Don’t wait for that great opportunity to present itself. Go find it! Be in charge of your own career and make opportunities happen for you.
Keep ahead of the trends. Look around. Learn from your own experience and the experiences of others. Watch the bestsellers and what they’re doing. Build your network. Expand your reach and share best practices. Cross-Promote. Data-mine. Learn everything you can from everywhere and take the initiative to make your own opportunities happen.
The industry is changing so dramatically. For instance, when self-publishing took off, savvy authors who were following industry trends were able to quickly take advantage of these dramatic changes and achieve previously unheard of success and new publishing freedom. Authors want to be aware of these changes. You have to nurture your career and help yourself grow as an author, so drink in everything around you and find what suits your needs.
Your writing career is your business and it is fundamental to your success that you look at it this way. You have your dream job! It is important to not only recognize opportunity when it appears, but also to find ways to empower opportunity to exist and come your way. This workshop will discuss 6 strategies to success.
Don’t wait for it – Go after it. Knock on opportunity’s door!
This workshop offers the unique perspective of the relationship from the point of view of the author as well as the assistant and will be presented in a panel format with time dedicated to Q&A.; Speakers plan to respond to the specific concerns of the attendees and spend a portion of the workshop answering questions.
Laurie Cooper launched her own online business, “Pub-Craft: Virtual Assistance and Creative Consulting for Romance Authors” in October 2013. Since then, she has helped many of her clients to New York Times and USA Today bestseller status. Her company and clients have seen incredible success and continue to grow rapidly with an emphasis on word-of-mouth and author networking. She began working in the industry under the guidance of New York Times Bestselling Author, Opal Carew, and through her tenacity and skill, quickly transitioned from an independent public-relations consultant to a full-time business owner and creative project manager.
Laurie and her team of creative consultants offer a variety of support services to published and pre-published authors. One size does not always fit all and the Pub-Craft team custom-tailors plans to best suit the individual author and his or her budget. Authors seek more time to write, and this is the inspiration underlying her business. Giving You More Time to Write. In the words of Rick Spencer, writer, consultant and speaker specializing in entrepreneurship, “Rugged individualism has its limits. What could you accomplish if you could spend more time doing what you do best?”
Connect with Laurie @CooperLaurie and www.pub-craft.com
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Opal Carew, writes erotic romance for St. Martin’s Press, as well as regularly self-publishes a variety of other romance sub-genres. Opal has been involved in several boxed sets in the past year and has hit the USA Today list five times and New York Times list three times through these sets. She constantly watches for opportunities to take her career to new heights, such as jumping into self-publishing early on, writing serial novels through her traditional publisher, and expanding her audience reach through collaborative projects like boxed sets and continuity series.
Opal Carew writes about passion, love, and taking risks. Her heroines follow their hearts and push past the fear that stops them from realizing their dreams… to the excitement and love of happily-ever-after.
To learn more about Opal, visit her at www.OpalCarew.com