Remedies, Solutions and Inspiration!
Accelerate your writing success with our Author Clinics! These are special, short Writing Works Wonders episodes designed for the busy writer to enjoy as just-in-time learning and on-demand resources! And they’re exclusively available from the Writing Works Wonders team!
- Social Media and Web Presence – Episode 10
Seamus King visits with Writing Works Wonders to discuss these critical tooics which can provide advantages, marketspace and inside information for authors.
- The Kindle Development Program (KDP) – Episode 11
Jazz House Publisher, Seamus, provides an overview of how to maximize the KDP. Join this 15 minute clinic to consider the possibility of or improve your book publishing!
- Strategies & Benefits of Author Collaborations-Episodes 6 and 7
Click the link above reach a dedicated page for this episode within our site.
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- Part 2 — (Episode 7) Tips, Tricks and Discussion
Success awaits us! There are so many ways to collaborate with other authors! We debrief our visit with best-selling authors Melissa McClone and Pamela Kelley and discuss the in’s and out’s of collaboration with our call-in audience. Are you ready for some more ideas to accelerate your writing skills?
- Chapbooks Revealed! Episodes 14 and 15
What arre ChapBooks? Why consider them, and if not, what might you be missing? Don’t miss this quick, fast-paced episode on innovative strategies for emerging and experienced authors! Gain insights and answers on marketing, pilot-testing, and/or distributing your work inexpensively! Annie Chiappetta and Abbie Johnson Taylor join Kathy and Cheryl to discuss how ChapBooks have beeb used for so many purposes. From a stepping stone strategy, to a ‘Calling card”, experimental publication, serial or thematic editions of poems, short stories, essays and more. We cover the landscape of chapbooks- e-books, blogs, hard copy… you’ll just have to listen.
- Stand-Out Book Marketing that Works! Episode 20
Powerful strategies to get noticed and increase revenue. In thus fun and informative episode, we mine Cheryl’s success in book marketing. She provides the inside story on ancillaries and accessories she developed for her books, series, and readers. Cheryl says, “I triple my profits at a minimum on the extras that complement my books.” Do you need motivation to begin or continue marketing your books? Or maybe you need new ideas? This Writing Works Wonders episode will help while inspiring you! - BONUS: Cheryl and Kathy field a wide range of questions from authors about marketing.
Podcasting for Athors – Episode 21
Dr. Kathy King is Center Stage
Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King
Discover the benefits of podcasts for authors! What are they, how can you do it? Can you podcast if you are blind or low vision? Absolutely, listen to how Kathy and Cheryl accomplish it! Why use podcasts versus upload audio to websites? Steps to get started and where will you “travel” as a podcaster?
BONUS: Cheryl and Kathy share multiple ideas on how to use podcasting to cultivate your followers and reader audience.
Also – A Quick Inside Look – How and why did Writing Works Wonders start podcasting? We were a Zoom call, then we started podcasting! Why did we do it and how do we do it as authors who are visually impaired?
Kathy’s podcasting technical and hosting experience began in 2005. She had several podcasts in 2005-2010 which spanned hundreds of hours and many millions of listens.
Submission Success- Episode 22
Whether you are submitting your writing to a contest, grant competition, book publisher, anthology, magazine, or journal we have you covered!
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- Discover invaluable answers and advice to these urgent questions:
- How do I increase my chances of success?
- How do I find contests/ publications/publishers in my genre?
- Why do I need to follow author guidelines?
- Is proofreading required?
- What is the publishing process?
- What do editors really want authors to do?
- When is the Writing Works Wonders contest beginning?
Presentation Skills with Audio Prompting -Episode 23
Visit our dedicated resource page for Audio Prompting
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- Guest Expert and Author- Anne Chiappetta
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Author readings, writing groups, reading perfor,amces, open mics, workshops – authors have so many opportunities to present!
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This episode is truly one of a kind! What a terrific discussion about improving our presentation skills, whether we are sighted, low vision or blind. Listen in as successful authors discuss how they navigate the barriers they encounter.
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Anne Chiappetta, published author, podcaster and performer, shares strategies for audio prompting. She is also a member of the Writing Works Wonders team!
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