Auntie M’s Guide to Greaseless Self-Promotion, with Tex Thompson

NEW DAY, NEW LOCATION

For this month only, we will meet on a new day and at a new location.

On WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, from 7–9 p.m., we will meet at the Yeager Office Suites of PLANO.

8105 Rasor Blvd
Plano, TX 75024
Conference Room 1 (first floor to the left)

A big thank you goes to book publishing strategist Rekesha Pittman (http://www.rekeshapittman.com/) for lining up this space for us!

Because we're meeting on a new day and in a new location, please help spread the word on social media. Remind your friends and connections that first-timers can attend for free!

GREAT SPEAKER, GREAT TOPIC

We will welcome author and writing instructor extraordinaire TEX THOMPSON (http://www.thetexfiles.com/)as our featured speaker. She’ll discuss a topic that is always timely for authors: promotion.

Auntie M’s Guide to Greaseless Self-Promotion

“Yeah, writing is great, but I tell you what I really love: constantly shilling my book to a crowd of indifferent strangers.” Said no writer, ever.

But while marketing yourself is an unavoidable task, it doesn’t have to be an unbearable chore. If you’re disappointed, burned out, or just wondering where to start, this workshop is for you. We’ll work together to help you find your audience, harness your talents, and rekindle your enthusiasm – one step at a time.

ABOUT TEX

Arianne "Tex" Thompson is home-grown Texas success story. After earning a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s in literature, she channeled her passion for exciting, innovative, and inclusive fiction into the Children of the Drought – an internationally-published epic fantasy Western series from Solaris. Now a professional speaker and writing instructor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Tex is blazing a trail through conferences, workshops, and fan conventions around the country – as an endlessly energetic, relentlessly enthusiastic one-woman stampede. Find her online at www.TheTexFiles.com (http://www.thetexfiles.com/) and on Twitter as @tex_maam (https://twitter.com/tex_maam)!

DO YOU WANT TO ATTEND ALL MEETINGS FOR FREE?

Newcomers always attend their first meeting for free. If this will be your first meeting, contact Blake Atwood through Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Dallas-Chapter-Nonfiction-Authors-Association/members/12546934/) and let him know you'll be attending. He will set your RSVP to yes on Meetup so that you won't have to pay the $10 online registration.

Subsequent meetings will have an attendant cost of $10 if paid in advance through the Meetup group or $15 if paid at the door.

However, Authority Members of the NFAA get free access to local chapter meetings. If you're an Authority member, print out your membership page by logging into your NFAA account, and bring it with you to our next meeting for complimentary meeting admission. If you're not an authority member yet, join at nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/join (http://www.nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/join).

MEETING DETAILS

This is not a leads group. If your primary objective is to sell something, this isn't the group for you. We're here to support each other on the publishing journey. We welcome experienced and aspiring writers of nonfiction. Invite a nonfiction-writing friend or two to join our Meetup group and register for this event. Walk-ups will also be accommodated, but we greatly appreciate registrations as that helps us better plan each meeting.

NEXT STEPS AND QUESTIONS

To RSVP, click through to the Meetup event page and let us know if you'll be able to make it. Up until two hours before the event, you'll be able to change your RSVP.

To ask a question or make a comment, click through to the Meetup event page and leave a comment. Note that these comments and questions are publicly viewable.