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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 9\, 2024\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link\n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25-minute bursts\, with 5-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
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LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
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SUMMARY:Mastering Book Marketing: An Intensive Workshop for Authors
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Nov 9\, 10:30am-4:30pmOpen to all with a book to market (already published or upcoming)Limited to 12 participantsHybrid Workshop* \n\n\n\nIn a crowded field of over-flowing bookstores\, how can we possibly draw attention to a newly published manuscript\, and how can momentum be sustained after the release date? \n\n\n\nThis one-day seminar will be a participatory and interactive exercise in finding solutions and strategies to build an audience\, engage readers\, and keep readers for the duration of your writing career. \n\n\n\nPlease come to the workshop with: \n\n\n\n\na two-minute reading from a book you have published or are about to publish\n\n\n\na two- to three-sentence elevator pitch\n\n\n\na 50-word bio\n\n\n\nAn idea for a Booktok\n\n\n\n\nAnd be prepared to share your website if you have one. \n\n\n\nIn the workshop you will learn strategies for: \n\n\n\n\nIdentifying your target audience\n\n\n\nBuilding an author brand\n\n\n\nLeveraging two social media platforms:\n\n\n\nDeveloping community engagement through libraries\, book clubs\, and in-store book signings\n\n\n\nWriting a captivating book pitch that could be used for newspapers\, magazines\, radio or TV\n\n\n\nGathering early book reviews and testimonials to add to your website and create buzz\n\n\n\nDetermining ARC distribution and choosing your first readers\n\n\n\nApplying to the Public Lending Program\n\n\n\nFinding suitable book prizes\n\n\n\nPlanning your book launch\n\n\n\n\n*This workshop will take place at the QWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec) with up to 2 virtual spots for participants who are unable to attend in-person. By default\, all workshop registrations are for in-person spots. If you would like to attend the workshop via Zoom\, first email Riley (riley@qwf.org) to see if online spots are still available for this workshop\, and then wait for confirmation. Virtual spots are limited and are reserved for people who either live outside Montreal or have a medical condition. \n\n\n\nSusan Doherty\, a Montreal author educated at Concordia University\, excels in both fiction and non-fiction. Her award-winning book\, The Ghost Garden\, received the QWF’s Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction. Doherty’s novels\, A Secret Music and Monday Rent Boy\, delve deeply into the themes of childhood trauma\, mentorship and resilience. She has been a long-time volunteer at the Douglas Institute teaching creative writing and art therapy.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mastering-book-marketing-an-intensive-workshop-for-authors/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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