There’s More to Selling Books than Amazon – Susan Palmquist
Why compete in a saturated market?
In this class we’ll look at alternative ways to sell your work, everything from lesser-known bookselling sites to setting up your own bookstore.
Getting Media Coverage 2-Week Intensive Workshop – Susan Palmquist
In this class you’ll learn what podcasts, blogs, and other print and online publications look for when they go hunting for a story.
You’ll also learn how to approach them for best results.
The Basics of Marketing & Promotion 2-Week Intensive Workshop – Susan Palmquist
In this two-week class, we’ll go through the nitty gritty of promotion and marketing and by the end you should be able to successfully handle your own book marketing.
Successful Book Launches – Susan Palmquist
In Successful Book Launches you’ll learn-
How to start thinking about promotion before you even begin writing
How to create a promotion timeline
How to figure out who your audience really is and the best way to reach them
How to book yourself on podcasts, blogs and book review sites.
Building, Developing, & Promoting Your Brand – Susan Palmquist
In this two-week class, we’ll start building and developing your brand so that you offer readers and the media a consistent presence online.
Promoting without Social Media 2-Week Intensive Workshop – Susan Palmquist
In Promoting Without Social Media, you’ll learn how to-
Make a promotional plan and measure its success
Set goals and stick with them
Research your idea reader and find out where they hang out
Set up or polish your author web site and even build your own bookstore
Contemporary Romance and the Romantic-Comedy: There’s a Difference? – Beth Henderson
That doesn’t mean characters in romantic comedy don’t have problems similar to those in contemporary romance. It’s that the situations and the things that result from the way they handle things are different. The dialog shifts.
Make Villains Memorable – Mary Marvella
Learn how to make your villain the best he/she can be!
Small Conflicts that Move Your Story Along – Mary Marvella
In this class, we will work on ways to use small conflicts to keep a story moving.
Prequeling: Harvesting Backstory for Further Tales – Beth Henderson
Sure, these could be spin-offs. I’ve done my share of spin-offs, which bump a previously secondary character into the role of main character. Recently, though, I discovered yet another avenue to travel down. The PREQUEL.