Discover the seven steps to elevate your writing career.

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Feel like you've been writing for years, but hardly anyone knows? This workshop breaks down seven steps for defining your niche and promoting your published work. We'll discuss putting your writing talent to work to create a variety of content, plus the importance of identifying which personal strengths can be leveraged to maximize your professional expertise and lived experiences to secure paid opportunities. Effective digital marketing strategies for writers, in addition to how to craft "attention grabbing" pitches and query letters will also be discussed.

Rachel Werner is a teaching artist for Hugo House, The Loft Literary Center, and Lighthouse Writers Workshop, in addition to being the founder of The Little Book Project WI. In 2021, she was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Fellowship from The Loft and the Madeline Island School for the Arts. She regularly contributes content to The Spruce Eats, Mother Untitled and Fabulous Media Group. Her first cookbook Macro Cooking Made Simple (Chartwell Books) was released in April 2023. And Rachel's debut science book for kids Floods is one of the titles in Capstone's Wild Earth Series. Her next two books for younger readers, Moving and Grooving to Fillmore's Beat (Capstone) and Glow and Grow: A Brown Girl's Positive Body Guide (Free Spirit Publishing), are forthcoming in Fall 2023 and Fall 2024. Rachel is represented by Savannah Brooks at KT Literary Agency.

Find out more at: https://rachelwerner.pressfolios.com/