Marketing as Storytelling

A free workshop offering for writers

Hi folks,

I know many who read this weekly newsletter are also writers, so I wanted to share a community workshop opportunity. If you aren’t a writer, feel free to forward this to a writer friend.

This week, my Thursday Writers’ Support Group has a special free workshop event called Storytelling as Marketing For Authors!

The group’s cohost, best-selling author, Lainey Cameron has organized this webinar with Lynne Golodner, award-winning author of 10 books and a marketing expert. She'll be talking about how to make book marketing easier - with a focus on storytelling (more deets below!).

The workshop will take place this Thursday, October 17th, at 8 pm EDT/5 pm PT on Zoom.

Use this link to register for the free webinar. If you register, you'll also receive the workshop replay and be added to Lynne's email list.

As authors, wouldn't we love a way to make our author marketing a little easier and more efficient?

Lynne Golodner is the award-winning author of 10 books and a marketing expert. In nearly 20 years of running a globally-renowned marketing company, Lynne has exclusively focused on storytelling as the vehicle for building buzz and expanding reach.

In this free workshop, she'll share practical tips for creating a compelling content calendar that allows authors to multi-purpose content across marketing channels, from newsletters to social posts to media pitches and more.

Her approach reduces time, energy, and anxiety over author marketing, leaving you more time to do what you love most: write your next masterpiece!

If this will be your first time joining us for a Writers’ Support Group meeting or workshop, please take a moment to review our guidelines below my signature.

See you Thursday!

XXXOOO

Charlotte Dune

Ensuring a Wonderful Writer's Support Group

Remember:

o A writer is someone who writes.

o Everyone has a unique voice.

o Everyone is creative.

o Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level.

o The teaching of craft can be done without damage to a writer’s original voice or artistic self-esteem.

We are all here to support each other and to lift each other up. I want to make sure that everyone feels welcome, wonderful, and supported in the group and in meetings.

• We have writers in our group who identify as all genders. When using a term to refer to those on the Zoom please try to avoid gender specific language (gals, guys, ladies) and use terms like everyone, everybody, y'all, peeps or whatever feels comfortable for you.

• When you log into Zoom, please rename yourself to include how you would like to be addressed and your pronoun of choice. For Example Charlotte Dune/She/Her. You can rename yourself from the right-hand dropdown menu on your own video image. You can also update this on your Zoom profile to show on every meeting (or to be prompted when you join).

• Please refrain from using any ethnic, religious, racial, or gender slurs, or any slurs related to a person’s sexual preference or age, even if referencing something else someone said or something someone else wrote. If you need to reference slurs, please use non-slur descriptive terminology, like “He called me a derogatory term for a woman that started with the letter C.” Do not say the actual slur.

• Please refrain from making any complaints regarding another member or referencing another member by name in a negative fashion.

• If another member is making you uncomfortable, please let Charlotte or Lainey know, or if you feel more comfortable talking to the person making you feel uncomfortable directly, please talk with them in private.

• Some are less comfortable with conflict or direct criticism than others, so let’s keep “carefrontations” (confrontations made with care) to a minimum in the group setting and save that for private discussions, or let Charlotte or Lainey know about your concern.

• Feel free to come to me with any concerns or suggestions to improve the caring nature of the group that you might have.

• What is shared in the group stays in the group unless a member requests that material be shared.

• Do not make sexual advances to any member, do not send sexual materials to other members, and do not contact any member in a sexual manner outside of the group.

• Sexist, racist, heterosexist, ageist, ableist, xenophobic, or discriminatory behavior of any type will not be tolerated in the group.

Please keep in mind that we are all part of a shared community founded on trust and fairness. That is why any community’s interaction hinges largely on its members’ agreement to follow rules of kindness and to adhere to group guidelines.

Thanks and happy writing!