Welcome .
So glad you could join us in the Winner Circle! Our team is really proud of the vast array of resources we’ve been hard at work compiling over the last year, and we’re excited to take Where Writers Win to the next level by providing you with a “one-stop-shop” for your author marketing needs.
From here you can visit any of the portals below and be transported to a wealth of information, all meticulously researched and vetted to make the absolute most of your marketing, sales and publicity efforts.
Enjoy your time here and check back often as we’ll be adding new content for you every week!
Typical. Typical. I just typed such a long comment that the site “timed out” and lost it. A lesson learned.
A marketing conference with Shari has provided not just a wealth of new resources and great new ideas for using the ones I already have, but an approach that is essential if I am to settle into this marketing life for my book. My weakness is to try to do everything at once, to get overwhelmed, and to work all day every day, sometimes late into the night.
I now have a workable list, typed up from my notes from my conversation with Shari, and can actually tackle that list one item at a time. Today, I am wandering around this site a bit, looking over my “shopping list,” and tomorrow I expect to focus on online book clubs.
Thanks, Shari, for your help and your insights. And thanks for the kudos about my website and my marketing efforts so far. I’ve been flying blind up to this point.
How does one access and download one of the author website templates? Is there a charge? Thanks
Yes — these are where we “begin” with an author’s custom website; the templates we ourselves use and modify. If you’re looking to DIY there are a number of great free templates out there – search Google and look for those that are tested, established, mobile-friendly, etc.
We had to stop writing for a little while and doing any marketing due to a health issue my sister had. I am happy to say she is doing great now and we are back. I do the marketing and promoting of our website and was having a hard time getting back into the groove again. I went back to Writerswin website and all of the articles got me going again! Thanks so much Shari!
AKA
JB Bonds
Thanks, JB Bonds — we’re all so glad to have you back — write on, market on!
Sheri,
Below under the WWW Press Box section I selected the “New Orleans: Write Stuff” and am directed to aol.com every time. Is there a glitch? What I want is the date of the next writers conference which is held in New Orleans every year.
Thanks, Beverly J. Campbell
Hi Beverly! Yes, that’s the right link as these are press articles we’ve written that appear on other sites. Words & Music this year happens November 20-24 and their website address is http://wordsandmusic.org — The site is in the middle of a re-do, so pardon any construction dust there!
Shari, A response I made to a blog in Writers of YA Fiction:
It always hurts to be rejected at some level. The problem in finding an agent is there are so many new unknown authors that your book is lost inside an tsunami of new books. The numbers make it impossible for an agent to respond, much less look at the book. Everybody is in everybody else’s way. The only way an agent might peek at your book is to have something about you or the book that sticks out of that flood. Then there’s the brick wall of the publishers who only consider what sells and is currently hot in the ever-shifting culture.
That is why I’d suggest self publishing. The public still won’t know you’re there, but the point is YOU ARE OUT THERE. And you and your book have a chance.
Shari saved me from certain obscurity.
With the publication of my first novel, Birth Offering, I knew that I needed help with social media. I was an expert at email. Unfortunately, that was all. I had never looked at Twitter or Facebook. I never heard of Google Plus. So I was in dire straits. I contacted Shari, and she very patiently talked me through the process of signing up and using all forms of social media. After all of our sessions, I now routinely promote my writing efforts through a number of different platforms – and not only do I sound like I know what I’m talking about, but I actually do know what I am doing. Couldn’t have done it without Shari. She made the learning process both fun and manageable.
Shari and Kendra did wonderful work for my new website. My minimal on-line skills have improved 100%, and the website looks terrific. I read most of Shari’s posts, and I’ve already utilized the blog sites and directories included in the Winner’s Circle to promote my website and new book, The Black Owls.
Tell all your writing frineds. This is a fantastic site with something for everyone regardless of their genre, their skills or their interests.
Thanks, Patricia! Wishing you all success with your words 🙂
I appreciate much of the material you are furnishing and am learning to benefit from what you offer. It occurred to me that you seem not to have any information on Writers Guild that exist across the country. Do you have any plans to find and list these organizations? It could prove to be a very useful tool for authors and I am looking for a source of contact information for Guilds everywhere.
What say ye?