Selected Workshops for Writers
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"It's impossible to quote all the positive comments about your presentation, but here are a few of the descriptive words frequently used: excellent, knowledgeable, practical, well-versed, inspiring, enthusiastic, innovative....I'm sure we'll use you again!"....Lea, coordinator regional writer's conference
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Writing and Selling Children's Books to Educational Markets
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-"Insider"tips about educational markets
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-How to find publishers
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-Getting assignments & becoming a "regular" writer for publishers
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-Finding curriculum-related ideas and information
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-Non-book assignment writing (workbooks, assessment tests, etc.)
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To Market, To Market, To Sell....Yourself
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-Importance of marketing to writing career
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-Why most writers don't market themselves - or their writing - effectively
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-What writers need to do to market effectively
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-Making editors love you and your work
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-Getting noticed - ideas for promoting yourself and your work
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Ten Things to Do to Irritate an Editor
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-Ten things writers do that annoy editors most
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-How not to annoy your editors
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-Editor etiquette - how to make editors love to work with you
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-Tips from a writer who not only works regularly with editors,
but who has also been one
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Writing Book Proposals that Sell Books
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- The essential elements of a book proposal
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- What to include, what to leave out
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- Doing a market analysis
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- Developing marketing and promotional strategies to help sell
your book idea, and then later your book
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Speak Up!
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- Promoting your book - or yourself - through speaking
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- Gaining "expert" status
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- What it takes to be a good speaker
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- Tips for developing a talk or workshop
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- Where to speak; who to speak to
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To discuss the possibility of a presentation by Rita Milios to your writing group or conference, call Rita at 727-860-5675, or email her at speaker@ritamilios.com. Rita will be happy to work with you to produce a presentation specifically tailored to your needs.
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