Writer's Adventure Guide

Twitter? Facebook? Myspace? Online communities? Blogging book tours? Oh -- what is a writer to do?!
In this presentation, authors will learn how these social networking tools can help you market your books and how to REALLY to make it fit with your current marketing steps.
Authors will:
-- learn the differences between so...cial networking and straight marketing
-- determine which social networks are right for your author brand
-- decide how much time to allocate
-- learn how to build a social network that works seamlessly with your site

Instructor Bio
Beth Barany, a certified creativity coach, coaches, consults and teaches beginning and experienced writers. She offers workshops, e-courses, and products to help writers enjoy the writing process AND to get their books done. As a service to the writing community, Beth offers free support via her blog, Writer's Fun Zone,http://www.writersfunzone.com, and her site, http://www.bethbarany.com.

Creator of the Writer's Adventure™ System, Beth Barany empowers writers to actualize their book writing dreams. Author of the e-book, Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to ignite Your Creativity, the deck and guide, The Writer's Adventure™ Deck, and contributor to the anthology, Writing Romance: The Ultimate Guide on Craft, Creation, and Industry Connections, she has also been published in the Psychic Reader, the Paris Free Voice, January Magazine and Creativity Calling: The Newsletter of the Creativity Coaching Association.

After working in journalism for 15 years, and teaching ESL in the US and France, Beth switched her writing focus to fiction, and now writes young adult fantasy. Her young adult fantasy novel, THE DRAGON STONE, is under consideration by agents and editors.


Beth has a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and has started a Masters at the Université Paris VII in Paris History. Additionally, she's received an Advanced Certification in Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL), and is a Certified Creativity Coach and studied with Eric Maisel.

On her off-hours, Beth enjoys walking, the outdoors, gardening, art galleries, watching movies, cafes, and reading. Beth is married to singer/song-writer and high school physics teacher, Ezra.

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Now you can enhance your fiction easily with this fun five-week live tele-seminar on:

Bring Magic into Your Fiction: How Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & More can Enliven Your Stories

by Beth Barany, Expert Instructor, Author & Book Coach

This course is right for you if:

*you write or want to write fantasy or paranormal fiction;
*...you want to be inspired and bring magic into other people's lives;
*you want your readers to escape into a wonderful world;
*you want your fiction to communicate to the hearts and minds of your readers so they can see their lives in whole new ways.

*you have a story in you that wants to get out but you don't know how to unlock it;
*you can't find the time to write so need some outside structure;
*you're afraid the story won't be good enough and no one will read it;
*you fear that something is missing but you don't know what it is;
*you feel your story lacks a certain sparkle.

When: 5 Thursdays, starting October 22, 2009
http://bethbarany.com/workshops/fairytales.htm

**See early BIRD special BELOW!

NOTE: The weekly hourly conference line calls are 10am Pacific/1 pm Eastern/18h GMT

To sign up, please email or call Beth.

You will receive by email within one business day the phone number and conference code for the course, and the private & dedicated group email address.

Learn how to use fairy tales, folktales and other elements of fantasy to write more powerful fiction.

In this workshop, you will:

*Learn how to identify motifs, understand their applications and benefits, and how they can shape and improve your story;
*Enhance the power of your fiction by mastering the use of your story's magical objects;
*Increase your tools of world building, including setting, history, "pantheon of power," and more
*Be inspired and motivated to move your story forward
*Gain clarity in what's already working well in your fiction
*Get structured exercises both about and on your writing
*Harness the subconscious power of oral story telling

“Knowledge of the kinds of motifs is the basic tool of trade for the storyteller.” – Professor Waller Hastings at Northern State University at Aberdeen, SD

Important Details:
* Date: Five Thursdays, October 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19, 2008
* Time: The weekly conference line calls are 10am Pacific/1 pm Eastern/18h GMT: Conference phone number and invitation to email group to be sent via email at sign up.
* Cost: $250 ***or SEE early BIRD special BELOW
*Class Size: Limited to 15 students.
* Seminar attendees in all time zones welcome!
http://bethbarany.com/workshops/fairytales.htm



>Early Bird Special Offer

-- Save $55 on this class, good only until Oct. 16, 2009, then the price goes up.

If you are serious about improving your fiction and want to benefit from the solutions this class will provide, then send an email to beth@bethbarany.com to get your early Bird Promotion Code. Good only until Oct. 16, 2009. Act now!

Email Beth at beth@bethbarany.com or call her at 510-332-5384.

Questions?
Contact us for technical support: tech@baranyassociates.com, or call during business hours, M-F, 9am-5pm, US Pacific time to 510-652-7581.

What people have said about Beth and her services:

"Again, thanks for all the help, Beth. It was a GREAT seminar, and I'm feeling very on top of things now."

-- Jasmine Haynes, Santa Cruz, CA

"If you're like me and you've always wanted to write a book, but didn't quite understand how, Beth's instruction is an excellent resource."

-- David Kwong, Berkeley, CA

"I don't think you can be proactive unless you truly understand what motivates you, and that's just one of the things Beth helped me to do. She also gave me the confidence and support I needed to do the book my way--and stick with it too."

-- Susan Williamson, Toronto, Canada

http://bethbarany.com/workshops/fairytales.htm

"How does awareness of fairy tales help us plot and structure stories as fiction writers? "Among other things, motifs provide an 'an alphabet' of themes and types of folk narrative. This alphabet of motifs can be applied to the stories we write." -- Beth Barany, Expert Instructor and Creativity Coach to Entrepreneurs, Artists and Writers


About the Instructor:
Beth Barany is a Book Coach and Creativity Consultant, and author of The Book Coach Newsletter and Creativity SparksTM, with over 30 years of writing experience, and over 50 articles published in various regional and online publications including the Psychic Reader, the Paris Free Voice, and January Magazine. Currently she is working on her fourth novel. She has taught writing in Paris, France and in the San Francisco Bay Area. Beth is a contributor to Writing Romance: The Ultimate Guide on Craft, Creation and Industry Connections, and Creativity Coaching Success Stories. Beth is the author of Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity, and The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book.


PS. Please pass the word along on facebook, Twitter, and your awesome networks! Thanks!


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Beth Barany
*Who I help are aspiring authors who are having the challenge of finding the time to get their message in book form. I do what it takes to actually get their books done and out in the world. Curious? Contact me for a *no obligation* complimentary coaching session, and see for yourself.

*Check out my book, The Writer's Adventure Guide: http://www.writersadventureguide.com. For Sale Now!

"Every book starts with one word." -- Anonymous

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