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Biography
Mary DeMuth is an international speaker, literary agent, podcaster, and she’s the novelist and non-fiction author of over forty books, including Pray Every Day (Harvest House Publishers 2020). She loves to help people re-story their lives. She lives in Texas with her husband of 30 years and is the mom to three adult children. Find out more at marydemuth.com. Be prayed for on her daily prayer podcast with over one million downloads: prayeveryday.show. For sexual abuse resources, visit wetoo.org. For cards, prints, and artsy fun go to marydemuth.com/art. Find out what she’s looking for as a literary agent at https://www.booksandsuch.com/our-agents/meet-mary-demuth/.
Workshops
Pre-conference Session
How NOT to dread Platform Building (and actually succeed at it!)
Oh the dreaded platform! Instead of viewing it as a necessary evil, find ways to reframe your platform building so you can build your audience with joy. Literary agent Mary DeMuth will:
- Walk you through a branding process that has helped her build a strong social media and web presence,
- Highlight 11 best marketing practices,
- Give you specific tools to write online for greater impact,
- Uncover her email distribution list strategy and why doing that will give you the most bang for your platform buck.
- Walk you through a branding process that has helped her build a strong social media and web presence,
- Highlight 11 best marketing practices,
- Give you specific tools to write online for greater impact,
- Uncover her email distribution list strategy and why doing that will give you the most bang for your platform buck.
Saturday Workshop
How to Build an Effective Email List with Joy
Selling books whether you're traditionally or indie published often falls on the back of the author. The most effective way to sell (besides speaking) is through a well curated email distribution list. In this class, you'll learn:
*Why email matters
*How to build a list using texting technology, freebies, drip campaigns, and events.
*The best practices of engaging with your tribe
*How to view list building as an extension of your word ministry.
Learn from someone who has organically grown her list over several years and has a wildly engaged readership!
*Why email matters
*How to build a list using texting technology, freebies, drip campaigns, and events.
*The best practices of engaging with your tribe
*How to view list building as an extension of your word ministry.
Learn from someone who has organically grown her list over several years and has a wildly engaged readership!
1:1 Appointments
In order to make the most of your 1:1 appointment, we recommend that you carefully review the faculty members' areas of expertise, needs, and requests to identify those best suited for your goals as a writer.
Area of expertise: Nonfiction Christian living, but not cliché; Habits, self-improvement, biz books, productivity hacks; Creativity books (art, interior design, cookbooks, etc.); Compelling biographies about the global church; Cultural analysis, Sociology (like Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Cal Newport); Theological books that are accessible (a la NT Wright); True Crime; Uniquely slanted Bible studies - The Philip Yancy or Eugene Peterson for a new generation :)
Not interested in: YA, memoir, Sci-fi, Children's lit, end times
Not interested in: YA, memoir, Sci-fi, Children's lit, end times
