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Your Author Website
Publishing is not what it used to be. Instead of reading your work and celebrating you for the superhuman that you are, publishing houses now want to know how many followers you have on social media, what marketing platforms you are on, and how you are going to help them to sell your work.
This is where a strategic website comes in to save the day - because your art doesn't always speak for itself. In this masterclass with a professional copywriter and brand strategist you will learn:
- How to reframe your perspective of your publishing journey and move beyond author and into CEO mode.
- How to use your website to sell your gifts.
- The vital sections every author's website needs to stand out.
- How to structure your website and use your voice, message and unique-itivity factor (yes, that's a word now) to show them that you are the next best-kept secret they simply have to have in their house.
From Daydreamer to Storyteller
My writing journey began with a hand-illustrated childhood book and a habit of staring out of classroom windows, imagining lives lived beyond the confines of Newton’s laws. That lifelong obsession with narrative led me to study journalism, English, and marketing—and eventually, to trade the "cubicle life" for twelve years of independent, nomadic entrepreneurship.
It was in Bali that I formalised my mission, founding Meraki Messaging.
I believe every business deserves a distinct voice and aligned prosperity. I help you achieve that through soulful sales copy—blending intuition and strategy with a thesaurus in one hand and a crystal in the other. If the day ever comes where I lose my passion for the "soul-stuff," I’ll put down my pen for good. Until then, I’m here to tell your story.
A deadline is the fastest way to fill a blank page
and in this class I am going to tell you about 52 of them.
About Us
Deadlines are the solution.
In a perfect world, no writer would ever get stuck, be stumped or get sucked into the black hole that is the internet. We would sit down, the muse would descend and we’d produce literary magic, but this world is far from perfect. We get stuck, stumped and sucked in by hyperlinks. We need deadlines.
Deadlines for Writers is the kindest, most productive writing community on the internet. We kick procrastination butt by meeting daily, weekly and monthly deadlines.
Deadlines for Writers
Deadlines for Writers is the home to several writing challenges. We host the 12 Short Stories in 12 Months, 12 Poems in 12 Months and 52 Scenes in 52 Weeks novel-writing challenge.
We write together, critique each other's work and constantly improve our craft.
Write your book in a year
If you have always dreamed of writing a novel or if you have several incomplete manuscripts languishing in your drawer or if you need some extra help and accountability, well, this challenge is just for you.
Weekly deadlines, flexible prompts and a supportive community will make the challenge of writing a novel not only possible but fun.
Mia Botha
Founder
Mia has been a creative writing coach for more than 13 years. She created the Deadlines for Writers, which as the name implies, is a deadline-driven, online critique group that helps writers beat procrastination and perfectionism and overcome self-doubt because she has learnt that a deadline is the fastest way to fill a blank page.