S3E7: DO NOT WRITE A BOOK! (Until you attend this session.)

09/27/23 • 19 min

You don’t want to miss this high-energy session at the IPNE Conference on Nov. 3-4 with writing and publishing experts Alyssa Berthiaume and Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins. You’ll receive insider secrets on how to avoid some of the biggest writing and publishing mistakes. In short, do not write a book ... until you attend this session!

Alyssa Berthiaume:
Award-winning author; international book coach, developmental editor, and ghostwriter; founder and CEO of The Write Place, Right Time

Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins:
Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins is an award-winning international professional speaker, an award-winning author, and an award-winning publisher and owner of the hybrid publishing company, "Press 49."

Updated show notes & links at https://piercepress.com/face-the-book-tv
Conference registration: https://ipne.org/events

We simulcast live to Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube; audio is subsequently distributed to all major podcast apps.

Alyssa Berthiaume:
Award-winning author; international book coach, developmental editor, and ghostwriter; founder and CEO of The Write Place, Right Time

Updated show notes & links at https://piercepress.com/face-the-book-tv
Conference registration: https://ipne.org/events

We simulcast live to Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube; audio is subsequently distributed to all major podcast apps.

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S3E6: LIVE from Ukraine: Author & Frontline Volunteer, Oleg Veretskiy

Our new author, Oleg Veretskiy has made the time to come on our livestream to answer your questions and talk about his writing and his work supporting the frontline in Ukraine.We hope you’ll join us for this special opportunity to gain insight into the life of this committed volunteer and writer in Ukraine, Oleg Veretskiy.

With this episode, we're celebrating a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign and thanking our backers for helping us raise $9,000 for translation and production costs. Were reserving any pledges received through the end of the campaign on Sept. 26 for additional language translations – Ukrainian, Japanese, and Polish have been requested so far.

Be Oleg’s publishing partner – click here to pledge & help fund the next translation! Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign ends September 26.

If you would like to support Oleg & his team in their mission to help Ukrainians in the de-occupied territories and Ukrainian soldiers fighting for freedom, the verified PayPal account is [email protected]. Additional donation options, click HERE.

Oleg Veretskiy had just published the first novel in his magical realism trilogy, “Tales of the Wandering Mists: A Fairy Tale,” when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022. After getting to know him, we decided that all proceeds after production costs should go to Oleg, who has suspended his career to support Ukraine’s fight for freedom; the publisher will not retain any profits for this first book in The Tales of the Wandering Mists trilogy.

Despite the stress and disruption from the war, the reception of his first book continues to buoy Oleg. “I really like the feedback that my readers send me,” he admits. “Some of them ended up as refugees in Europe and the US, and the book has a therapeutic effect on them. When I think about this, I feel goosebumps.”

We are deeply grateful for helping us realize this meaningful project.

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S3E8: The Power of the Story, with Leon Conrad

All the way from London, award-winning author & IPNE Conference speaker Leon Conrad previews his presentation for the Nov 3-4 Conference. Conrad looks at story from a different angle - exploring the deep structure of story - seeing how thinking about life as story can inform and enhance the quality and joy in the way we live our lives. Conrad discusses how attention to this aspect of publishing can help independent authors "make better books & sell more of them."