With guest blogger, award-winning, best-selling author Margaret Daley!
Ruthy here, delighted to bring you some information about a published authors' group called "Novelists, Inc"... Our buddy Margaret Daley became a member a few years back, and I was delighted when she agreed to take a day and tell us about it! Welcome back, Margaret!
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| Beachcomber Margaret! |
Novelists, Inc. (NINC) is an organized worldwide group for
published authors. Twenty-five years ago five authors started the organization.
Its main purpose is “to help
each of us manage our writing career throughout a lifetime.” It
originally was for traditionally published authors of at least two books but
now self published authors can qualify if they have published two books of
50,000 words and each one has earned $5,000 in a twelve month period. You can
find NINC at http://www.ninc.com. Check it
out and look at some of the pictures of the past conferences.
I became a member several years ago and have gone to two of
their annual conferences, both in St. Petersburg, Florida (an island off
Tampa’s coast). Two things drew me to the first conference—its location on the
beach and the lineup at the conference. I wanted a conference geared totally to
an author who is publishing. I wanted advice about marketing and promoting. I
walked away from that first conference as a member of the planning committee
for the second one. I’ve never learned so much at a conference as I did at the
first and second NINC conference. My brain was on full overloaded every night
when I returned to my room (with a great view of the beach and Gulf of Mexico).
Night Owl sessions covered topics from Can We Talk (about
various genres from Contemporary to Inspirational to Paranormal books), Writing
Serials, Self Publishing: Beginner and Advanced Levels, Binge Writing, Stress,
Anxiety and Depression: Coping with the Author’s Life, How to Increase Your Discoverability
through Your Website, and many more sessions. The 2015 conference information
is up at http://ninc.com/conferences/ninc_world_2015.
The classes were chalk full of information but meeting
informally with industry people and other published authors was invaluable. I
made a lot of connections.
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| Margaret, Debra Clopton Parks and Laura Marie Altom... who may have just won the lottery? Or had a grandchild... Or placed first in a contest (story of your choosing!)
This year I will be planning the Night Owl sessions again.
Planning for this year is in its early stages, but the theme for the conference
is NINC 2016: Master Class. From business to craft to creativity to marketing and sales, we will
present speakers to guide us to a higher level of knowledge and achievement
(quoted from the website). The focus is taking our writing career to the next
level. Come join us.
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Here are some more delightful pics from Margaret and the 2015 NINC conference:
Beach tradewinds of St. Pete... (I don't know about the rest of youse, but Ruthy could use a dose of this right about now!)
Lacy Williams and Allie Pleiter, happily working!
Dinner on the beach... Lacy Williams and Debra Clopton Parks.
Margaret, thanks so much for being here and giving us this overview of Novelists, Inc....
and Margaret has graciously (as ever!) offered a copy of her recent suspense novel "Deadly Noel"...
Kira Davis put the wrong man in prison. Now she has to catch the real killer before he kills her.
