Graphic Design & The NY Times
Join us in congratulating our first NY Times Bestselling past attendee!
Coming this Monday is our seminar with author Ashley Poston, talking about not just how to do graphic design, but what sorts of design work best specifically for authors, and what information to include in author designs.
This essential program is going to be something authors at all levels can use—learning these skills now will only help you in the future! And if you’d like a refresher course on the basics of graphic design over the weekend, to prep yourself for this program, may we suggest DIY graphic design with Erin Bowman?
Congratulations, Rachel & All Our Success Stories!
We are so honored to celebrate in the joy of Rachel Griffin’s debut, The Nature of Witches, hitting the NY Times bestseller list! Cristin and Beth consider themselves lucky to have seen an early version of this book at one of our Texas retreats, and we are so happy that the rest of the world is loving this story just as much as we did then.
When we saw that Rachel’s book hit the NY Times list, we both screamed so loudly and promptly started freaking out!
In addition to Rachel’s beautiful fantasy novel, Wordsmith Workshops is utterly honored to have worked with Rosiee Thor on her debut, Tarnished are the Stars—you can preorder her next book, Fire Becomes Her now! We also are so proud of Ashley Schumacher, whose first novel came out a few months ago—Amelia Unabridged—and you can pre-order her second novel, Full Flight now as well!
We are also gearing up to celebrate Cassie Gustafson, and her debut After the Ink Dries. It comes out next month, so go ahead and pre-order it right now.
This brilliant debut tackles topics of rape and consent, and it’s brilliantly portrayed through both text and graphic novel pages. You’ve never read a book like this one before, and it’s important message will tattoo itself on your soul.
Cristin and Beth are honored to have worked with these brilliant authors, and so excited to see where their work takes them next!!
Now is the time to book critiques & coaching!
Both Beth and Cristin are in the midst of the slow wheels of publishing right now, as they separately wait for edits, acquisitions, and launches. Which means…now is the best time to book their critique services!
Turn-around depends on the project, but Beth and Cristin are able to do some critiques in as quick as a business day, and full manuscript reads or longer projects have significantly shorter wait time right now. If you’ve ever considered booking either Beth or Cristin, book them ASAP to get the best turn-around times for your projects!
Don’t forget Saturday Drop-In Word Lab
Our special on Word Lab for Saturday drop-ins is still going on! For a limited time, you can book a Saturday writing session at a special price. This is the perfect time to “try before you buy” in this unique program that almost always results in more productive, focused writing sessions.
The way we look at it—most workers have “office time,” and freelancers will book studio or office time off-site. This is a way for you to have that same professional time, focused with your peers working simultaneously. Just like when you go into the office and sit down at your desk and your brain thinks “now it’s work time,” Word Lab operates on the same principle—you invest in the scheduled time with the oversight of check-ins, and your brain clicks into place to work, work, work!
Thank you, as always, for joining us! As a special note for those of you who read alllll the way to the end…
If you happened to miss out on signing up for our now SOLD OUT Florida retreat in 2022 February…you should definitely add your name to the waitlist for a special announcement coming soon…