Ep96: Tarot for Your Business
Hello Writers and Crafters!
I'm Valerie Ihsan, And I'm Erick Mertz, and this is Episode 96 of the podcast and it's December 21, 2022 as we record this. Happy Solstice!
Main Topic: Tarot for Your Business
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1) Writer Craft Writing Retreat is scheduled for next August 24-27, 2023. Tickets include all lodging and gourmet meals, plus instruction and coaching and retreat time on the river, in Marcola, OR. “We’ll be touching on book structure, story hypothesis, plotting that doesn’t hurt, author action plans, and more.” Go to valerieihsan.com/retreat for more information.
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Update: started looking at keywords and categories, invoicing people for my coaching cohort that starts Jan 3rd,
Just finished: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
I'M READING: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather WebberWabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life by Beth Kempton
Up Next:
Erick's Reading:
Future Stories by David Christian
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula Le Guin
Blood Rites Jim Butcher
Show Notes:
Patrons will get pictures of my process
Resources:
Raven Publicity (publicity for authors)
The Shades of Orange (Rachel, Book Blogger on YouTube) for book recommendations SF/Fantasy/Horror
Contact Erick for business-starting advice.
Contact Valerie for book coaching for help writing your book.
Other Resources:
Thomas Umstattd Jr, at Novel Marketing Podcast. Ep255: How to Create an Email Onboarding Drip Campaign
Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor
Russell P. Nohelty and Monica Leonelle's book, Get Your Book Selling on Kickstarter.
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ProWriting Aid: https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=9378 (affiliate link)
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Erick’s free book on Ghostwriting: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cexki4kp5n
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