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The Writers Bridge Platform Q&A
Join bestselling memoirist Ashleigh Renard (SWING) and editor Allison K Williams (SEVEN DRAFTS) for this lively, funny hour of frank talk about author platform, audience engagement, and just plain getting people to read your book.
ASHLEIGH RENARD
SOCIAL MEDIA MAVEN
MEMOIRIST, SOCIAL MEDIA COACH AND STRATEGIST
After a two-decade career as a figure-skating coach and choreographer, Ashleigh wrote her memoir SWING and signed with a literary agent—who she then promptly excused to start her own media company and publishing imprint.
More than 10,000 copies later, Ashleigh has grown her social media following by 200x, established a thriving email list, and launched a paid membership community and newsletter.
ALLISON K WILLIAMS
THE UNKIND EDITOR
WRITER, EDITOR AND BOOK COACH
Allison K Williams has edited and coached writers to deals with Penguin Random House, Knopf, Mantle and St. Martin’s Press as well as literary presses and independent publishing. Her essayist clients have appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Guardian, Time, and the New York Times.
Allison’s own writing has appeared in the New York Times and Creative Nonfiction, and she’s told stories on NPR and CBC-Canada. Her writing craft books are SEVEN DRAFTS: SELF-EDIT LIKE A PRO FROM BLANK PAGE TO BOOK and GET PUBLISHED IN LITERARY MAGAZINES.
ASHLEIGH RENARD
SOCIAL MEDIA MAVEN
MEMOIRIST, SOCIAL MEDIA COACH AND STRATEGIST
ASHLEIGH LEFT HER CAREER AS A FIGURE SKATING COACH AND CHOREOGRAPHER AFTER TWO DECADES TO “WRITE HER BOOK.” WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS SHE WAS SIGNED WITH A LITERARY AGENT, WHO SHE THEN PROMPTLY EXCUSED TO START HER OWN MEDIA COMPANY AND PUBLISHING IMPRINT.
SINCE THEN SHE HAS GONE ON TO SELL OVER 10,000 COPIES OF HER SELF-PUBLISHED DEBUT MEMOIR, SWING, GROWN HER SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING BY 200X, ESTABLISHED A THRIVING EMAIL LIST, AND LAUNCHED A PAID MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY AND NEWSLETTER.
ALLISON K WILLIAMS
THE UNKIND EDITOR
AUTHOR PLATFORM EXPERT, Writer, Editor, book coach, Leader of the Rebirth your book Retreats
ALLISON K WILLIAMS HAS EDITED AND COACHED CLIENTS TO DEALS WITH PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, KNOPF, MANTLE, SPENCER HILL, ST. MARTIN’S PRESS, AS WELL AS PUBLICATION IN THE NEW YORKER, TIME, THE GUARDIAN, MCSWEENEY’S, AND MORE.
ALLISON HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND CREATIVE NONFICTION; AND HAS APPEARANCES ON NPR AND CBC. AS A SPEAKER, SHE HOSTS PANELS AT EMIRATESLITFEST AND HIPPOCAMP.
HER NEW BOOK SEVEN DRAFTS: SELF-EDIT LIKE A PRO FROM BLANK PAGE TO BOOK IS NOW ON SALE.
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RECENT AND UPCOMING EPISODES
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