AuthorHouse Blog

Andy Murphy, an established literary agent and author, brought her stable of professional book editors and marketing gurus to St. Louis last weekend to energize over 70 attendees at the Missouri History Center in St. Louis. This one-day “boot camp” encompassed both the art and business of publishing with :30-:50 minute workshops taught by the WriteStuff faculty.

Our annoucement earlier in the week about the price reduction in full-color books was well received by a couple childrens book authors. Some didn’t realize that they could even self-publish a childrens book!

The keynote speaker was Jean Deeds, author of the book “There are Mountains to Climb“, who told of her personal journey across the Appalachian Trail. As I sat in the back of the room listening to her story, I was amazed at the parrallel between her personal journey of discovery up the 2,000+ mile Appalachian Trail and the journey that all writers take to become a published author. It was truly inspiring and she kept everyone on the edge of their seats listening to her story.

Feedback was excellent from all the attendees. A couple things that came up on a lot of the forms was the need (or want) to have more networking with the other authors. I know Andy is working on the schedule for next year and reworking the format to accommodate more networking. If you have a writers group in your city and would like to host a WriteStuff Boot Camp next year, contact them and let them know!