Copyright and Contract Join USA Today Bestselling Author and lawyer Lauren Smith as she provides you an overview of what all authors need to know about copyrights, contracts, the role of agents, advance offers, trademarks and subsidiary rights. This workshop will benefit all writers, new and seasoned, as well as traditional and indie published authors.

Join us February 17 at 11

via ZOOM for

Penny C. Sansevieri

presenting

(rescheduled from October 2023)

Market Your Book without Social Media – yes, you can!

If you’ve been wondering how to market your book without social media, this class is for you.

There’s a new trend brewing – authors quitting social media in favor of more creative ways to market their books and spending more time writing new books. But can you really quit social media? You bet. You just must get creative in other ways and this class will show you how.

This class is jam-packed with ideas and whether you want to get off of social media entirely, you’ve never been on social media, or just go social media-lite, you’ll benefit from the great many ideas and tips you’ll learn in this session!

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Penny C. Sansevieri, Founder and CEO Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. She is an Adjunct Professor teaching Self-Publishing for NYU. She is the author of 22 books, including From Book to Bestseller, How to Sell Your Books by the Truckload on Amazon, 5 Minute Book Marketing for Authors and How to Revise and Re-Release Your Book!

 

 

Join us January 20 at 11AM

via Zoom for

Marie Tuhart

presenting A+ content on Amazon

Want to learn about A+ content on Amazon, then this is for you. Marie Tuhart will lead you through what A+ content is, the different types of A+ content, how to create A+ content in Book Brush and Canva, and how to upload it to your Amazon account.

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Marie Tuhart is a multi-published author of hot contemporary romance for readers fascinated by approachable alpha males in and out of the bedroom. Marie’s fun, safe and sexy stories offer a captivating romantic escape in the arms of likeable characters who know which buttons to push and which are off limits. Go on, embrace the temptation… https://www.marietuhart.com

JOIN US DECEMBER 16

11 AM at La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant

Join us for our annual holiday gathering at La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant in Colleyville Texas.​

Wear your ugly holiday sweater and bring a wrapped ornament to participate in our ornament exchange.

DEC 2023 ~ Holiday Gathering ~ in person

JAN 2024 ~ Marie Tuhart, A+ Content for Amazon

FEB 2024 ~ Penny Sansivieri, Market Your Book Without Social Media

MAR 2024 ~ TBA

APR 2024 ~ TBA

MAY 2024 ~ Allesandra Torres of Inkers Con fame / specific programming TBA

DON’T FACE A BLANK PAGE ALONE

Join us in person at La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant

–our usual haunt–

Nov 11 @ 11 am

for quality writer peep time and brainstorming.

Bring your story hurdles and get some help from your fellow authors.

*apologies for lateness of this info*

 

 

Join us Saturday, OCTOBER 21, 2023 via ZOOM

 

Market Your Book without Social Media – yes, you can!

 

If you’ve been wondering how to market your book without social media, this class is for you.

 

There’s a new trend brewing – authors quitting social media in favor of more creative ways to market their books and spending more time writing new books. But can you really quit social media? You bet. You just must get creative in other ways and this class will show you how. Here are some of the things we’ll cover in this class:

 

Social media: Do you keep any or punt them all?
Two things you *must* have if you’re going to stop playing in the social media sandbox
Creative things you can do to get yourself out there and why you want to.
Reaching influencers locally – yes, you can and it’s easier than you think!
How to make your website your focal point (and why you need to)
Can you still pitch influencers, bloggers and bookstagrammers even if you aren’t on social media? Yes, and I’ll show you how.
A few great places to list yourself and your book, to get more attention!

 

This class is jam-packed with ideas and whether you want to get off of social media entirely, you’ve never been on social media, or just go social media-lite, you’ll benefit from the great many ideas and tips you’ll learn in this session!

* * * * *

Penny C. Sansevieri, Founder and CEO of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a bestselling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. She is an Adjunct Professor teaching Self-Publishing for NYU. She was named one of the top influencers of 2019 by New York Metropolitan Magazine.

 

Her company is one of the leaders in the publishing industry and has developed some of the most innovative Amazon visibility campaigns as well offering national media pitching, online book marketing, author events, and other strategies designed to build the author/book visibility.

 

She is the author of 18 books, including “How to Sell Your Books by the Truckload on Amazon,” “Revise and Re-Release Your Book”, “5-Minute Book Marketing for Authors,” and the newly-released “From Book to Bestseller”

 

AME has had dozens of books on top bestseller lists, including those of the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal.

 

To learn more about Penny’s books or her promotional services, visit www.amarketingexpert.com.

Please join us in person at La Hacienda!!

There will be no speaker, but this is the first meeting of our new fiscal year.

We’ll be announcing results of the vote for the official minutes as well as awarding our Yellow Rose Winner.

We’ll discuss the upcoming year, take member questions, and enjoy one another’s company.

We’ll start gathering at 11am as usual.

Can’t wait to see you there.

Characters First, An Alternative to Outlining

Somewhere between plotters (those who outline their stories) and pansters (those who sit and type with no plan), there’s a middle ground for people like me—you want to start with an idea and/or structure, but you’ve never successfully followed an outline in your writing life. This class is for you. Instead of plotting out the story, I’ll show you how to jump inside your characters’ heads to create a solid foundation you can build your novel on. This class is perfect for writers of character-driven fiction (romance, women’s fiction, young adult), but will also help plot-driven novelists strengthen their characters for a deeper reader/character connection.

About Karin: Owner of Write Now Editing, Karin Beery is a published author and editor with experience in traditional and self-publishing, freelance editing, and editing for publishers. She is an active member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Christian Authors Network, the Christian Proofreaders and Editors Network, and the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors. When she’s not editing or teaching, she’s writing—her first nonfiction book, How to Self-Edit Your Novel: Find & Fix the Big-Picture Issues, releases October 2023.