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Author Archives: Shannon Meyerkort

Getting Author Talks: How to Pitch Your Book

15 tips on how to pitch your book (and yourself) to event planners, booksellers, school reps and librarians to get author talks.

Posted byShannon MeyerkortFebruary 5, 2023Posted inLessons and failuresTags:behind the scenes, lessons, writingLeave a comment on Getting Author Talks: How to Pitch Your Book

Sold a Story – Podcast Review

It’s staggering to think that some people believe that reading is simply making meaning from a story regardless of the actual words.

Posted byShannon MeyerkortDecember 14, 2022Posted indyslexia, Lessons and failuresTags:decodable texts, dyslexia2 Comments on Sold a Story – Podcast Review

Lessons Learned from my Book Launch

Lessons learned from my book launch | Shannon Meyerkort

Posted byShannon MeyerkortNovember 7, 2022Posted indyslexia, Lessons and failuresTags:behind the scenes, lessons1 Comment on Lessons Learned from my Book Launch

How to Hold a Book Launch (from 10 published authors who have done it before)

I approached a dozen of my published author friends and ask them about their book launches, for their tips and advice.

Posted byShannon MeyerkortSeptember 23, 2022Posted inLessons and failuresTags:behind the scenes, other people's stories1 Comment on How to Hold a Book Launch (from 10 published authors who have done it before)

Life imitating art

The extraordinary situation where a scene I wrote two years ago has happened in real life | Shannon Meyerkort

Posted byShannon MeyerkortMarch 29, 2022Posted inCOVID-19Tags:behind the scenes, COVID-19, writing a novelLeave a comment on Life imitating art

How to assess the readability of your book

Learn how to calculate your readability scores | Shannon Meyerkort

Posted byShannon MeyerkortJanuary 8, 2022Posted indyslexia, Lessons and failuresTags:behind the scenes, Hi-Lo books, lessons, writingLeave a comment on How to assess the readability of your book

My favourite books of 2021

My favourite reads of 2021 have a strong list of local contenders | Shannon Meyerkort Writer

Posted byShannon MeyerkortJanuary 4, 2022Posted inRandomTags:australian writers, behind the scenes, other people's stories, westaustralianwritersLeave a comment on My favourite books of 2021

2021 – My Successes and Failures

Being a writer is about making yourself vulnerable, which is why I am sharing both my successes and failures of 2021 | Shannon Meyerkort

Posted byShannon MeyerkortDecember 9, 2021December 9, 2021Posted inLessons and failuresTags:behind the scenes, failures, lessons, writing1 Comment on 2021 – My Successes and Failures

Literary Easter Eggs

What do I have in common with Margaret Atwood and Stephen King? We all love to employ Easter eggs in our writing | Shannon Meyerkort

Posted byShannon MeyerkortOctober 22, 2021Posted inRandomTags:behind the scenes, writing, writing a novelLeave a comment on Literary Easter Eggs

When words are hard: my journey to writing a book about dyslexia

A glimpse at some of the world’s greatest dyslexic authors.

Posted byShannon MeyerkortOctober 4, 2021Posted indyslexiaTags:behind the scenes, creative nonfiction, dyslexia, other people's stories, writing1 Comment on When words are hard: my journey to writing a book about dyslexia

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