There will be a national event in Chelmsford Essex called SP4UK (Self Publishing for the UK) on 30th May 2009 designed to help, motivate and provide assistance to new and existing authors looking at completing a Self Publishing project.We all know the unfair stigma that self publishing gets and even though this is being eroded as people realise the value of getting their work "out there”, taking control of their work can be rewarding and monetarily beneficial.
The event is being held in Chelmsford in the Shire Hall very close to the Main line station. Chelmsford has ample parking near the venue.
Please see our website for full details www.sp4uk.co.uk . Tickets are £15 each and for that you will be able to meet like minded people talk to the experts and listen to our speakers who all have exceptional experience in this field. If you have any further questions please either:
Call 01245322716 9-5 Monday to Friday or
E Mail robertbanham@aol.com
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The way to go apparently. Keep ‘em short. And snappy.
Am back in the UK, shivering, for about 4 weeks. My objectives include rewriting my novel, meeting Julie to discuss our planned take-over the publishing world idea, hanging out with my bezza who is 8 months pregnant and playing with this blog. Sigh. Trying to upload images (for those of you waiting for cat shots!) and failing so far. Also trying to work out how to generate traffic.
Any ideas welcome.
Short & snappied out.
This is an interesting link. Continuing my theme of aspiring wealth, I tuned into this woman a couple of years ago when she ran an online prosperity game which actually worked! If you’ve seen The Secret then you’ll know what I’m on about because this lady, Sandy Forster, teaches the law of attraction.
Anyway, that’s all beside the point. The point being Sandy used to be thousands of dollars in debt (she’s Aussie) but in the space of 5 years transformed herself into a millionaire and now lives on the Sunshine Coast. Along the way she wrote and self-published a bestselling book, How To Be Wildly Wealthy Fast. Now she’s running a series of free teleseminars which you can download from her website: www.wildlyweathly.com or click here to go to the direct link: http://www.wildlywealthy.com/teleseminars.php .
The author teleseminars focus on lots of aspects about the publishing/marketing process and have a few handy tips. More for people who are thinking about going down the self-publishing/POD route than the traditional avenue, and particularly helpful if you are writing a non-fiction book aimed at helping the reader in some way (that way you can follow it up with lots of other avenue streams – audio, seminars, online programmes, workshops etc). She kind of annoys me in places (am not even sure why really) but the material over-rides that. Some good stuff here. Thanks Sandy!
