Do I have any aspiring or emerging authors following me? This May, for the first time ever, I’m going to be running an online course for writers. It runs every Wednesday evening in May and there are only 15 places available - so you’ll want to snap this up! Here are the details:
EVERYTHING BUT THE BOOK
There are many courses that will tell you how to write a novel.
This one will help you understand everything else you’ll need to know, whether you want to be traditionally published or try self-publishing, and will show you how to lay the groundwork for success from day one.
Across 5 live Zoom sessions, established and successful author Mark Edwards will share his wealth of experience and help you learn how to find an audience for your work, avoiding all the most common mistakes.
This course will focus on:
• Starting your author journey: commercial vs literary fiction, defining success and laying the groundwork for it, creating the time and space to write, networking, writer and reader communities.
• Traditional publishing: finding an agent, querying, how publishing works, advances and royalties.
• Self-publishing: the entrepreneurial mindset, being professional, paid advertising, case studies of success.
• Marketing and PR: building a relationship with readers, social media, websites and newsletters, building a brand, measuring success.
• The hard stuff: dealing with rejection, bad reviews, staying motivated, not giving up.
More details here. As I said above, there are only 15 places available. If you’re a writer, this is a rare chance to pick the brains of someone who’s been there, done that and is still doing it. Link in bio or go to Writing West Midlands dot org and click Events and courses - Short courses