Things I've learned that Help me Write
It has amazed me recently how often I run into writers who are trying to publish and aren't sure how. This page, I hope, will allow me to share some of the resources that have helped me progress along my career path. I hope you will find it useful. I also hope I can encourage other budding writers to keep walking forward, one baby step at a time!
Along with the links and information below, check out my Shakespearean sources of information about Elizabethan England!
Along with the links and information below, check out my Shakespearean sources of information about Elizabethan England!
UTAH CHAPTER OF ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA where you can get support from other writers!
One hugely important link I want to share with everyone is the link to my writer's group: Utah RWA, which stands for the Utah Chapter of Romance Writers of America. Lynn Kurland advised me to join several years ago when I had just completed the first draft of my first novel. It was a little pricey, given the budget I was on back then, but it has been more than worth it. I find it delightfully serendipitous that I will be joining her for my first book-signing.
Writers needs to surround themselves with other writers and this group is an amazing mix of artists of all kinds who love to write. Our members include both men and women, writers of Young Adult, Fantasy, History and Contemporary. Do we write romance? Absolutely, isn't romance the fundamental point of any relationship?
We meet nearly every month on Saturday mornings. Check the schedule for the next one.
We also have a conference coming up October 11th - 12th in Park City. This is a MUST DO. I promise you will leave inspired and educated!
The booksigning on October 12th. Come meet some amazing authors!
Utah Romance Writers of America link.
URWA Heart of the West Conference 2013 link.
HOW Booksigning link.
Meet some of our members link.
Writers needs to surround themselves with other writers and this group is an amazing mix of artists of all kinds who love to write. Our members include both men and women, writers of Young Adult, Fantasy, History and Contemporary. Do we write romance? Absolutely, isn't romance the fundamental point of any relationship?
We meet nearly every month on Saturday mornings. Check the schedule for the next one.
We also have a conference coming up October 11th - 12th in Park City. This is a MUST DO. I promise you will leave inspired and educated!
The booksigning on October 12th. Come meet some amazing authors!
Utah Romance Writers of America link.
URWA Heart of the West Conference 2013 link.
HOW Booksigning link.
Meet some of our members link.
CREATE SPACE - GET YOUR BOOK ON THE MARKET!
CREATE SPACE is here to help you get your book into print! If you have your novel written, if you've had it edited and are finally ready to give it to the world, you MUST explore this link. Here you will find out how to format your text for printing, how to put together a cover and create a marketing plan that will get you on the way. CreateSpace works in concert with Amazon's kindle and it can convert your work to etext format as well.
THE SQUARE is a tiny device that lets me take credit cards for purchases. It's perfect for booksignings. The account is easy to set up. I've set it to download the money into my bank account. After testing it, I discovered it reports each transaction to my e-mail which makes it easy to track sales. The square itself is free. The service fee is 2.5% of each transaction. Not a bad deal!
WEEBLY.COM is a terrific website for create free websites. There are others, but I've found this one to be very user friendly and the support staff has answered my questions promptly and politely. An author is responsible to develop his/her own platform and the website is a terrific start.