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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Julia McCutchen interviews Lisa Cherney
Have you ever wondered how you are going to attract the attention of agents, publishers and readers with your book ideas when there are so many other writers trying to do the same? You know that your approach / story / philosophy is different but how do you communicate that and ensure your voice is heard?
In this interview we will talk about ways for you to find the words you need in order to market yourself successfully. You will learn how to talk about your Unique Abilities with passion and clarity, and by the end you will know:
- The value of effective marketing for authors today
- How utilizing Unique Abilities will make you stand out from the crowd
- The critical differences between your “target” and your “ideal” agent/publisher/reader
- Simple methods for communicating your uniqueness in your marketing
- How to build your Unique Ability portfolio to build your author platform
Lisa Cherney is a marketing expert and President of Conscious Marketing, now celebrating its 10th year. Lisa’s mission is to help business owners find their authentic marketing voice so they can attract their ideal clients. As co-author of Inspiration to Realization: A Women’s Guide to Business, Personal & Spiritual Fulfillment, Lisa has the personal and professional expertise to adapt her award-winning and insightful approach to showing authors how to engage with successful marketing strategies to support publishing success. For more information see www.consciousmarketing.com
Date: Thursday 9 September Time:16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
Want to listen to this teleseminar interview for free but not yet an IACCW member?
Find out about how to do so and discover the other benefits of becoming a member of the International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers (IACCW) by clicking here …
Tags: author, book, book proposal, Lisa Cherney, marketing, Publishing, Writing
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Julia McCutchen interviews Sarah Jane Sloane 
By the end of this interview you will know:
- Why writing intuitively and organically can yield the most surprising work.
- Why relying on the element of chance to galvanize your writing is so important.
- How to interpret I Ching hexagrams in ways that will be useful to your writing.
- Why it is important to use these creative tools with playfulness and humor.
Sarah Jane Sloane is a professor of English and Co-Director of the Program in Creative Nonfiction at Colorado State University. She has published creative nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and short essays, and has given numerous presentations on topics ranging from how to get started as a writer to the element of chance in writing. She is the author of Digital Fictions: Storytelling in a Material World (2000) and The I Ching for Writers: Finding the Page Inside You (2005).
Date: Thursday 5 August Time:16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
Want to listen to this teleseminar interview for free but not yet an IACCW member?
Find out about how to do so and discover the other benefits of becoming a member of the International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers (IACCW) by clicking here …
Tags: author, creative, creative process, creative spirit, inspiration, sarah jane sloane, vision, writer, Writing
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
 It’s summer and we’ve created a fun Summer Special IACCW Membership Contest which starts TODAY, Thursday 8 July and runs for two weeks until Thursday 22 July.
Check out the details by clicking here …
This is a playful contest which has serious intent because the task we are inviting you to engage with to enter the Contest is one which needs to be done anyway! So it is entirely relevant to everyone who is writing a book – or who wants to write one – and there are a range of fabulous Prizes on offer including two Bonuses which all participants receive!
We would love to invite you to join the fun, participate in the Contest yourself (it’s quick and easy to enter), and invite all of your writing friends too!
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Tags: author, book, compelling key sentence, writer, Writing
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Monday, May 31st, 2010
 One of the challenges facing many of the writers I work with is the mismatch between the motivation to write and the reality of the writing actually being done!
There are many “reasons” for writers not writing as much as they would ideally like to and unwittingly becoming master procrastinators. Usually these include not having enough time, not being clear about how to start or what to write next, not feeling inspired on a particular day to write on your chosen topic … the list goes on.
To address this situation, your Writer’s Journey Tip of the Week is to have more than one writing project on the go at any one time and include different types of writing to maintain your creative flow.
As a result, if you are temporarily lacking ideas and inspiration for your main project (your book) you can choose another project to work on (a blog post or short story) which might feel more “do-able”.
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Tags: creative, flow, writer, Writing
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Julia McCutchen interviews Andrea Beaulieu 
Thursday 3rd June at
16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
We all have it – that still, small voice that urges us gently, quietly, but ever so confidently, in the direction of our highest good. It is our authentic voice – the one we were born knowing. Then, through experience and the conditioning of the mind, we often lose our conscious connection to it, except perhaps during times of danger, or when we have surrendered to our authentic self so deeply and joyfully that we hear it and follow it.
That same voice is the voice of our highest creativity. It is the voice that gives us the perfect idea, solution or direction. It gives us the perfect words and actions to express our uniqueness. It is the voice that shows up when we face the blank page, if we listen for it and to it. It is our authentic voice.
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Tags: authentic, author, conscious, creative, creative process, creative spirit, support, true voice, writer, writer's voice, Writing
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
 Here in the UK, the London Book Fair is coming up in just a few weeks time. It takes place from 19th to 21st April and is described as a “global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels”.
It is one of the main book fairs which take place each year for professionals in the book trade alongside Book Expo in New York, Frankfurt and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. There are also many smaller yet worthwhile book fairs and exhibitions internationally.
Many authors wonder if it is worth attending these trade fairs and many commentators say that it isn’t.
My view is that it can be a valuable experience if you approach it with the right mindset. You also need to plan your visit well in advance and wear sensible shoes in the knowledge that you’ll be on your feet for most of the day!
It is important to be realistic when thinking through a book fair visit, especially if you have a vision of meeting agents and editors to present your book to them. Most publishing professionals will have filled their schedule of 30 minute meetings well in advance of the fair taking place.
Having said that, serendipity can, and does, occur at book fairs.
When I was attending these events as a publisher, I remember well the number of times an author just happened to turn up at our stand when I was in between meetings. On some of those occasions, I did engage in impromptu conversations about new projects, and although it was rare, some of those spontaneous approaches did lead to us to publish the book the author had presented.
So here are 3 tips to help you benefit from attending a book fair this year:
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Tags: agent, author, book proposal, publisher
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
 How to Write the Ultimate Book Proposal
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Plus priority invitation to a FREE Q&A teleseminar for Masterclass Course owners only on
THURSDAY 29 APRIL
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Would you like to have a first-class book proposal which you can present confidently to agents and publishers to open the publishing door for you?
In this one-of-a-kind Online Masterclass Course for both fiction and non-fiction writers you will learn how to:
- Avoid the 3 classic, time-wasting mistakes that many writers make with their book proposals
- Understand how agents and publishers think, work and make decisions so that you can pitch your work appropriately
- Know exactly what to include in each section of the book proposal, and perhaps even more importantly, what to leave out!
- Write a striking covering letter to accompany your proposal or synopsis
- Decipher the different requirements of individual agents and publishers when it comes to submitting your material to them
- Approach agents and publishers confidently and professionally to make sure that your book stands out for all of the right reasons!
To find out how to write your ultimate book proposal with my professional guidance, and to order your How to Write the Ultimate Book Proposal Online Masterclass Course with your 20% discount (and to receive immediate access!) click here …
Tags: agent, book proposal, publisher
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Julia McCutchen interviews poet and author Jay Ramsay
Thursday 1st April at
16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
A poem is like a butterfly. A moment seeds itself inside us. A memory.
An experience when we saw, we felt, perhaps even, we knew.
It touches something deep in us. Deeper than words. And something begins, in that inner space. Something that is uniquely ours to speak of.
There is a poet in all of us. However unknown or neglected that part of us may be, it is there, often just waiting for the right conditions to present itself.
Whether you write – or want to write – poetry, fiction or non-fiction, discovering the poet in you is like revealing the hidden treasure which will nourish your creative soul.
Writing poetry is also a powerful catalyst with the potential for inner healing and personal growth. By the end of this inspiring interview you will understand how:
- poetry is not just literature, it is a whole way of being, a whole way of relating to life
- poetry’s home is in the expression of the values that make our lives worthwhile
- poetry doesn’t just take place on the page, it is all around us in the living air
- so called amateur poets are sometimes more relevant than professional ones
- to be conscious of moments during the day when you experience poetry and apply that state of being to whatever your current writing project is
Jay Ramsay is the author of over 30 books most recently Out of Time: Selected Poems 1998-2008 (PS Avalon), Places of Truth (Awen), and The Poet in You (O Books). Co-founder of the Angels of Fire poetry collective in London in 1983, he has performed his work in public for many years.
Want to listen to this teleseminar interview for free but not yet an IACCW member?
Find out about how to do so and discover the other benefits of becoming a member of the International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers (IACCW) by clicking here …
Tags: author, book, creative, poet, poetry, Writing
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
 Thursday 4th March at
16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST
Are you ready to discover your road to fulfillment and freedom through a conscious approach to the business of published authorship?
It is time now for author entrepreneurs everywhere to understand fully the depth of what it means to be a Conscious Entrepreneur and to benefit at every level from applying this approach to their own writing journey.
So don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the shifts you need to make to transform your vision of published authorship into reality including how to:
- Avoid the single biggest mistake most conscious author entrepreneurs make
- Easily and gracefully navigate your way through challenging times
- Know what to do first to create an author business that’s filled with purpose, passion and profit
- Discover the 4 essential components of Conscious Business Success
- Gain deeper understanding about how Spirit impacts business; and more!
Christine Kloser is the award-winning author of The Freedom Formula and Conscious Entrepreneurs. She is widely recognized as an expert in the field of conscious entrepreneurship having spoken alongside such luminaries as Neale Donald Walsch, Dr. Joe Vitale, Arielle Ford, James Twyman and Marianne Williamson.
Want to listen to this teleseminar interview for free but not yet an IACCW member?
Find out about how to do so and discover the other benefits of becoming a member of the International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers (IACCW) by clicking here …
Tags: authentic, author, conscious, passion, publication
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Enjoy a stellar line-up of bestselling authors and guest experts from around the world in the inaugural virtual event which marks the offical launch of the International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers.
Our theme is Discover Your Authentic Voice – on the page and in the world. Listen and learn about tried and tested tools, tips and techniques for success as a published author in today’s fast-changing marketplace.
Be inspired, informed and immerse yourself for a few hours in the creative world of writing and reaching a wide international audience with your message and your stories.
Live calls FREE to all!
For more information and to register, click here …
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WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY
 How to Succeed as an Inspired Author Entrepreneur
with
Nick Williams
entrepreneur, author, international speaker
15:30 GMT/ 10:30 EST
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 How to Write & Publish Authentic Books Successfully
with
Marc Allen
publisher, author, musician
17:00 UK GMT/ 12:00 EST
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 How to Navigate the World of Publishing,
Publicity & Building a Platform
with
Arielle Ford
publicist, author, entrepreneur
18:30 GMT / 1:30 EST
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THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY
 How to Deliver an Authentic Media Message
with
Alan Stevens
media expert , professional speaker, author
14:00 GMT / 9:00 EST
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 How to Be an Authentic New York Times Bestselling Author
with
Mike Dooley
NY Times bestselling author, international speaker
15:30 GMT / 10:30 EST
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 How to Benefit From Being Part of a Membership-Based Association
with
Sheri McConnell
entrepreneur, author, CEO
17:00 GMT / 12:00 EST
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Live calls FREE to all!
For more information and to register, click here …
Tags: authentic, author, conscious, creative, Publishing, writer, writer's voice
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