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Friday, Feb. 27, 2026

Hi Friend,

Marketing is like inviting people to your party, to a special showing of your favorite movie, or to visit a place you love.

You love what you're sharing and now your job is inviting.

Are you ready to learn the skills needed to market your novel?

If not, focus on the other stuff: writing, editing, your writing practice. And read on for other fun resources.

You got this.

If you are ready to focus on marketing, listen to to this week's podcast episode #193, "Marketing and Selling Tips for Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers"

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🎤 How To Write The Future podcast

This week's episode is on owning your fear of marketing your novel and stepping into a refreshed way of approaching this stage of being a novelist.

“Marketing and selling, especially learning how to do it in written form, is also a form of magic. It’s just using words in a different way.” — Beth Barany

I share tips on crafting effective marketing hooks, using emotional tropes, and even how your own writing can market itself.

Marketing and Selling Tips for Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers, How To Write the Future podcast, episode 193

Read | Listen | Watch

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“Don’t Decide from Desperation: A Better Creative Mindset.“ Substack live March 2, 10am with Beth Barany

You're Invited to my 1st Substack Live!

I'm experimenting with Substack live because I'm having fun exploring all the possible platforms to share my messages.

This week's topic: "Don’t Decide from Desperation: A Better Creative Mindset."

With all that's happening in the world and how it impacts our daily life, it's easy to feel anxious and pissed off, scared, and frozen.

But it's so hard to feel resourceful and create from that place.

So what do we do?

I have thoughts!

Come spend 30 minutes with me and let's connect in the chat.

Tech willing! (This is an experiment!)

Sign up here to be notified when I go live:

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Monday, March 2, 10am PT/1pm ET

I'll also share a bit about our bootcamp.

More details on that and how to register next...

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Find Your Creative Entrepreneur Niche Bootcamp March 20-24, 2026

🔥 Find Your Creative Entrepreneur Niche Bootcamp coming in March

Thinking about becoming a book coach, editor, author assistant, or creative entrepreneur who supports writers but not sure where you fit?

Our 4-day bootcamp will help you figure it out.

Register here!

Find Your Creative Entrepreneur Niche Bootcamp

Date: March 20–24, 2026

Who: Hosted by Gala Russ + Beth Barany

Cost: $67

We are looking to fill 100 spots!

Take your seat in our bootcamp.

We welcome you in.

Across four days in 90-minute sessions, you’ll:

• Assess your readiness

• Identify your skills

• Map your strengths to real services

• Discover more about Creative Entrepreneur Type

• Get your personalized next-step roadmap

If 2026 is the year you want to step into a writing-related business, start with clarity and take action.

Details and registration here:

https://bethbarany.thrivecart.com/findyourniche

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Happy Writing!

Best,

Beth

PS. Did you miss our sale a few weeks ago of our newest product: Sci‑Fi & Fantasy 24 Writing Prompts: Spark new ideas. Beat writer’s block ? It's still available in the store -- and only here! Exclusive!

Also, another sale for our fiction and nonfiction is coming next week: the Smashwords March 2026 sale. Stay tuned!

More upcoming events!

📚 I'll be teaching in Lorin Oberweger's Free Expressions: Settings that Wow Your Readers: in 2 parts. Get on her list to get all the details. Save the dates!

April 9, 4:30pm PT
May 14, 4:30pm PT

🎙️ And I'm excited to announce that I'll be speaking at Alexa Bigwarfe's Marketing Bootcamp for Authors and Publishing Professionals, June 12-13, 2026.

🌟 If you find my resources helpful, please forward them to a friend who may need them too. Thanks!

Beth Barany
Creativity Coach for Writers

Teacher, Speaker, Workshop Facilitator
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I not only teach and coach novelists, I am one too!

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Including the award-winning, Henrietta The Dragon Slayer (Book 1), and Into The Black, about Janey McCallister space station investigator (Book 1)

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She specializes in helping writers experience clarity, so they can write, revise, and proudly publish their novels to the delight of their readers.

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