Presentations, Workshops, an Annual Retreat

Check out the annual retreat designed for new and newish writers of all genres: Write, Publish and Sell Your Book! How to do it from start to finish.

Lori also speaks on topics her clients and workshop attendees value most, including:

Writing

  • Bump up your “street cred” by writing on your area of expertise 
  • Starting your non-fiction book; you’re farther along than you think!
  • 4 BIG reasons why a business professional should write a book (or workbook or resource guide)
  • Why your book is judged by its cover and interior layout – what to do about it and when
  • 10 tips to convert your fiction story concept into a living, breathing, viable manuscript
  • 5 things every fiction manuscript should have
  • Why the heck does my fictional character need to go on a “journey”?
  • Romance is alive and well in online and traditional bookstores

Publishing

  • Defining and identifying that slippery beast: a publisher
  • Choosing a publishing process to meet your (almost!) every need
  • Self-publishing vs. submitting to a publishing house: the pro’s and con’s of each
  • Pitches, queries, synopses and proposals – not as scary as you think!
  • E-publishing: what it is, where it’s going, how you can benefit
  • Book publishing jargon demystified!
  • Book budgets for non-brainiacs
  • How to get your romance published at a smaller house – and why you’d want to

Marketing

  • Increase sales by promoting and selling your book before you write “The End”
  • What to do now to increase sales later
  • How to have successful book-signing events
  • How to get independent booksellers to fall in love with – and sell – your book
  • Online marketing and social networking: God’s gift to book promotion, or a necessary evil? Or both?
  • Why you should – or shouldn’t – have a presence at the popular book promo sites
  • Book launch tips, hints and stories from the trenches

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