with Erin Dionne and Nancy Werlin

Take control of your writing life.

Traditional publishing is in crisis. Corporate consolidation, tariffs that raise printing costs, the loss of many book review outlets, declining readership, the uncertainty of AI, and many other factors have made finding an agent, editor, and publisher difficult and potentially heartbreaking, even for the most wonderful books. Meanwhile, however, writers’ projects are thriving, and an alternate route to publication is available.

Self-publishing is easier, surprisingly inexpensive, and produces high quality printed and ebooks with wide distribution. Also, as it has become widespread, the stigma is gone. So if you have a project you’re eager to share with readers, you owe it to yourself to investigate.

In this two-hour intensive, Erin and Nancy will walk you through an overview of the steps involved in releasing your own novel, nonfiction, short story collection, chapbook, or other written creative project. From formatting and covers to ISBNs and distribution, they’ll give you the pieces you need to understand your options.

Can’t make the date? Looking for more? Join us for a follow-up workshop, Self Publishing: Details and Demonstrations , on Thursday, July 9 from 7-9 PM.

Erin Dionne writes middle grade novels, picture books, chapter books and nonfiction. Her novel, Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking, was an Edgar Award finalist. She is the co-founder of Table for 7 Press, an indie publishing collective, through which she’s released Bad Choices Make Good Stories, an essay collection about writing, as well as five cozy mysteries under the pen name Mina Allan. When not writing, she’s a professor at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA. Website: www.erindionne.com

National Book Award finalist, Edgar award winner, and New York Times bestselling author Nancy Werlin has written young adult novels that span genres from contemporary to suspense to fantasy to historical. After publishing 12 books traditionally, Nancy has now gotten rights reverted on most of her books and has self-published her own editions. Beginning this fall, she will publish adult novels independently. Website: nancywerlin.com

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