but to publish wisely and effectively.
This brief (40- to 60-minute) workshop explains how the path to publication has changed in the last twenty years, becoming a bewildering maze of possibilities and pitfalls. This seminar helps you navigate the new and constantly-shifting landscape of publishing. It also lays the foundation for the next workshop...
Ethos, Oikos, Kairos: Crafting Your Writing Career
$250
per person
This three-hour workshop follows the Path to Publication, puts its principles into practice, and adds personalized practical tactics to its strategies. Here you will develop your own customized plan to:
- strengthen the foundation of your platform by developing Ethos, a clear persona from which your writing will flow, and to which your readers will be attracted
- understand the power of Oikos, helping you to find, organically cultivate, and gather together your audience, weaving them together into a coherent group identity
- prepare for and detect Kairos moments to develop and distribute your products
These three ancient and powerful concepts can unlock the life you've always dreamed of. This workshop can make that life come true!
YOUR Path to Publication
$680
per person
$299
limited post-conference price!
Use coupon code "YOURPATHTOPUB"
This ten-hour workshop also follows the Path to Publication. This takes all the principles, strategies, and tactics of that first seminar and works with you to adapt them ALL to your own personality, sitz im leben, motives, goals, strengths and skills.
We'll dispel myths about author platform, freeing you to build one that is natural to you, one that doesn't force you into someone else's social media mold.
We'll build writing habits to sustain your productivity for decades to come.
We'll walk you through principles and practices to build your audience before your book comes out (so you'll see immediate sales when you launch it!).
We'll help you see your books in a new light, as products that can be packaged and repackaged in creative ways that delight your audience and drive sales.
We'll go over at least a dozen different approaches to publication and distribution and how you can mix and match them for maximum impact.
