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| | Welcome, new Creativity Sparks newsletter subscribers! Here we focus on inspiring and motivating content to help you write, edit, and market your novel on your terms. We also focus on actionable resources to help you create the change you desire. ♥
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| When you're working on your book alone, it can feel like the rest of the world is far away and you are disconnected from it — disconnected from all your readers, from your support team, from your fans.
But actually, you are part of the world, and part of many interconnected systems.
And your work has the potential to make a big impact on your readers and potential readers.
As an experiment, I invite you to sum that impact down to one verb.
Your impact spreads far beyond the pages of your story. You may even recognize this verb in the way you go about your daily life.
For some writers, it's to empower, entice, seduce, or provoke.
**What's your verb?**
Hit reply and let me know.
Or use this link:
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| | A free five-day writing challenge.
“How-To Book Five-Day Challenge” designed to help folks start a how-to book.
J. Thorn hosts!
Starts April 18, 2022
Do you have a how-to book in you screaming to get out? Unsure of how to begin? Discover how to write the first draft of your how-to book without writing.
During the five-day challenge, J. Thorn will post FREE lessons each day to walk you through the process of planning and drafting your how-to book, which will practically guarantee you won’t write a book that nobody wants. |
| | Featured Author Post!
My post "How To Plan Your Novel Like A Pro – 7 Essential Steps" was featured on Richie Billing's post this week.
Go here to check it out:
If you have a blog or podcast you recommend I be on, let me know. We're actively pitching. Thanks! |
| | Thanks to all who applied for the VA position. Second round starts soon. Please stay tuned. |
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Have a happy and creative week! Happy Writing!
All my best,
Beth
PS. The Page Turner Awards closes in under 2 months!
Receiving an award for your fiction can validate your efforts, offer you recognition from strangers, and be a great feather in your cap for marketing.
I'm a sponsor of this contest (and a former winner!) and am giving away 2 prizes this year: - For published authors: the Branding for Authors course bundle, plus 3 months of one-on-one support
- For unpublished authors: Edit Your Novel course, plus 3 months of coaching and manuscript review.
Get your entries in. The contest closes May 31st.
All the details and how to enter here:
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| I stand for peace and for freedom. I stand with the people of the Ukraine. A great great grandmother was from Odessa, a great great grandfather was from Chernivitsi, both immigrating to the United States in the 1880s. I also have a Russian Jewish great grandfather who immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900s. And most of my other ancestors were from other parts of Eastern Europe -- the area being most affected by the over 10 million people fleeing the war zone.
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Now in its 16th year, this newsletter is a service of my coaching and consulting business, helping genre fiction writers write, market, and publish their novels to the delight of their readers.
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| ABOUT BETH BARANY
Beth Barany is creativity coach for writers, a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker, who helps fiction writers experience clarity, so that they can write and polish their novels, and proudly publish them to the delight of their readers.
Beth speaks to groups locally, online, and internationally. For more details and how to book, go here.
Owner of the Barany School of Fiction, an online training hub, Beth takes great interest in how humans learn, create, and grow, and includes all her students’ life experiences, including the ancestors, into the moment.
Want a course to help you prepare to write your novel? Discover the comprehensive Plan Your Novel course here to help you vision, brainstorm, and plan your next novel. Planning for panthers, who want some structure but no too much. A road map to guide you on your way to writing your novel. By the time you're done with this course, you'll be ready to write because you know where you want to go and are excited by it.
Beth Barany is also an award-winning novelist and writes magical tales of romance, adventure, and mystery to empower women and girls to be the heroes in their own lives.
Uncover her Henrietta The Dragon Slayer series here (YA Fantasy), her Touchstone series here (Fantasy/Paranormal Romance).
beth@bethbarany.com
Barany School of Fiction
Writer's Fun Zone blog
Photo Credit: by c. 2018 Ezra Barany
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