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December 31, 2015
Hi Friend,
Happy New Year!
May the coming year be filled with creative time, listening to the creative flow, writing your novel, and plenty of down time to float on the dream clouds of your desires!
♥
GIFTS TO FEED THE NOVELIST SOUL
2016 is the year I want to bring "Inspire the world!" to you!
For years now, I've been wondering what purpose I serve as a novelist, especially as a genre novelist. I have this passion for telling stories in this form, and I've felt a bit selfish that I wanted to devote all this time, attention, and resources to it.
Recently I watched the wonderful Ursula Le Guin video (posted on my Facebook page), where she spoke about the job we do as novelists. She said something to the effect of "we dream of the possibilities." (And a lot more... "...writers who remember freedom..." "...resistance and change often begins with art...")
I realized that we novelist write about ways life could be, about how to overcome seemingly intractable problems. We write the tales of surmounting. We invite readers to experience their lives in a new way.
We inspire the world.
So Gifts!
Here are some tools I've created to help you get inspired and inspire the world -- all free!
♦ If you want to get writing and need help discovering or re-connecting with your motivation, then take this 5-Day Writer's Motivation Mini-Course.
♦ If you'd like to explore your writer's journey, check out this self-coaching report, "12 Stages to the Writer's Adventure." You can also use this guide to plan your writing process.
♦ Ready to start planning your novel? Dive into the Plan Your Novel mini-course here:
♦ Need support to cultivate and nurture your writing practice. Check out these jumpstart creativity tips on Writer's Fun Zone:
♦ Need tips on editing your novel? There's lots of articles on editing at Writer's Fun Zone here:
♦ Ready to learn about marketing your novel. Check out the upcoming class and get practical tips and mindset resources here:
♦ More on book marketing! You can learn about how to set up your own book review campaign here:
♦ And still more on book marketing! You can learn how to set up your own blog tour here:
♦ And still more on book marketing, which is all about connecting with your readers, this time on how to use Twitter to connect with your readers. Check out the articles that became the book, and more:
♦ On Publishing: Lots of resources at Writer's Fun Zone:
♦ My biggest gift to you is the gift of my time and attention in a live one-on-one call. I offer a complimentary Discovery Call, an hour long, to all who would like to talk with me. There is no cost for this call. It's purpose is to help you discover what next steps are right for you. That may be with one of our courses, products, services, or programs. Or it may not be. We explore together what you would like. It's an eye-opening process for many people.
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Have a Happy and Creative Week!
And thanks for showing up for yourself and doing your creative work!
All our best,
Beth & Ezra
beth@bethbarany.com
PS. If you found this newsletter useful, please forward it to your friends,
writing buddies, and people who you know want to write a novel, but
gosh darn it, haven't yet.
PPS. If there are resources you'd like to support your novel writing career, but don't see on my blog, products, or school, hit reply and let me know. I'm always creating new courses and products for you, so that you can inspire the world.
PPPS. I'm entering my tenth year as a creativity coach for writers. I just did the math. Okay, wow. Something big is brewing over here on how I will be able to support you in the coming year. Stay tuned!
♥
ABOUT US
Beth and Ezra Barany
are award-winning, best-selling novelists, with 18 books and 5 awards to their name. They are teachers who have worked
with over 100 authors to help them get their books written and
published and into the hands of their readers.
♥ Happily married for over 15 years, we’re passionate about writing, storytelling, and guiding authors to achieve their dreams.
♥ We
offer coaching, change work sessions, book marketing coaching (Beth)
and cover design (Ezra), all for genre novelists. More at bethbarany.com.
WHAT I DO + WHY
I support writers and aspiring authors through classes and workshops, articles, books, group programs, and consultations with private clients.
I also help authors because I walk my talk; everything I or my teachers teach is based in real experience and matured through the school of hard knocks.
I believe that the creative life works better with play and love, so with playful joy, I offer you goodies to support you in your writer's adventure.
ABOUT BETH BARANY
An
award-winning novelist, certified creativity coach and Master NLP
Practitioner, Beth runs Writer's Fun Zone, a blog for and by writers,
and her recently launched school for novelists, the Barany School of
Fiction.
In
her downtime, Beth reads, colors, watches movies with her sweetie,
travels, and has coffee with friends and family. And plays with her cat, gardens, and walks. And sleeps. She loves sleep.
Photo Credit: by c. 2014 Vivienne McMaster
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