An Agenda Packed With Awesome Speakers

We had a day full of great information about how to succeed at self-publishing. Our awesome speakers included:

Belinda Tobin, who helped us understand the creative system and some smart strategies for how to use it to get your work out into the world.

Greg Reed aka C T Mitchell – Australia’s most prolific short-read mystery author who told us how he's cracked the code to turn storytelling into a steady income stream. He showed us the 7 steps to writing fiction that sells and inspired us all with the new world of short stories.

An inspirational panel of Hayley Saunders, Roxanne McCarty O'Kane, Marion Kilchester and Janet Paine who spoke about the raw emotional journey of self-publishing and how they sustained their momentum and spirit along the way.

Sarah Williams, bestselling author and founder of Serenade Publishing told us about her incredible journey from her first novel to where she is now. She spoke of the vision she has for a bigger bolder future and the much valued support she provides to authors around the world.

Dr David Reiter from Interactive Publications provided us with the push to take a self-inventory and showed us the skills we would need along the way if we seek to succeed at self-publishing.

What people said

Here is the feedback from the Sunshine Coast Festival.

"Very informative. The guest speakers were very knowledgeable and easy to follow. I had the opportunity to ask questions. I was glad I attended."

"So informative."

"We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and learnt heaps. The speakers were excellent: knowledgeable, approachable and empathetic."

"I really liked the presentations."

"The energy in the room was amazing."

"We all learnt so much!"

"So much of the work we do as authors is in isolation. Even most of the information I have found on self-publishing is online. It makes the world of difference when you can finally get together with others going through the same struggles and find out first-hand what to do differently so that I can share my work with the world."

★★★★★

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