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Getting Ready for Conference

By on August 30, 2012 in 3. Publish your Story, 5. MBT Interviews and Events, Encourage Me!, How do I Pitch my Book?, How do I Promote my book?, Rachel Hauck, Writing Conferences

The ACFW Conference is coming up in a month and it’s time to start getting ready. No, don’t pack your suitcase yet, but start thinking about what you’ll need before you hit the conference road. Whether you’re a planner or not, it’s always good to jot a few notes in preparation for any trip, especially a fast paced conference. Here’s a few things I do: Print out my flight plan. Always good to know when my flight is taking off. Hubby loves the early morning flights when he has to drive me to the airport at 5:00 a.m. Get business cards or any other “hand out” material ready. I’ve taken off more times than I care to confess without my business cards and I regret it every time. So get […]

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The Truth about Conferences? Really?

By on August 28, 2012 in 3. Publish your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, 5. MBT Interviews and Events, Encourage Me!, How do I Pitch my Book?, How do I Promote my book?, Learn the art of Social Networking, Quick Skills, Susan May Warren, Writing Conferences

  Are you ready to attend a writer’s conference? The reality is, if you want to be published – and stay published – you need to attend Writer’s Conferences. But you shouldn’t attend unprepared. This is why the mulit-published, award-winning novelists and conference coordinators on the My Book Therapy staff wrote: The Truth about Conferences: the MBT guide to how to have a successful writers conference. Writers conferences are overwhelming. But when you prepare yourself, they can also change your life. To celebrate this book – and to give you some tips and tricks – we’re having a Truth about Conferences Webinar on Thursday night, 7pm CST on our MBT Open House channel. To join us, and to get a free excerpt, LIKE our Facebook page (the excerpt and registration […]

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Get the Truth about Conferences!

By on August 27, 2012 in 3. Publish your Story, Featured Book, Featured Fiction, How do I Pitch my Book?, How do I Promote my book?, Learn the art of Social Networking, Reading, Susan May Warren, Writing, Writing Conferences

I’m on the road helping my kids move into college today, so instead of a conversation with Sally, I have a special offer for you (and Sally!) I’ll never forget my first writers conference. Fresh from my first term as a missionary, I had decided overseas that I wanted to write a novel. While on home service, I worked slavishly to finish it, and when I discovered a Christian writers conference in my area, albeit small, I couldn’t wait to arrive, plunk down my novel before some editor, and return with a check in hand. Right. Sadly, I was woefully unprepared for the conference. I read nametags and titles, and a sweat broke out on my palms. I saw people with slick proposals and writing credits behind their names and […]

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MBT wants to help you sell your book!

By on July 3, 2012 in Editing Basics, How do I Pitch my Book?, Quick Skills, Susan May Warren

Are you getting ready to pitch your book at a writing conference?  Wow, we get that!  Below is a video I taped about pitching…maybe it will help. Also, if you are interested, MBT is having a Pitch and Promotion seminar right before the ACFW Conference in Dallas. If you want to get your pitch in shape, and learn how to promote your book during and after the conferece, consider attending. Here’s a little shameless promotion and the link is below!   Find out more about the Pitch and Promotion Scrimmage at:  http://scrimmage.mybooktherapy.com! Hope to see you there! Have a great Independence Day! Susie May

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