Day 3: Alexa Bigwarfe: What’s An Author Platform And Why is It Crucial to Your Success?

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 4, 2020

What’s An Author Platform And Why is It Crucial to Your Success?

Description: We hear the phrase “Author Platform” a lot, but what is it, and why do you need to have one? Conference host Alexa Bigwarfe explains.

Format: Video Q&A

Level: This presentation is for all levels.

Alexa Bigwarfe

Founder and Producer, Women in Publishing Summit

Alexa Bigwarfe is a wife, mother, proud veteran, a USA Today Best-Selling author, author coach, publisher, and podcaster. Her writing career began after her infant daughter passed away at 2 days old and she turned to writing for healing, which led to self-publishing. Now she guides other authors through the publishing and marketing process. She is also the founder and host of the Women in Publishing Summit, a place where women writers can learn together and support each other and a nonprofit for Grieving Mothers, Sunshine After the Storm. She lives in Columbia, SC with her husband, three living children. Download her free book Ditch the Fear & Just Write It at writepublishsell.co/dtf

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What is an author platform?
Why do you need it?
Target audience
Simple steps
More advanced steps
Getting started
WIP School wait list

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Day 3: Deanna Leah: What You Need to Know About Selling International Rights to Your Book

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 4, 2020

What You Need to Know About Selling International Rights to Your Book

Description: Foreign Rights Literary Agent Deanna Leah chats with conference host Alexa Bigwarfe about the process of selling international rights to your book.

Format: Video Q&A

Level: This presentation is for all levels.

Deanna Leah

Foreign Rights Literary Agent

Deanna Leah, founder and owner of HBG Productions, began her work in publishing during the 1990s with MB Media, publisher of Magical Blend and Natural Beauty and Health magazines. Consequently, she developed an eye for design and honed her skills at discerning quality literature and effective marketing. In 2002, Deanna started HBG Productions, dedicated to personalized and caring representation for authors in the mind-body-spirit genre. Priding itself on individualized author support and focused marketing efforts, HBG Productions promotes books for a better world with themes such as Alternative Health, Spirituality, Self Help, Children's Literature and more. Attending book fairs worldwide, HBG presents authors’ works to publishers from around the globe, securing translation rights in China, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Russia, and more. Contact deanna@hbgproductions.com

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BookExpo https://www.bookexpoamerica.com/

Frankfurt Book Fair https://www.buchmesse.de/en

London Book Fair https://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/

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Day 3: Annalisa Parent: Great Beginnings: How to Get an Agent’s Attention

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 4, 2020

Great Beginnings: How to Get an Agent's Attention

Description: Great Beginnings: Getting Your First Few Chapters Publication-Ready
You know you’ve got a great story idea, but how do you make it so great that it rises from slush pile to publication?

Format: Video Q&A

Level: This presentation is specifically for fiction authors who want to work with an agent.

Annalisa Parent

CEO Date With the Muse

Annalisa Parent helps writers to finish, publish and sell their novels. She owns and operates Date with the Muse, LLC, which helps storytellers to publish traditionally at the highest level possible. Her book “Storytelling for Pantsers: How to Outline and Revise your Novel without an Outline” has been lauded by multiple New York Times bestselling author John David Mann as “brimming over with invaluable practical writerly wisdom…her love of life—pours out of every paragraph. Read her book. It will infuse joy into your days and make you a better writer.”

Annalisa writes for many local, national, and international publications, has written and produced sketches for a Telly-Award winning television show. She has been featured on Huffington Post Live for her novels, CBS, Associated Press and Korean Broadcast Systems, as well as many internationals podcasts, radio programs, writing conferences and workshops.

Author and Writing Coach Annalisa Parent has helped hundreds of writers to improve their craft and to become published authors. She knows the inside tricks to get your writing publication-ready. In this workshop, she will walk you through a straightforward system for plotting your fiction to ensure you write a book that makes readers say “I couldn’t put it down” and the steps necessary to pace your first five pages of your manuscript to catch an agent's/publisher's interest.

You’ll walk away with a bucket load of information and resources to keep and put to action, so you can cross “Become an Author” off your bucket list.

Mentioned in this video:

How and when should you use backstory?
Where is the best point in the narrative to start?
What is the most effective build to the climax?
Why a good book is so important if you want to pitch an agent
What agents like & what lands your book in the slush pile
Annalisa’s special bonus – for fiction authors who purchase the All Access Pass – she’ll provide feedback on your first 5 pages
What’s in and what is definitely out when it comes to books (red flags that will get you ignored)
Understanding the difference between reader feedback and writer feedback

Resources

The Writing Gym Podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-writing-gym-podcast/id1197011355

www.datewiththemuse.com/6secrets

Annalisa's book, Storytelling for Pantsers: How to Write and Revise Your Novel Without An Outline

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Day 3: Publishers Panel: Karen Schober, Jenn Thompson, Kate Stead, Diane Windsor

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 4, 2020

Publishers Panel

Description: Join summit host Alexa Bigwarfe as she chats with Karen Schober of BookBaby, Kate Stead of Old Mate Media, Jenn Thompson of Indie Author Book Expo, and Diane Windsor of Motina Books on the different facets of publishing, including the submissions process for traditional publishing, what self-pubslishers need to know, and tools and tips for publishing.

Format: Live, on the Women in Publishing Facebook Page

Level: This presentation is for all levels.

Alexa Bigwarfe

Author, Publisher and Summit Producer

Alexa Bigwarfe is a wife, mother, author, publisher, speaker, and author coach. She has published numerous books of her own and for many other writers and entrepreneurs through her author coaching and hybrid-publishing company Kat Biggie Press (katbiggiepress.com). Kat Biggie Press is dedicated to sharing women’s works of inspiration, self-help, and books that make the world a better place. Her children's book imprint, Purple Butterfly Press, publishes books of encouragement, inspiration, self-love, and healing for children and parents. She is also the founder and producer of the Women in Publishing Summit. Follow her everywhere on instagram @katbiggiepress and on youtube for publishing tips at https://www.youtube.com/writepublishsell.

Karen Schober

Self Publishing Specialist & Author

Karen Schober has been a self-published author since her first novel, Fire and Ice – was published in 2008. Since then, she ventured into the other side of self-publishing at BookBaby, where she helps other authors self-publish their own works. While her own creative focus is still firmly in novel-length romances, she has seen the world of self-publishing evolve into what it is today.
Being able to straddle both sides of the self-publishing world has not only opened her eyes to the entire publishing process but feels that it is her responsibility to protect her fellow authors from all the lessons she has learned over the years.

Diane Windsor

Publisher

Diane Windsor is the owner of Motina Books, an independent publisher in the Dallas area. She’s always loved books, and spent many late nights in high school scaring herself to death reading Stephen King novels. Diane founded Motina Books to help moms tell their stories, both fiction and non-fiction. There’s a special place in her heart for single moms. Diane lives in Allen, Texas with her husband and two Boxers. When she’s not writing, editing, or formatting, she’s probably baking sourdough bread – her latest addiction!

Jenn Thomspon

Author and Owner of IABE

Jenn Thompson is an indie author and mother of 3. She loves working with readers, writer's, and authors to build better book; making them more accessible to the world.

Kate Stead

Director of Marketing Operations, Old Mate Media

Kate Stead is an indie author and publisher. She founded Old Mate Media, a boutique publishing company, in Sydney Australia, with her husband, award-winning author and editor Chris Stead. Focusing on creating beautiful and professional children’s and non-fiction books, she guides authors through the confusing landscape of the self-publishing industry. Kate’s career spans many industries, including molecular biology, events planning, corporate marketing and project management. She brings this diverse experience to publishing and is passionate about helping indie authors first set and then achieve their publishing goals.

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Day 3: Tamara Woods: Creating writing community through AuthorTubing

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 4, 2020

Creating Writing Community through AuthorTubing

Description: AuthorTuber Tamara Woods shares her experience building a community of readers by leveraging YouTube

Format: Video Q&A

Level: This presentation is for all levels.

Tamara Woods

Cozy Mystery Indie Author

Tamara Woods doesn’t spend her time sipping on Mai Tais on the beach. In fact by living in Hawaii, she’s found that she’s more of a mountain person than a beachy one. Must be her West Virginia roots. Maybe that’s why there’s such a strong call to small towns and country living in her books whether they’re women’s literature or cozy mysteries. She likes to talk about writing and books on her YouTube channel. She hosts a weekly Twitter called #writestuff where writers talk about writing. And she is consistently working on the next novel. She’s a hillbilly hermit in Honolulu living with her Mathmagician.

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Tamara's YouTube Channel

Check out Tamara's books at https://tamarawoodsauthor.com/her-books/

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