Step by Step Seminars

Building Profile on the Web

with Chris Hamilton-Emery

20th October 2010
LONDON
Venue to be confirmed
Choice of morning or afternoon course limited to 16 delegates per session

Overview

One of literary publishing’s most established editors — Salt’s Chris Hamilton-Emery — gives aspiring and experienced writers an unparalleled insight into the world of the web for writers, looking at websites, blogs and using a wide range of social media to build relationships with publishers, readers and other writers.

Details

A three hour introductory workshop for writers on how you can use the web to promote your books and your writing lives. You will learn practical insights about using websites and blogs, collaborating with other writers on bulletin boards and mailing lists, as well as practical steps in using a wide range of social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,  Flickr, Goodreads and more.

The day will be split into sections with activities and interactive feedback for delegates as well as a question and answer session.

The course includes:

• 3 hour workshop on aspects of the web vital to contemporary writers
• A handy course pack
• A special discount off Salt books purchased at www.saltpublishing.com

About the tutor

Chris Hamilton-Emery, he is Publishing Director of Salt Publishing an independent literary press based in Cambridge, England. He was formerly Press Production Director at Cambridge University Press. He was awarded an American Book Award in 2006 for his services to American literature. Hamilton-Emery currently sits on the Board of the Independent Publishers Guild and Planet Poetry, and has worked widely as a consultant in the publishing industry in the United Kingdom. In 2008 Salt won 2008 Nielsen Innovation of the Year award in the Independent Publishing Awards for work with social networking and viral marketing. He is author of two volumes of poetry, Dr Mephisto and Radio Nostalgia, a writer’s guide 101 Ways to Make Poems Sell and editor of Poets in View: A Visual Anthology of 50 Classic Poems, he also writes the annual poetry section in The Writer’s Handbook. He lives in Great Wilbraham with his wife and three children.

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