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Hi! I'm Colleen.

✍️ writing and publishing opportunities in The Book Hatchery

Published 8 days ago • 1 min read

We had quite a dump of snow in Southern Alberta this morning. One minute, it was a gorgeous spring day, the next we were in a blizzard! If you don't like the weather in Alberta, just wait a minute. If you do like it ... well. The farmers will be happy. Water management people will be happy. What's uncomfortable in the moment can be good for us in the long run. And we definitely needed this moisture.

What about you? What do you need?

Is there anything you need related to writing and publishing a book?

We've been revamping some things at Siretona Creative. Streamlining.

Our author community, The Book Hatchery, is transforming from a loose collection of people and resources to a campus-style approach to learning and gathering.

On that webpage you'll see information about some of our new or updated programs, with links to explore more.

Meanwhile, we've got three free opportunities this week:

  • Free Workshop REPLAY: Your First Chapter (or Finishing Your Book)
    • with Charity Mongrain
    • Are you stuck on finishing your book? How about just writing the first chapter?
    • Charity knows the feeling well and she can help you make progress on the writing road!
  • Free Workshop: 45 Action Steps for Publishing Your Book
    • Tuesday, March 10th at 7:00 pm MST (Alberta) with Colleen McCubbin
    • Start mapping your publishing pathway -- whether you're finished your book or not.
    • You have a message, before you have a book. How are you going to take care of that message before the book, while you're making the book, and after it's published?
    • Also ... there's a lot to do and nobody ever does it alone! What are you going to do? What are you going to get someone else to do? And what are you just not going to do at all?
  • Free Writing Challenge: Easter's Call to Action, 5-Day Devotional Challenge
    • with Marcia Lee Laycock
    • Sign up and get a free PDF with 7 writing prompts to focus your efforts.
    • Join the Facebook group for accountability.
    • Get in a room with Marcia and receive personal feedback.

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Hope to see you in one of these spaces!
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Colleen McCubbin

Publisher, Siretona Creative

​www.siretona.com​

Hi! I'm Colleen.

📚Founder and Chief Creative Officer in boutique publishing company, Siretona Creative 👩‍🏫We teach and coach 🔤 the ABCs of publishing. 🤝We partner with ✍️committed Authors to produce 📖compelling Books in 🙋‍♀️collaborative Community. 🪶Join our author community: The Book Hatchery.

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