The Wasted Book Club (Info!)

It's not hammer time. 

It's not time after time.

It's BOOK CLUB TIME!

Lame intro? It's fine. This post is all aimed to be informative and exciting! 

If you signed up using the last post then you've either received an email from me or been invited to a Facebook group. If you WANT to sign up but haven't yet, you can go straight to the Facebook group where this club will be clubbin'. 

Now, onto the meat of this sexy sandwich.

The first round of discussions will be on the book Elegantly Wasted.
I will make a post in the Facebook group on Tuesday (Sept. 3) around 7:30 PST. Everyone can comment on that post. We'll chat about the questions I've come up with a bit and then I'll open up the floor.

For each new topic/question, we'll make a new post within the group. That way, if you miss Tuesday's talk you can easily catch up on what we talked about AND comment with your opinion.

I'm going to go ahead and post in the group about taking questions for Author C. Elizabeth Vescio. So, make sure to put your question in there!

I will be on and active in the group on Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 PST also.

During the day/night/in-between feel free to post opinions, questions, or general chatter about the plot, character, or anything else book-related!

I want this to work for everyone, so if there is something you don't like about this plan or a suggestion you have feel free to message me!

Again, here is the link to the group: The Wasted Book Club.

-Tyler Anne (aka Chick Tyler)

Announcement: Social Networking & You Ecourse

We may have mentioned before that both us Annes are social media nerds, though we prefer to say things like experts or gurus. (Self-Confidence building!)

Not only do we love spending our time social networking, but we actually are both social media managers and consultants for different small businesses. After college, the Annes bonded over this fact and decided to start putting our skills together and thus, we have this blog as it is!

We also have been working "behind the scenes," on an ecourse about using social networking for your blog (or business). 

Today, we are SO excited to announce that our Social Networking & You Ecourse is finally ready!

In this ecourse, we take the tools that we use to promote our blog (and the blogs of our freelance clients) to teach ways that you can make social media work for you.

This is a very thorough, step by step kind of program that you can use at your own pace. It is designed for both the well versed and completely clueless social media user, so you can skip around and take what you need from it.

Here's more explanation on what exactly this ecourse entails:

• -Step by Step instructions on setting up Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest
• -Tips and tricks for using the big four to get people to your blog or site
• -An overview of smaller social networking sites
• -Tools for choosing which social sites to invest your time in and exactly how to use them for best results
• -Guide for pulling all the information together into a personalized social media plan
• -A PDF you can reference anytime and use at your own pace/experience level to fit your needs
• -Real life examples of social media in action

In addition, we are making ourselves available for questions that may arise along the way while taking this ecourse. 

Interested in finding out more? Click here.

Let's get social!

—The Annes

Writer Talk: So you want to write a book

Holli Anne made a good point yesterday. When you tell someone you're writing a book they either respond with a.) what's it about? and b.) I want to write a book someday too.

I've run into both reactions before and couldn't help but wonder how many of my friends are actually trying to write and finish a book. So, I made the whole "Like this status if you're writing a book" and was surprised at how many people Liked it and messaged me about it.

See, Holli and I have been making Writer Talk plans and were going to wait to unleash later next month but I don't see why we can't do it earlier!

What we did
We created an open group on Facebook called Writer Talk. Go here to see it.

Its purpose is to first and foremost create a sense of camaraderie among aspiring writers. Anyone can be a writer and that makes for an interesting variety of talents. Writer Talk is a place on the internet where you can talk with The Annes and others about what inspires you, what problems you're having, your success stories, and so much more!

What we will do
We will start daily discussions within the group. We will ask questions that are writing-related and offer writing resources on the web.

Another big part of this group will be our prompts! Every now and again we will give you a writing prompt for you to address within the group. We will then pick our personal favorite response (or all of them, depending) and post it as a Writer Talk post on this site! (That is if you are okay with it. We will not post anything by you without your permission!)

What we hope to accomplish
Basically, we love to network and we love to write. This group is mashing those two things together! Writers face very normal and very weird problems from time to time. This group will allow us (and you!) to talk it out with fellow writers who are just trying to realize a very awesome dream--writing a book!

We hope you'll join our group! Remember, go here to join!