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January 18, 2022 by marianne h donley in category Ages 2 Perfection Online Class, Apples & Oranges by Marianne H. Donley, Online Classes tagged as Aged to Perfection Online Class, twitter for authors

Twitter for Authors

Presented by: Cassandra Carr

Date: February 1 – 28, 2022 (one month)

Pricing: A2P Member fee: $15

Non-A2P Member fee: $30

About the Workshop:

Twitter – If Twitter or “tweeting” is a mystery, join multi-published author Cassandra Carr in a workshop that will help you become a Twitter beginner to a Twitter pro. The workshop will teach you everything you need to know to use Twitter as a valuable piece of your book marketing.

About the Presenter:

Cassandra Carr is a multi-award winning writer. When not writing, she enjoys rooting for her beloved hockey team – the Buffalo Sabres, taking her daughter on grand adventures, and binge watching TV shows. Cassandra’s books have won numerous “Best Book Of” awards and her novella Power Shift (former title Unexpected Top) was nominated in the E-book Erotic Romance category of RT’s Reviewers’ Choice Awards.

She thinks the best part of being a writer is penning stories in her made-up worlds while most others struggle with commutes, micro-managing bosses and cranky co-workers.

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Instagram for Authors

January 18, 2022 by marianne h donley in category Ages 2 Perfection Online Class, Apples & Oranges by Marianne H. Donley, Online Classes tagged as Aged to Perfection Online Class, Instagram, Instagram for Authors, Stephanie J Scott

Instagram for Authors

Presented by: Stephanie J. Scott

Date: February 26, 2022, Saturday, 9AM PT, 10 AM MT, 11AM CT, 12

Pricing: A2P Member fee: No Charge

Non-A2P Member fee: $10

About the Workshop:

Take your Instagram to the next level with ideas and strategies to build a reader community. With over 1 billion monthly worldwide users and growing, Instagram is a major league social media platform connecting users across the world. The key fact for us writers: readers hang out there!

About the Presenter:

Stephanie J. Scott writes young adult and romance about characters who put their passions first. She enjoys dance fitness, everything cats, and has a slight obsession with Instagram. A Midwest girl at heart, she resides outside of Chicago with her tech-of-all-trades husband and fuzzy furbabies. Website: www.stephaniejscott.com

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The 2022 Book Buyers Best Contest

January 16, 2022 by marianne h donley in category Contests, Published Contest tagged as 2022 BBB, Book Buyers Best, OCRW, Orange County Romance Writers

The 2022 Orange County Romance Writer’s Book Buyer’s Best (BBB) Contest is now open for published writers of traditional or indie romances, in novel-length or novella-length, and in print or e-novel format. Entries must have been published during 2021.

Non-refundable entry fee: $25 for OCRW members; $35 for entrants who are not OCRW members. We have nine categories. The contest is open now and closes on March 31, 2022. We invite you to submit to our contest (and tell your published writer friends about it, too).

Even if you’re not entering one of your books into the contest, you’re invited to be one of our judges. It’s a fun experience to be introduced to the writing of published authors you don’t know. Follow this link to learn about contest categories and rules, entry form and fee, past winners, and call for judges: http://ocromancewriters.org/contests/book-buyers-best/

Please email us if you have any further questions at bbbcontest@ocromancewriters.org.

Thanks, Nancy Brashear and Cathleen Armstrong, BBB Coordinators

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Cover Make-over: DIY or Not?

January 15, 2022 by Rebecca Forster in category The Write Life by Rebecca Forster, Writing tagged as author, business of writing, cover design, Rebecca Forster, writing

Like so many people, I told myself ‘when Covid ends I’ll finish (fill in your WIP)’. As Covid dragged on, I became sluggish and uninspired when it came to writing, so I decided to give my most popular series, The Josie Bates Thrillers, a cover make-over.

I was going to have my wonderful graphic designer tackle the project, but found myself indecisive regarding the direction I wanted take. Without constructive input, her job would be impossible, so I decided to do a few rough drafts to clarify my thinking. Instead, I became obsessed with the process of redefining my work. This is what I learned when I went all in on DIY cover design.

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The Bethlehem Writers Roundtable 2022 Short Story Award

January 13, 2022 by Bethlehem Writers Group in category Contests, From a Cabin in the Woods by Members of Bethlehem Writers Group, Writing Contest tagged as #TheBWG, Bethlehem Writers Group, Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award, Short Story Award, Th 2022 Short Story Award

BWG is working on their Seventh anthology, An Element of Mystery: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales of Intrigue.

In connection with this anthology, they are hosting The Bethlehem Writers 2022 Short Story Award.

The 2022 Short Story Award opened January 1, 2022. The theme is An Element of Mystery (broadly interpreted).

BWG is seeking never-published short stories of 2,000 words or fewer. First Place will receive $250 and publication in their upcoming anthology: An Element of Mystery: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales of Intrigue or in Bethlehem Writers Roundtable.

The final judge of the 2022 Short Story Award is New York Times best-selling author Kate Carlisle. You can read Katie’s interview here.

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Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC

The Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC (BWG), founded in 2006, is a community of mutually supportive, fiction and nonfiction authors based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The members are as different from each other as their stories, spanning a range of genres including: children’s, fantasy, humor, inspiration, literary, memoir, mystery, paranormal, romance, science fiction, women’s fiction, and young adult.

See the schedule of meetings and events here.