Showing posts with label Being a Writer Entrepreneur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Being a Writer Entrepreneur. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Being a Writer in the 21st Century - 10 week course

I'm teaching on a 10 week short course from January 2015 in Canterbury - details below if you want to join us!  I will share everything I've learned about my many years (almost 40!) as a published writer. Great venue, and great atmosphere!

Course description

Being a writer in the digital age offers a wealth of unprecedented opportunities for authors – but to benefit from this exciting entrepreneurial climate, a writer has to become a new creature - an authorpreneur. This course explores the realities and practicalities of writing in the 21 st century, arming writers with essential tools and knowledge to avoid the pitfalls.  A comprehensive range of topics will be covered, including marketing, selling and promotion, earning income from writing, the role of agents, publishers, using social media, understanding contracts and payments, methods of working practice and managing your time.

Days and times: Monday 12 January 1-3pm, for 10 weeks
Cost: £89.50
Venue: Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, UK

What previous students have said about my day schools:

“Jane is very knowledgeable and has a wealth of experience.”
“Fabulously engaging tutor, enthusiastic about her subject, spoke with passion and authority.”
“It was more than I imagined.  Very informative and interesting.”
“Knowledgeable about the topic.  Excellent to listen to. Inspiring.”
“Obvious sound knowledge base and good clear delivery.”
“Useful hand-outs with links that can provide even more information after the course.”
“Inspiring and informative.  Lots of ideas to work with now!”
 “Jane is clearly very experienced.  She has a good relaxed style and is very enthusiastic.”
“Very useful and clearly put across.”
“Excellent content.  Covered more than I expected.”
“Very clear information.  Very generous with the information. Helpful.”
“Very good at answering questions, very clear targets and direction, well prepared.”
 “It was excellent – very informative, well organised, encouraged questions. Engaging.”

TO BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW GO TO:
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/cae/short-courses/spring-2015/being-a-writer-in-the-21st-century.aspx


Friday, 4 April 2014

Bearing Fruit at Words with JAM

Today you will find me once again over at the excellent writer resource that is Words with JAM, talking about the importance of being businesslike with your writing - and ensuring that you reap the rewards of the effort you put in.

"Any business, small or large, will regularly review and evaluate output and productivity.  What is selling?  What isn’t?  Is the reward commensurate with the time expended to produce it?  (Okay, this is a perennial issue for all creators, not just writers.  Creating can be hugely draining and time consuming; also frustrating and difficult, as well as spiritually satisfying.   And we aren’t supposed to be doing it for the money (!) But that is for another article….) Back to the topic.  So how many writers analyse their output in terms of volume and results?  For example, have you ever gone through your records detailing work sent out (you do keep records, don’t you?) to ascertain the ratio of work published to work submitted? "   (click link to read on....)

http://www.wordswithjam.co.uk/2014/03/bearing-fruit-by-jane-ayres.html


Thursday, 11 July 2013

Marketing for Writers and Being an Authorpreneur

This week I've been thinking about marketing in relation to books and indie publishing, probably because I'm giving a talk in Canterbury next week on Wednesday 17th July which is called  Being a Writer Entrepreneur
If you want to find out more click on the link below. 


I've also read a couple of excellent articles for writers.  The first, from the wonderful Joanna Penn, is all about marketing and the other is how to fund your work through Crowdfunding.  Great reads!




Monday, 8 April 2013

Upcoming Writing Workshops and Talks

In case anyone is interested, I'm teaching a few Saturday morning intensive writing workshops on 14 and 28 September and 12 October at Stepping Stones Studio in Maidstone.  Their fee is £40 and the events will run from 10am-12 noon.  Go to their website for more info.
http://www.steppingstonestudios.co.uk/writing-course.html

I'm also giving a talk called  A Writer's Journey on Tues 21 May at 7pm at Ashford Gateway as part of Adult Learners Week  http://www.whatsoninkentlocal.com/all/details/46589/ and a talk called Being a Writer Entrepreneur on Weds 17 July for East Kent Women in Business in Canterbury.   For info go to http://www.ekentwib.org.uk/events/