Staci Mauney is available to speak to your writing group, book club, or school. She’s available to Skype with those who aren’t local, so don’t let location stop you from contacting her. Email her at staci.mauney@gmail.com to set up a date and location.
Blogging: How to Share Your Passion with the World
In this workshop, Staci Mauney will discuss the do’s and don’ts and ins and outs of blogging as well as how to use your blog as a marketing tool. We’ll discuss techniques to find your audience and connect with them by maintaining a steady stream of content. This workshop will contain interactive exercises, so bring a pen and paper or a laptop and get ready to share!
The Editing Process: Revising Your Work for Publication
Do you know how to edit your own work? Do you know when it’s time to bring in a professional? In this workshop, Staci Mauney will discuss the differences among developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, and proofreading. We’ll dive into the self-editing process and discover tips and tricks for revising and editing your own work. We’ll also talk about how to ensure your work is ready for self-publication or submission to a traditional agent, editor, or publishing house. Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, editing is an essential step that should never be skipped. This workshop will help you discover techniques to polish your stories and present them in the best possible light to your readers. We’ll do several interactive exercises, so bring a pen and paper or a laptop and be ready to share!
Marketing Tips for Authors: How to Find and Engage with Your Audience
Whether you’re an indie author or traditionally published, you’ll find you do most of the marketing yourself. In this workshop, Staci Mauney will discuss techniques to find your ideal reader and ways to engage with him or her, including newsletter mailing lists, street teams, ads, and social media platforms. This workshop will include a couple of interactive exercises, so bring a pen and paper or a laptop and get ready to share!
Turn Real-Life Events into Stories
In this workshop, Staci Mauney will discuss how to take real-life events and use them as a springboard to create a story with a beginning, middle, and end. We want our stories to resonate with readers, and we can use a variety of techniques to make this happen. Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, this workshop will help you discover techniques to bring your stories to life. This workshop will include a couple of interactive exercises, so bring a pen and paper or a laptop and get ready to share!
Writing Devotionals: Connecting Ordinary Events with Spiritual Truths
Devotionals offer readers a chance to increase their intimacy with God and grow spiritually. In this workshop, Staci Mauney will discuss how to create an engaging piece of writing that offers new insight for the reader and links a current illustration or challenge to God’s Word. Bring a pen and paper or a laptop and get ready to share!
Writing That Speaks to the Soul
Why did you decide to become a writer? In this workshop, we’ll examine our why to discover how writing can be a ministry as well as an act of worship. We’ll look at the building blocks of writing and learn how to incorporate the tenets of our Christian faith without being heavy-handed. Bring a pen and paper or a laptop and be ready to share!
Other topics, including Grant Writing Tools and Tips, are available upon request.