Keri-Rae Barnum is the Executive Director of New Shelves Books, one of the largest book sales and marketing content providers in the US. With 15 years of extensive marketing experience, Keri is currently enjoying the ability to pair her lifelong love of books with her sales and promotion skills. She believes in helping authors – […]

Using Reader Magnets to Grow Your Readership and Boost Sales In this presentation, bestselling author Lucy Lennox will cover two different kinds of reader magnets and discuss how to use this bonus content to draw existing and new readers to sign up for your newsletter. The session will cover which elements go into creating a […]

Members Only Holiday Party

Dark Moments – Make them earn their happily ever after In this workshop we’ll study the dark moment that changes characters and readers forever and study ways you can crank up the tension in your WIP. This is the moment that can make or break a book and keep readers up way past their bedtime, […]

Members Only Retreat

Brand Land: What is Author Brand and Why Readers Care Marketing doesn’t have to be daunting. In this insightful session, Carol will demystify what it means to have an author brand, how it’s much more than a logo and web presence, and why it’s foundationally important to do the thinking behind what you want to […]

Join us Saturday, July 10 at 10:30 a.m. for a virtual workshop featuring USA Today bestselling author and writing expert Jaye Wells!  We will learn about one of the most critical parts of a compelling story—conflict!   About the workshop: Internal versus External Conflicts Learn about the difference between internal and external conflicts, and the roles […]

Join us Saturday, June 12 at 10:30 a.m. for virtual workshops involving behind-the-scenes medical secrets and discussions of obstetric emergencies.  Our presenter, award-winning author Jillian David, is an expert.  She juggles a busy rural medical practice while still finding time to write stories of steamy misadventure … that always contain a few medical twists. About […]