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Archive for September, 2011
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Julia McCutchen interviews Nina Grunfeld
Is your current writer’s mindset helping you or getting in the way?
Using exercises and practical suggestions, Nina Grunfeld will inspire you to think of yourself as a successful writer by engaging with a range of important topics including: belonging, authenticity, confidence, prioritising and shifting your perspective.
You’ll take away from our talk:
- A writer’s perspective for you to use
- An understanding of who you’d be like as a successful writer
- Why you may be hanging on to not feeling like a writer
- How to use goal-setting in a positive way
- A good feeling about yourself
Former Daily Telegraph Get A Life columnist and author of more than twenty books including The Big Book of Me, The Life Book and How To Get What You Want, Nina Grunfeld started Life Clubs (www.lifeclubs.com) in 2004. Life Clubs are a collection of 50 plus practical and structured workshops which give people a framework for figuring things out for themselves. There are local Life Clubs around the UK, in large corporations and in the NHS.
“A new breed of self-help guru … with a flair for ideas and masses of calm good sense.” The Daily Telegraph
Date: Thursday 6th October 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, Creativity, How to Get Into a Successful Writer’s Mindset, nina grunfeld, publication, publish, publisher, Publishing, writer, Writing
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
 A book proposal is the single most important key to unlocking the publishing door for writers who are looking for a traditional publishing deal and for those who choose to self-publish.
Clarity about the core information for presenting your book successfully to your market will make all the difference to your potential success as an author.
Despite the abundance of advice currently available on this topic, many writers remain confused by the different requirements from agents and publishers.
Others experience nagging doubts about whether or not they have interpreted the guidelines correctly or done their book justice.
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Tags: agent, author, book, book proposal, publisher, self-publishing
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
 As summer gives way to autumn here in the northern hemisphere, we are already seeing the leaves beginning their return journey back to the earth.
Autumn is a time for harvesting the fruits of creative seeds that have previously been sown. As a result, this feels like a perfect moment to share all that we have created for you in a more structured way.
The newly created IACCW Products pages bring together a selection of books, digital downloads and audio CD sets to provide you with expert information to inspire, inform and guide you towards authentic success as an author today.
To celebrate the Launch of this new offering, we are having our first ever 50% discount sale on all Products listed here
How To Claim Your 50% Discount*
When you check out, insert the following discount code into the “Coupon code” box in the shopping cart: SALE2011
Remember to click “Apply” once you’ve inserted the code and you will see the amount owing change to the discounted level before you proceed to the payment screen.
Offer expires on MONDAY12 SEPTEMBER!
To read more, click here
We hope that you will benefit from this opportunity to access some valuable content in various formats and will look forward to sharing more resources with you over the coming months. If you have any questions at all, just email info@iaccw.com and we’ll be happy to help.
To your conscious & creative success!
* This offer cannot be combined with any other discount offers.
Tags: audio CD, authentic, author, book, digital downloads
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
 I am delighted to introduce this guest post from experienced author Adrian Gilbert who has recently published his first Kindle novel, Shadow of the Dragon. Enjoy!
For all of us who are authors, the advent of Amazon onto the market-place has been a mixed blessing.
On the one hand it has provided a truly global market-place for selling our books—even those which the shops won’t stock.
On the other hand, its sheer power has had the effect of driving down prices, and hence margins for publishers. This has had the inevitable knock-on effect of reduced royalty percentages for authors.
Furthermore, alongside every new book advertised on the Amazon website, there will nearly always be offers of second-hand copies at reduced prices. This is great for the consumer, not bad for Amazon but lousy for the author who gets no royalties at all on second-hand sales.
Taking all these points into consideration, it has to be said that so far the electronic revolution, though great for some, has been catastrophic for many other authors.
Because books now re-cycle so efficiently on the second-hand market (ebay is just as important as Amazon in this respect) the viability or life-span of new books has been greatly shortened.
Fortunately, as far as we authors are concerned, Amazon is not all bad news. In addition to acting as a worldwide distributor of printed books, it has also pioneered an entirely different revolution: the Kindle.
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Tags: author, book, ebook, kindle, publish, publisher, Writing
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Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Julia McCutchen interviews Sandra Beckwith
A virtual book tour is a promotional tactic that lets you interact with bloggers and online media outlets in ways that help you get the word out about your book.
If you don’t know where start or feel overwhelmed at the thought of setting up a virtual book tour for your book, join us and learn:
- Why a virtual book tour is better than in-person appearances
- How to lay the groundwork for a successful virtual book tour months in advance
- What materials you do and don’t need for your online tour
- How to find the blogs and online media outlets that reach your book’s target audience
- How to contact bloggers and others about your book
- Tools you have already that you can use to set-up, execute, and track your tour
- Ways to make your tour a win-win experience for all participants
Sandra Beckwith was a national award-winning publicist in the U.S. before she began teaching authors around the world how to be their own book publicists. The author of three books, including two on publicity topics, publishes the free e-newsletter Build Book Buzz. Sign up for her newsletter and receive the free special report, Beyond the Press Release: 10 Exciting Book Buzz Ideas That Will Take You to the Top, at www.buildbookbuzz.com
Date: Thursday 8th 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, creative, How to Plan Your Virtual Book Tour, marketing, message to the market, publication, publish, Publishing, sandra beckwith, writer, Writing
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