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Missed our 2nd Saturday meeting in 2023 with Debra Owsley, a literary product specialist!! #meetup #motownwriters [video]

Debra Owsley was one of our speakers from last year’s Motown Writers 2nd Saturday meetup. Great information that you will enjoy.

Litversations; A Marketing Moment with Sylvia Hubbard

Also check out Debra’s book with good tips!

https://amzn.to/42mMUBT

Building a fanbase as an author can be a daunting task, but “Think Like an Author, Act Like a Fan” breaks it down into manageable steps.
Some of the tips are how to;

  • Engage with your readers on social media by responding to comments and messages. This can help you build a relationship with your fans and keep them interested in your work.
  • Create clever and fun activities to gain engagement.
  • Offer exclusive content to your most loyal fans, such as sneak peeks of upcoming projects or behind-the-scenes looks at your writing process. This can make them feel valued and encourage them to spread the word about your work.
  • This is a self-help, tip-book of niche promotional ideas for independent and seasoned writers.
  • A how-to resource guide for action plans, team building, branding, and tactics.
  • Finally, don’t be afraid to experiment with different marketing and promotional strategies to see what works best for you. With the right mindset and approach, marketing and promotions can be a fun and rewarding part of being an author.
  • This is an amazing brainstorming assistant to get your ideas in a more organized and doable plan.

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The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression (Second Edition) (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1) UPDATED 2nd Edition with more… #motownwriters #writersresource

updated Resource (love this book series)

https://amzn.to/3J7ze4Q

Update for this resource book includes:

  • Body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for 130 emotions that cover a range of intensity from mild to severe, providing innumerable options for individualizing a character’s reactions
  • A breakdown of the biggest emotion-related writing problems and how to overcome them
  • Advice on what should be done before drafting to make sure your characters’ emotions will be realistic and consistent
  • Instruction for how to show hidden feelings and emotional subtext through dialogue and nonverbal cues
  • And much more!
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Featuring  The Emotional Wound Thesaurus and The Emotion Thesaurus.authors Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi #authorinterview @ScreenWryter13 by Diana Stout #motownwriters

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Missed our 2nd Saturday meeting in 2023 with Debra Owsley, a literary product specialist!! #meetup #motownwriters [video]

Debra Owsley was one of our speakers from last year’s Motown Writers 2nd Saturday meetup. Great information that you will enjoy.

Litversations; A Marketing Moment with Sylvia Hubbard

Also check out Debra’s book with good tips!

https://amzn.to/42mMUBT

Building a fanbase as an author can be a daunting task, but “Think Like an Author, Act Like a Fan” breaks it down into manageable steps.
Some of the tips are how to;

  • Engage with your readers on social media by responding to comments and messages. This can help you build a relationship with your fans and keep them interested in your work.
  • Create clever and fun activities to gain engagement.
  • Offer exclusive content to your most loyal fans, such as sneak peeks of upcoming projects or behind-the-scenes looks at your writing process. This can make them feel valued and encourage them to spread the word about your work.
  • This is a self-help, tip-book of niche promotional ideas for independent and seasoned writers.
  • A how-to resource guide for action plans, team building, branding, and tactics.
  • Finally, don’t be afraid to experiment with different marketing and promotional strategies to see what works best for you. With the right mindset and approach, marketing and promotions can be a fun and rewarding part of being an author.
  • This is an amazing brainstorming assistant to get your ideas in a more organized and doable plan.

Buy Book Now

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#MotownWriters Jan2024 meetup Topic: What Authors & Writers should be doing for success in 2024

Join #MotownWrtiers 2nd Saturday 10am January 13th for our regular scheduled meeting here on Facebook.

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We’ll be speaking about What Authors & Writers should be doing for success in 2024

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Self-Publishing and Email Marketing: How to Create and Optimize a Reader Newsletter to Find New Fans, Gather More Reviews, and Sell More Books #BryanCohen #motownwriters

Are you struggling to forge a lasting bond with your readers? Learn the keys to powerful email marketing techniques that will build your tribe.

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No idea what to say to your fanbase? Don’t believe newsletters play a part in your plan? Are you worried that gathering subscribers is a dying strategy? Entrepreneur, marketing whiz, and self-publishing thought-leader Bryan Cohen has coached thousands of authors to greater success through tried-and-tested tactics. Now he’s here to share how you can use the power of automation and personal connections to create a loyal and long-lasting audience hungry for every new release.

Self-Publishing and Email Marketing is a comprehensive look at how to set up your communication platform to achieve extraordinary results. Through the story of Nina, whose skepticism of “old-school marketing” gets in the way of her publishing success, Cohen masterfully leads you through the same processes that have helped him grow a substantial business and sell over 150,000 books. And once you adopt these practical and easy-to-follow methods, you’ll not only insulate yourself from industry upheavals, you’ll soon be celebrating rapidly increasing royalties.

In Self-Publishing and Email Marketing: How to Create and Optimize a Reader Newsletter to Find New Fans, Gather More Reviews, and Sell More Books, you’ll discover:

  • The simple step-by-step process to get started building your very own devoted network
  • Multiple ways to bond with readers, so you’re never lost for words
  • How to use a compelling Reader Magnet to attract adoring devotees and skyrocket your sales
  • Strategies to minimize manual labor and automate your way to bestseller status
  • Where and when to ask for signups, how often to hit send, cost-effective planning, and much, much more!

Self-Publishing and Email Marketing is your essential guide for connecting with an eager fanbase behind the scenes. If you like street-smart advice, debunking myths, and plenty of encouragement, then you’ll love Bryan Cohen’s eye-opening resource.

Buy Book NOW

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Are you struggling to forge a lasting bond with your readers? Learn the keys to powerful email marketing techniques that will build your tribe with Self-Publishing and Email Marketing book by #BryanCohen | #motownwriters

Buy Book NOW

No idea what to say to your fanbase? Don’t believe newsletters play a part in your plan? Are you worried that gathering subscribers is a dying strategy? Entrepreneur, marketing whiz, and self-publishing thought-leader Bryan Cohen has coached thousands of authors to greater success through tried-and-tested tactics. Now he’s here to share how you can use the power of automation and personal connections to create a loyal and long-lasting audience hungry for every new release.

Self-Publishing and Email Marketing is a comprehensive look at how to set up your communication platform to achieve extraordinary results. Through the story of Nina, whose skepticism of “old-school marketing” gets in the way of her publishing success, Cohen masterfully leads you through the same processes that have helped him grow a substantial business and sell over 150,000 books. And once you adopt these practical and easy-to-follow methods, you’ll not only insulate yourself from industry upheavals, you’ll soon be celebrating rapidly increasing royalties.

In Self-Publishing and Email Marketing: How to Create and Optimize a Reader Newsletter to Find New Fans, Gather More Reviews, and Sell More Books, you’ll discover:

  • The simple step-by-step process to get started building your very own devoted network
  • Multiple ways to bond with readers, so you’re never lost for words
  • How to use a compelling Reader Magnet to attract adoring devotees and skyrocket your sales
  • Strategies to minimize manual labor and automate your way to bestseller status
  • Where and when to ask for signups, how often to hit send, cost-effective planning, and much, much more!

Self-Publishing and Email Marketing is your essential guide for connecting with an eager fanbase behind the scenes. If you like street-smart advice, debunking myths, and plenty of encouragement, then you’ll love Bryan Cohen’s eye-opening resource.

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Short-term results are all the rage.


After all, doing something for the long-term seems really hard.


Unfortunately, long-haul planning might be the thing that brings us more success in 2024 and beyond.


So, how do we give ourselves space for the occasional shiny object while still keeping an eye on the future?


It all comes down to avoiding the wide in favor of the deep.


I’ll explain what I mean later in today’s email.



Before we get to that, I wanted to let you know that I have my Email Marketing book on Amazon.


This title, which I created with the support of the wonderful author community on Kickstarter, may be a bit different than the other marketing books you’ve read.


Unlike the simple step-by-step books you might be used to…


Self-Publishing and Email Marketing is half guidebook and half story.


In the story portion, I take an author just like you through a year’s worth of email list coaching to help them achieve more profitable results.


By reading the book, you’ll follow along with my student, Nina, as she figures out both the process and the psychology behind profitable list growth.


I hope you’ll love the book and find that it deepens your ad education.


Click here and purchase the book to start reading today!



We are conditioned to think that trying more things will get us better results.


It’s almost as if we believe that the 10th different marketing method we try will be far superior to the previous nine.


In reality, it’s a lot more likely that picking the one thing you enjoy and going deep into that will be the solution.


Let’s take email marketing for example.


Many authors have made some kind of effort to set up an email list.


But in most cases, they were trying to grow that list at the same time that they were doing six other things.


As a result, their readership may have grown slightly, but not nearly as much as it could have with more focus.


What are some ways to stop going wide with more projects and instead go deep when it comes to email?


1. Optimize your landing page. A 10% improvement can mean 10% cheaper leads. 
2. Optimize your lead magnet. A more relevant lead magnet that includes links to your series starter may increase sales. 
3. Optimize your thank you page. Sending readers to a paid offer (like a discounted box set) may help offset lead costs even further. 
4. Optimize your email sequence. Inviting all readers to your Advanced Reader Copy team may help you get more reviews in your next launch. 
5. Optimize your ARC team. Creating a second sequence to get all new ARC readers to review your series starter may increase social proof and improve conversion.


See how deep you can go just into one marketing method to make it better?


And these five items are only scratching the surface.


Picking and sticking (choosing one marketing method and going deep) can make a huge difference for your author career.


What’s the book marketing method you enjoy doing the most?

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The Tropoholic’s Guide đź“što Internal Romance ❤️Tropes (new resource book) | Add To your Writer’s Library #motownwritersđź“ť

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NYT and USAT bestselling author and screenwriter, Cindy Dees, brings her formidable skills as a master storyteller and master writing teacher to this encyclopedic series analyzing the major tropes in modern commercial fiction. In this volume, Cindy explores 33 iconic internal romance tropes, the stories of personal affliction, wounds, fears, and personality traits that form obstacles to love inside the hearts and minds of your characters.

Written by a working writer for working writers, this book is a comprehensive reference guide and brainstorming tool to help you quickly generate ideas, create characters and plot, revise and edit, brand and market your story. You’ll write faster, cleaner, and deliver your audience a story they’ll recognize and love.

If you’re writing a novel, script, play, comic, graphic novel, video game script, or any other story format, this book is for you. If you’re writing a love story specifically, or you’re writing any genre of fiction in which you’d like to include a romantic relationship, this book is for you.

Each trope entry includes:

  • a detailed definition and analysis
  • descriptions of all obligatory scenes necessary to structure this trope correctly
  • lists of additional key scenes important to this trope
  • an extensive list of questions to think about when writing this trope
  • an extensive list of traps to avoid when writing this trope
  • reasons why audiences love this trope
  • a list of similar tropes
  • a list of examples of each trope in action taken from television, film, and novels.

…every kind of writer in every genre of fiction is going to want these guides in their go-to reference books…

…a tour de force how-to on creating stories audiences adore…

…the books every writer has been waiting for—a comprehensive walk-through by an industry pro of everything to think about when building a story of pretty much any kind…

Get your Copy Now

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Resource book of the Month: The Tropoholic’s Guide to Internal Romance Tropes  | Add To your Writer’s Library #motownwriters #bom #writersresource

Get Your Copy Now

NYT and USAT bestselling author and screenwriter, Cindy Dees, brings her formidable skills as a master storyteller and master writing teacher to this encyclopedic series analyzing the major tropes in modern commercial fiction. In this volume, Cindy explores 33 iconic internal romance tropes, the stories of personal affliction, wounds, fears, and personality traits that form obstacles to love inside the hearts and minds of your characters.

Written by a working writer for working writers, this book is a comprehensive reference guide and brainstorming tool to help you quickly generate ideas, create characters and plot, revise and edit, brand and market your story. You’ll write faster, cleaner, and deliver your audience a story they’ll recognize and love.

If you’re writing a novel, script, play, comic, graphic novel, video game script, or any other story format, this book is for you. If you’re writing a love story specifically, or you’re writing any genre of fiction in which you’d like to include a romantic relationship, this book is for you.

Each trope entry includes:

  • a detailed definition and analysis
  • descriptions of all obligatory scenes necessary to structure this trope correctly
  • lists of additional key scenes important to this trope
  • an extensive list of questions to think about when writing this trope
  • an extensive list of traps to avoid when writing this trope
  • reasons why audiences love this trope
  • a list of similar tropes
  • a list of examples of each trope in action taken from television, film, and novels.

…every kind of writer in every genre of fiction is going to want these guides in their go-to reference books…

…a tour de force how-to on creating stories audiences adore…

…the books every writer has been waiting for—a comprehensive walk-through by an industry pro of everything to think about when building a story of pretty much any kind…

Get your Copy Now

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The Tropoholic’s Guide to Internal Romance Tropes (new resource book) | Add To your Writer’s Library #motownwriters

Get Your Copy Now

NYT and USAT bestselling author and screenwriter, Cindy Dees, brings her formidable skills as a master storyteller and master writing teacher to this encyclopedic series analyzing the major tropes in modern commercial fiction. In this volume, Cindy explores 33 iconic internal romance tropes, the stories of personal affliction, wounds, fears, and personality traits that form obstacles to love inside the hearts and minds of your characters.

Written by a working writer for working writers, this book is a comprehensive reference guide and brainstorming tool to help you quickly generate ideas, create characters and plot, revise and edit, brand and market your story. You’ll write faster, cleaner, and deliver your audience a story they’ll recognize and love.

If you’re writing a novel, script, play, comic, graphic novel, video game script, or any other story format, this book is for you. If you’re writing a love story specifically, or you’re writing any genre of fiction in which you’d like to include a romantic relationship, this book is for you.

Each trope entry includes:

  • a detailed definition and analysis
  • descriptions of all obligatory scenes necessary to structure this trope correctly
  • lists of additional key scenes important to this trope
  • an extensive list of questions to think about when writing this trope
  • an extensive list of traps to avoid when writing this trope
  • reasons why audiences love this trope
  • a list of similar tropes
  • a list of examples of each trope in action taken from television, film, and novels.

…every kind of writer in every genre of fiction is going to want these guides in their go-to reference books…

…a tour de force how-to on creating stories audiences adore…

…the books every writer has been waiting for—a comprehensive walk-through by an industry pro of everything to think about when building a story of pretty much any kind…

Get your Copy Now

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🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️The Freestyle Cypher🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️ #michlit #anthology #urbanwriters #motownlit #mittenlit #motownwriters

🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️The Freestyle Cypher🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️

9 DOPE stories BY 9 DOPE Authors COMING September 1st‼️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️#authorssupportingauthors #michlit #motownlit #motownwriters

How it started… from fb post of Ebony Evans

Here’s where it all started. Men wearing rompers was all over social media and I thought the trend was both stupid and hilarious. Shortly before this trend, EyeCU Reading & Social Network had recently branched out to our online book club, EyeCU Reading & Chatting, and I was trying to come up with a way to engage our readers and authors to have them interact. One day driving to work, the idea came to me to challenge our authors to freestyle stories on a trendy topic. I WAS SUPER GEEKED UP! I called Kaylynn and asked what she thought of the idea and she thought it was DOPE! In addition, she thought it could possibly help writers get their juices flowing. That’s all I needed to hear. From then I reached out to a few authors and it was on and popping!

When we first started, Author Kaylynn Hunt would write the first story and then tag/pass the pen to the author she wanted to write next, and so on and so forth. Kaylynn has since started a new page so her original story isn’t included here but, you get the idea. And as you can see Renee was one of the first authors to write and Kenya in the following week. For about 6 months straight, I used to blow these ladies inboxes up before it caught on. I went from reaching out to authors to write each week to authors reaching out to me. And 6 years later and look at us now! Making EyeCU Reading & Chatting Freestyle History‼️

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Rochester Writers Writers’ Group Meets Tuesday Evening on Zoom

UPCOMING EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS WITH ROCHESTER WRITERS:


Freelance Writers’ Group – Third Tuesday of the Month

The Freelance Marketplace Writers’ Group meets virtually on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Different topics and guests each month, however the main conversation is always about the Business of Writing (this is NOT a critique group). Join our email list to get invited to attend on Zoom.


5th Annual Rochester Author Fair with Twenty Local Authors

Held at the Rochester Hills Public Library on November 25, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.


16th Annual Rochester Writers’ Fall Conference

Held at Oakland University on October 28, 2023 with authors, editors, and agents.


Writing and Publishing Personal Essays Master Class with Lev Raphael

Saturday morning, November 11, 2023, in Downtown Rochester. Registration to open this fall.

UPCOMING EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS WITH ROCHESTER WRITERS:


Freelance Writers’ Group – Third Tuesday of the Month

The Freelance Marketplace Writers’ Group meets virtually on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Different topics and guests each month, however the main conversation is always about the Business of Writing (this is NOT a critique group). Join our email list to get invited to attend on Zoom.


5th Annual Rochester Author Fair with Twenty Local Authors

Held at the Rochester Hills Public Library on November 25, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.


16th Annual Rochester Writers’ Fall Conference

Held at Oakland University on October 28, 2023 with authors, editors, and agents.


Writing and Publishing Personal Essays Master Class with Lev Raphael

Saturday morning, November 11, 2023, in Downtown Rochester. Registration to open this fall.

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🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️The Freestyle Cypher🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️ #michlit #anthology #urbanwriters #motownlit #mittenlit #motownwriters

🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️The Freestyle Cypher🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️

9 DOPE stories BY 9 DOPE Authors COMING September 1st‼️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️#authorssupportingauthors #michlit #motownlit #motownwriters

How it started… from fb post of Ebony Evans

Here’s where it all started. Men wearing rompers was all over social media and I thought the trend was both stupid and hilarious. Shortly before this trend, EyeCU Reading & Social Network had recently branched out to our online book club, EyeCU Reading & Chatting, and I was trying to come up with a way to engage our readers and authors to have them interact. One day driving to work, the idea came to me to challenge our authors to freestyle stories on a trendy topic. I WAS SUPER GEEKED UP! I called Kaylynn and asked what she thought of the idea and she thought it was DOPE! In addition, she thought it could possibly help writers get their juices flowing. That’s all I needed to hear. From then I reached out to a few authors and it was on and popping!

When we first started, Author Kaylynn Hunt would write the first story and then tag/pass the pen to the author she wanted to write next, and so on and so forth. Kaylynn has since started a new page so her original story isn’t included here but, you get the idea. And as you can see Renee was one of the first authors to write and Kenya in the following week. For about 6 months straight, I used to blow these ladies inboxes up before it caught on. I went from reaching out to authors to write each week to authors reaching out to me. And 6 years later and look at us now! Making EyeCU Reading & Chatting Freestyle History‼️

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