Workshops for Writers

Kay is a nationally-known instructor and invited speaker on marketing, working smart and career planning topics for writers. She is known for her inspiring, practical, hands-on workshops that help writers grab the reins of their writing careers.

Embrace Your Career, Change Your World – Creating the Career of Your Dreams

Length: 2 hours

Writers at every stage of their career can benefit from having a simple, crystal clear career strategy to inspire and guide them. Knowing why you write (your inspiration), where you want to go (your dream), what makes you and your work special (your competitive advantage) and how your unique writing situation affects your career growth (your values, writing process and lifestyle constraints) is critical to your long-term success. Learning how to combine all of these elements into a short and sweet career guide is the key to building a sustainable career. Your Career Destiny plan will help you:

  • Understand what drives you as an author to help avoid frustration, wrong turns, and burnout
  • Create a clear vision of what you want out of your career to keep you motivated when times are tough
  • Identify what makes you and your writing unique, special, and buzzworthy so you can use it to your advantage in story development and marketing
  • Develop a cohesive career plan that capitalizes on your strengths, keeps you working in harmony with the rest of your life, and gives you an easy-to-follow path to success and fulfillment as an author

If you want better results from your writing career (and your real life), you need to have a plan. Are you ready to embrace your career and change your world?

Contact Kay about bringing this career-changing workshop to your next writing event!

Big Book Debuts – Launching Your Career with a Bang

Length: 2-1/2 hours

Many writers feel like what happens behind the veil of New York City publishing houses is shrouded in mystery. Especially those awe-inspiring “big book debuts” that take the industry by storm. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be a mystery anymore. Join Kay for a candid workshop about what really goes on behind closed doors. This eye-popping session is filled with insider stories from big book debut authors who have graciously agreed to share their experiences and advice to help other writers realize their own big book dreams. You’ll hear tons of juicy details from real-life success stories and explore a variety of topics, including:

  • Big book debuts: understanding what it means to go big or go home
  • The mystery of acquisitions: how books really get bought
  • Deal making 101: auctions, pre-empts and big time negotiations
  • The big book package: advances, royalties, rights, marketing and more
  • To agent or not to agent: how much can an agent do for a big book debut?

If you’ve been dreaming about making a splash in the industry, this is a workshop you can’t afford to miss!

Contact Kay about bringing this jaw-dropping workshop to your next writing event!

The Successful Author’s Guide to Working Smart

Length: 1-1/2 hours

Do you feel like you’re making the most of your work day? Do you meet the deadlines you set for yourself or does life get in the way? Do you handle responsibilities quickly and painlessly or do you scramble to get everything done at the eleventh-and-a-half hour? This is a crazy business and being successful in the long run means working smart instead of just working hard.

This workshop was designed to help you streamline your writing business to make the most of your valuable time. You’ll learn
tips, tricks and strategies from organization experts, time management gurus and successful authors. Every tip is customized for the unique demands of a professional writing career. These best practices can help your writing career in areas like:

  • Organizing your projects and tasks so nothing falls through the cracks
  • Boosting your productivity with writing and business tips from the pros
  • Organizing your work space to find what you need (when you need it) and free up your creative flow
  • Making use of downtime to painlessly get more done in a day
  • Minimizing information overload so you remember the stuff that really matters

You’ll receive worksheets and checklists to guide you as you create your own personalized working smart plan during the workshop. Take advantage of this opportunity to get your writing life whipped into shape. Your career will thank you!

Contact Kay about bringing this regain-your-sanity workshop to your next writing event!

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~ Becca Fitzpatrick
New York Times
bestselling author
Hush, Hush

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~ Tirzah, age 17
The Compulsive Reader

“The Cinderella Society is girl power in a great new package! Kay shows a real girl on a real path to finding out who she is who just happens to have a great support team there to help her when she falls! The Cinderella Society is a must read for teen girls! It deals with real issues that we’ve all had and are still facing in regards to how we fit into the world.”

~ Stacey Canova
Bookseller
Page Turners

"Empowering, flirty, and fun... The Cinderella Society was a blast to read!"

~ Jessica, age 14
Chick Lit Teens

“I loved watching Jess transform – to start to see what was inside of her and how to let that out. The conflict, the fantastic characters, the overall fun this book was to read… chick lit isn’t usually my thing, but this is so much more.”

~ Kristen H.
Children’s librarian
Bookworming in the 21st Century

"The Cinderella Society sent out such a positive message for girls and was a book showing girls CAN do anything. This is a must read!"

~ Erica, age 16
The Book Cellar