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It’s a blizzard of free samplers!

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It’s a common problem: you see a book or an online course that may help with the problem you’re experience. and you wonder if it’s worth spending money on.
What if the contents are just regurgitated material you’ve read or watched a dozen times? What if clicking on the link leads to scammer?

In recognition of this issue, I’ve created free samplers for all my books and online courses. A sampler allows you to taste the product without spending money. The sampler has content from the actual book or course so you can see exactly what you’re buying beforehand. If you like the material in the sampler, you can then buy the complete product, at a discount!
The Writers & Authors Resource Center has a number of samplers available and I’ve listed them below along with a link to grab a copy.

Fiction Writing

Ebook: Creating Stories: https://www.writersarc.com/samper-creating-stories


Video course: Designing a Story: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-designing-a-story


Personal instruction course: Writing a Satiric Story: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-writing-a-satiric-story


Video Course: Emotional Arc: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-emotional-arc-your-story-needs-one


Video Course: Mind-mapping a Novel: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-how-to-mind-map-a-story


Video Course: Fiction Writing Topics: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-fiction-writing-topics



Self-publishing

Ebook: How to Self-publish and Market a Book: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-how-to-self-publish-and-market-a-book


Video course: Self-publishing and Marketing a Book: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-how-to-self-publish-and-market-a-book


Video Course: Self-publishing Starter Kit: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-self-publishing-starter-kit


Book Marketing

Ebook: Book Marketing Fundamentals: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-book-marketing-fundamentals


Personal instruction course: Fundamentals of Book Marketing: https://www.writersarc.com/sampler-fundamentals-of-book-marketing


Looking for something different? Let me know what it is and I’ll try to develop it.

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Review: Book Marketing Fundamentals

I found a new 5-star review for my latest book this morning.  It’s a great way to start the day!

“Hank’s gift to first-time authors is this fact-filled, easy to read reference book on how to market your new book. You’ll find which strategies work and which don’t, saving you time and frustration. Blogging, trailers, launch teams, and many more terms that may seem new to you are easily explained, with many links provided for you to explore further. I found Hank’s interview with successful authors extremely helpful. Learning the trade from successful writers gives you a better starting position, and lets you in on their secrets to productivity. With Hank’s explanations of book marketing as your reference guide, you’ll be on your way to success.”  Sarajane Giere

Here’s part of the book description.  Imagine developing a detailed marketing plan for your book and then implementing it.

In this book, you’ll learn:

– How to develop your author’s platform material

– How to write your marketing content

– How to engage in marketing activities

– How to get more book reviews

– What kind of events to hold

– How to get publicity

– How to use (or not use) advertising.

– What other authors say about book marketing

Available in print and ebook editions

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

iStore

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Free Book Marketing Tactics

Book Marketing, to most new authors, is a nebulous concept.

There seems to be no starting or ending point. Research on the web frequently leads to more confusion than insights. If the author has a publisher, she might get some marketing guidance. If the author is self-published, she is effectively on her own.
So what’s an author to do?
One way to start on a book marketing campaign is to work on a few free marketing tactics. This will begin to spread the word about the book and give the author some confidence.
The next question, logically enough, is: Where does the author find out about these free tactics?
My Free Book Marketing Tactics video course has just such content. And it’s a freebie!
What better way to start a book marketing campaign? Enroll now and begin telling the world about your book. Go here to start: https://www.writersarc.com/free-book-marketing-tactics

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Self-publishing and Marketing a Book

 

This online video class is on sale!

The sale runs until December 31 and gives you 50% off the regular price!  Use coupon code: SEASONAL-DISCOUNTS at checkout to get the discount.

https://www.writersarc.com/how-to-self-publish-and-market-a-book

 

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Holiday Discounts!

Seasons Greetings!

To celebrate the holiday season, I’m offering a gift of 50% off everything on the Writers & Authors Resource Center, Use this coupon code at checkout to get the discounted price: SEASONAL-DISCOUNTS. The site has content for fiction writers, self-publishing authors and authors looking to market their book.

Bonus gift! The discount code can be used as many times as you wish. The code will be valid from today (12/20) to New Year’s Eve (12/31).
Enjoy!

I still need help in figuring out what types of content to develop for the site. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1sVmkB93JmUUL0Im3mZNG82-HVl1B8rXQ6JMNosmSfQp0GQ/viewform

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Satiric Sci-fi series

Did you know that Contact: Book 1 of the Zaftan Troubles is a free download on Smashwords?

And you don’t need an account to download a copy.

 

Here is the book blurb: An alien mining ship discovers a planet loaded with rare earth minerals. The aliens, known as zaftans, plan to fill their ship with the mined minerals. Unfortunately, the planet is inhabited by intelligent beings. But what could possibly go wrong with a simple mining operation on a planet with primitive natives?

 

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Now Available: WritersARC Overview

The amount of content on my Writers & Authors Resource Center continues to grow.

On the site, content is grouped by Categories and that sometimes makes it difficult to find what you are looking for.  To simplify matters, I arranged the content on a more logical order and published it in the form of an ebook.

The ebook, titled WritersARC Overview, can also be used to understand what the site is all about

You can grab a copy of this handy guide on the site or by downloading a copy here WARC Overview.

 

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Fundamentals of Book Marketing

Writing a book and getting it published doesn’t prepare an author to market that book.  Marketing and writing are two very different endeavors.  So what’s an author to do?

The best way to begin marketing your book is to get a mentor to help: someone who has been through marketing campaigns. That’s my job. I’ve self-published and marketed over 25 books.
To help out authors who are just starting the marketing process for their book, I created a Personal Instruction Course called Fundamentals of Book Marketing. With a Personal Instruction Course it’s just you and me.
This is an email course and each day for ten days you will receive an email containing a lecture. Many of the emails also contain an assignment for you to work on to hone your marketing skills. You can email me with any questions or comments you have.
Fundamentals of Book Marketing addresses the following areas:

Author platform


Marketing content


Marketing activities


Book reviews


Events


Publicity


Advertising

Why wait? Get started on your book marketing campaign now!
Go to https://www.writersarc.com/fundamentals-of-book-marketing to begin.

 

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My newest project: helping writers and authors

 

I belong to two local writing groups and several more groups such as you can find on Facebook and LinkedIn. 

I’ve found that most writers seeking help fall into one of three categories.  The first is writers trying to learn or improve the craft of writing fiction.  The second is authors seeking to self-publish a book for the first time and the third is authors trying to market their book.

I’ve been writing fiction for over twenty years and I’ve self-published more than twenty-five books and I’ve marketed those books.  My point is that I have the expertise and experience to help the three types mentioned above.  The question has always been: How can I do that?

After thinking about it for quite a while, I finally found a solution.  I started the Writers & Authors Resource Center abbreviated as WritersARC.  The site is a place where writers and authors can come to find answers and get advice.  It has articles, checklists, questionnaires, ebooks, book samples, on-line courses, webinars and much more.

The motto I developed for site is: Sharing knowledge is more important than making money. 

However the website is expensive to maintain so I charge reasonable prices for some of the content. Speaking of content, there is currently thirty products on the site and more is planned.  Major components are listed below.

Current on-line courses are:

Plot+Scenes = Emotional Arc
How to Self-publish and Market a Book
Mind-mapping a Novel
Fiction Writing Topics
Self-publishing Starter Kit
Story Design

Personal Instruction Courses include:

Writing Satire
Fundamentals of Book Marketing

Planned webinars include: Let’s Talk About Self-publishing in January and Book Marketing for Beginners in February. More webinars will follow in the succeeding months.

Planned future courses include Story-telling Techniques and Book Marketing Fundamentals

To learn more about the site, watch this short video.

http://hankquense.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WARC-Trailer-1.mp4

The Writers ARC is a members only site (to reduce the threat of trolls), but membership is free.  There is a companion Facebook group (since the main site doesn’t provide   a way for members to communicate). https://www.facebook.com/groups/790841745046206

One major problem with a new site like this is getting found by the people who can use it.  So if you know someone who is in one of the three categories mentioned above, please share this post or the main website link, Writers & Authors Resource Center.  

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Writing Satire and Humor

Writing humor and satire isn’t as easy to do as you may think.

I know because I’ve been doing it for over 20 years.

Using all this experience, I’ve created a workshop to explain how to write a humorous or satiric story called Writing a Satiric Story. 

It’s called a Personal Instruction Course or PIC for short.  It’s a one-on-one course: just you and me. Every day for five days, you’ll receive an email with a lecture attached. The fifth and last lecture is an assignment to develop your WIP or a new story as a humorous or satiric story.
You can ask me questions and send me comments.

Enroll now by following this link: https://www.writersarc.com/personal-instruction-courses

 

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