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in this lesson I'm going to talk to you
about the importance of becoming part of
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a writing Community who will help you not
only when you're writing but will also help
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you when your book comes out and hopefully
that will connect you with more readers as
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well I got a book deal back in 2006 based on
the idea for and the first three chapters of
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my debut novel Lucy in the Sky this is really
really unusual and the reason I got a book
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based on just the first three chapters was because
I was working for a really successful magazine at
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the time back in the day there wasn't much social
media to speak of but my publisher knew that when
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my book came out I would have a means of being
able to publicize it and also I was already a
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writing journalist so they knew that I would be
able to deliver the book these days social media
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is a really really helpful tool for helping you
to connect with readers and if you have already
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have an online presence then a publisher may
be more inclined to give you a book deal I'm
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bringing this lesson to you this early on in the
course because there really is no time to delay
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the more of an online presence you can build up
now before you even start writing your book the
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better a presence you will have by the time
you finished writing it so I would like you
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to straight away today if possible start setting
up an online presence if you haven't already got
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one use the name you would like to be known by
my handle on Instagram Twitter and Facebook and
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Tik Tok is @ pag tune or author I've put author
in the title because I was already writing books
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but I could have easily said page tune writer
and it's really easy now for my readers to be
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able to find me if they're looking for me
online so definitely future proof yourself
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the same thing with registering a website if you
can register a website for yourself now all the
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better www.page.com it can't be simpler
than that if you know that you're going
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to be writing under your own name or a pudm
just make sure you choose the name that you
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want to be known by and make sure you register
all of these online platforms under that name
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so you can see here that I am page author on
Instagram and on Facebook and also on Twitter
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and when readers are trying to find me online
all they have to do is type in my name and it
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comes up with past.com so definitely think
about using the name that you would like to
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be known by the name that you once splashed
on the front cover of every book that you
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write from here on in you know if you want
to be the next Jojo Moyes Mar and keys do
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think about registering yourself a website
name right now because it will always be
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useful so once you've set up social media sites
you need to really start becoming part of a
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writing Community you should be commenting on
other people's posts you should follow authors
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and bloggers and bookstagrammers follow
reviewers you know really start sort of
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understanding your community these people are
people who will help you when your book comes
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out so you want to be writing on people's posts
and commenting and liking and just start making
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yourself known to the community it would be
great if you can actually blog about your
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writing Journey you know if you want to
actually talk about whether or not you're
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having a hard day or something you know often
you'll get lovely enthusiasm from other people
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and it might just be the sort of encouragement
you need to to carry on so you know I really
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can't underestimate how important it is you
know just to find this writing community and
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become a part of it so if we look at the latest
post even now as an author I still reply to all
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of my readers that WR to to me and I think it's
really important you know to have that Rapport
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going back and forth with people this post I was
just talking about one of my books that I've been
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rereading and I'll go through and make sure I
like all of these comments if somebody has said
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something just started reading this one then
you know I'll type back really hope you enjoy
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it so like and comment maybe they're not your
readers yet but maybe they will be in the future
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so it's just really really lovely to be able to
you know build up a community of people who will
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help and support you when your book comes
out remember all of these people who you're
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commenting on they could become a potential
reader in the future and also writing could
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be a lonely experience so it's not just about
how they might be able to help you but it's
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feeling like you're part of a community and so
when you come to write your book you know there
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are people there who are supporting you and you
can support them in turn you know make sure you
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comment on other people's posts and you know
just really sort of enjoy being part of this
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community because it is a lovely lovely place to
be everybody is so supportive I can't stress that
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enough one of my favorite authors Sally
Thorne she she was a reader of another of
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my favorites Christina Lauren and she used to
follow them online comment on their posts and
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they got to know her over time and eventually
you know they said to her they encouraged her
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to write a book and she'd been wanting to
write one for ages and when she wrote the
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book The Hating game they ended up giving her
a quote and I say they because it's Christina
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Hobbs and Lauren Billings are the name of
Christina Lauren so it's not to confuse
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you but they did give her an amazing quote
for the hating game and that was a massive
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success you know went on to become a film and
everything so it's just really really lovely
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to build up a rapport with different authors and
reviewers you know and see if it can help in the
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future you could also consider blogging about
your writing Journey you know write about how
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it's going that could be really interesting
for people to read especially later if you
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become an author that sells you know loads
and loads of copies of books you know your
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readers might like to go back and read to see
how you you know made it from not writing a
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book to you know being a bestselling author of
many and or otherwise you could even just blog
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about the books that you've read you know that
can also be really interesting it's all good
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practice remember because you're writing you
know so you're still writing every day and it
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just also helps build your confidence and
you know helps you become a better writer
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when you will actually come down to write your
book so don't stop writing write wherever you
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can so as I said before don't delay the process
the sooner you start to engage with the writing
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Community the better because it will always be
helpful I often sort of like exchanging words
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with my favorite authors and loads of authors have
given me quotes for the front covers of my books
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and I will have met them through the writing
Community I've met them definitely through
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just Twitter or Facebook or Instagram and in turn
you know these authors have reached out to me and
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I've given them lots of quotes for their books
so it will always always be helpful but it is
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definitely an essential part of of the writing
business these days Publishers will be looking
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for ways that they can sell your novel and if
they think that you've got part of a writing
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community and lots of readers out there who are
potential you know people who go and buy your
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book then it will all help the bigger picture
it will help them to want to give you a book
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deal so I can't stress how important it is and
remember you know writing can be quite a lonely
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business you know you are sitting at your laptop
and you're writing for hours a day but with this
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community you're not alone you have a community
of people out there every day I sit down and do
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some social media and just a way of connecting
myself with my readers and with other authors
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it's really really lovely you know it's such
a nice Community to be a part of like I say
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it just really helps you feel not not alone
you know so definitely don't delay you know
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do make sure you set up set up all of these
accounts today if you haven't already in the
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next lesson we're going to start finding
inspiration I'm going to show you how I
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came up with some of the ideas for my lels and
hopefully help you find some ideas of your own
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