Improve Your Author Website

From Homepages to Contact Page

September 24

Every professional author needs a website, but too often bad design choices and lack of focus prevent it from doing its job. Whether your website is one day old or ten years old, you want to make sure the time and energy that you’ve put into your website will pay off with more opportunities for you and your writing. This 2-hour live webinar will address best practices for any author website—whether you’re published or unpublished—with simple tips and tricks you can put to work immediately.

Screenwriting 101 for Novelists

October 8

Ever dreamed of seeing your idea, story, or novel on the screen? With so many platforms for screen story telling, there’s never been a better time to make the transition to screenwriting. This seminar covers screenwriting basics – structure, formatting, pitching, and selling. Taught by Hollywood-based film and TV scribe, Jennifer Dornbush, who has penned feature films, developed several television series, adapted scripts to novel (and vice versa), and created a kid’s TV show.

Self Editing: Take Your Manuscript to the Next Level

October 15

More and more in a saturated industry, standards are higher. Acquiring editors and agents are looking for novels far closer to publication-ready than ever before. In this live webinar, a long-time editor, agent, and author will use her knowledge of the industry and her experience with countless feedback from top-name acquisition houses to help you best approach a story that will elevate your place in an agent or acquiring editor’s slush pile. For those interested in self-publishing, the live webinar will give you the tips and tricks necessary to begin preparing your novel to build a lasting, wide readership.

Writing the Cozy Mystery: Crafting a Story Readers Will Love

September 24 - November 19

A successful cozy isn't just about solving a murder. It's about creating a cast of characters readers want to spend time with, building a setting they'll want to revisit, and weaving together a mystery that's satisfying, surprising, and plays fair with readers. In this course, you'll learn how to build your cozy mystery one step at a time.

Publishing 101

September 24 - November 12

This course will walk prospective authors through every step of the publishing process: from procuring an agent to peeling the curtain back on the in-house decision-making processes to how books are priced, printed, and sold to bookstores.

Mastering Amazon for Authors

September 24 - November 19

Mastering Amazon for Authors is the premiere online course designed to help you maximize book sales at the world’s largest retailer. This self-guided video course provides in-depth instruction for authors at every level.