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		<title>What Is a Platform Anyway?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Writers, I am Teresa LeYung Ryan. My clients call me Writing Career Coach Teresa. Who are my clients? They are writers just like you: • authors who have invested years writing their projects and needed to hook agents with a marketing pitch in their query letters. • authors who have self-published their books, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Writers,</p>
<p>I am Teresa LeYung Ryan. My clients call me Writing Career Coach Teresa.  Who are my clients? They are writers just like you:</p>
<p>•	authors who have invested years writing their projects and needed to hook agents with a marketing pitch in their query letters.</p>
<p>•	authors who have self-published their books, and deserve more readers.</p>
<p>•	writers of fiction and nonfiction, tired of rejections, tired of publishers telling them that they don’t have a platform or fanbase.</p>
<p><strong>What is a platform anyway?</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers who are likely to buy what you have to sell.  Let’s hear that again.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Making your name stand for something</strong> (the themes/the subject matters/the issues in your writing)—<strong>to attract targeted consumers</strong> (people who buy the kinds of books you create ) <strong>who are likely to buy what you have to sell</strong> (your literary works).</p>
<p>Join the community of authors who write fiction (novels, short stories, graphic novels, novellas), narrative and creative nonfiction (autobiographies, biographies, memoirs, essays), prescriptive nonfiction (how-to books), poetry, speeches, and other genres . . .  and have  gained a competitive edge with my workbook:  <em><strong>Build Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW</strong></em></p>
<p>What these authors have to say:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Ruth Silnes is a published author of three books, one of them a how-to book.  Ruth says: “Thanks to Coach Teresa&#8217;s workbook I learned how to contact a star. Carol Channing wrote a review for my latest book.&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Kate Britton is looking for an agent for her novel; she&#8217;s also considering self-publishing.   She says: “Through  <em>Build Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days</em> . . .  you&#8217;ll find out some pretty interesting things about yourself and what your platform is really all about.”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Margaret Davis, a published novelist, says: “Instead of the usual pep talks, Coach Teresa’s workbook consists of a series of exercises which are thought-provoking, and always fun.”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Lynn Scott, author of narrative non-fiction (memoirs), says: “Coach Teresa is a whiz in the ways a writer can get noticed.”</p>
<p>Join these successful authors today!</p>
<p>Go to Amazon and search for <em><strong>Build Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days</strong></em>.  After you order my book, contact me through this blog post (click on the title bar of this post scroll down to get boxes, filled in the boxes, and click the &#8220;submit comment&#8221; button) and you will receive a free tip on platform building.</p>
<p>In the meantime, check out the resources at my website <a href="http://WritingCoachTeresa.com " target="_blank">http://WritingCoachTeresa.com </a></p>
<p>I’ll see there!</p>
<p>And remember,   “Reach out, not stress out.   Help your readers find you!” with <em>Build Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days</em></p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Writing Career Coach Teresa  <a rel="attachment wp-att-2022" href="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/is-there-a-book-to-help-a-writer-build-platform-and-fanbase/build-your-writers-platform-fanbase-bookcover-small-2/"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2022" title="Build Your Writer's Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days" src="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Build-Your-Writers-Platform-Fanbase-bookcover-small1-150x150.jpg" alt="Build Your Writer's Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
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