Looking for the tools you need to Just WRITE? You’ve come to the right place!
I’ve been a storyteller all my life and have supported myself as a full time, career novelist since 2006. Leaving my medical practice after 17 years to write full time was a huge leap of faith, but I knew I had to try.
My traditional publishing career suffered a huge setback almost immediately: my debut novel was pulled from publication due to factors totally beyond my control.
Many would have quit, gone back to a safe day job. Not me. I decided to see disaster as opportunity.
My latest novel debuted on the New York Times combined print and e-book bestseller list at #2.
Yep, the second highest selling book in the country and guess what? It’s an indy e-book.
I love traditional publishing and believe the future lies in combining the two paths. Whether you’re pursuing a traditional publishing career or indy e-pubbing, the skills you need are the same.
“CJ Lyons is a master teacher! She made my transition into Indy self-publishing and taking charge of my career a breeze!”~National Bestseller Debra Webb
As authors we’re creative entrepreneurs. But it seems like everyone is too busy trying to tell us the rules and what to do instead of giving us the tools to take control of our writing careers.
That’s one of the reasons I began teaching writing classes and now have taught over 1,000 students in my workshops and master classes. When deadlines forced me to cut back on my teaching, my students asked if there was a way they could still access my lessons, perhaps on-line.
My students are so smart!
I teamed with the wonderful Joanna Penn to create the Novelist Academy, where we’ll be hosting new multi-media workshops designed to give you the tools you need to succeed.
Joanna is the author of thriller novels Pentecost and Prophecy in the ARKANE series. Joanna’s site The Creative Penn helps people write, publish and sell their books and has been voted one of the Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2 years running. Joanna specializes in multimedia with regular video and podcasts on her site and she brings this expertise to the Novelist Academy as well as her own experiences in publishing and marketing.
We will soon be opening the doors on the Novelist Academy, an online never-ending workshop site for writers of all levels.
Want to be the first to get the news when Novelist Academy opens its doors and new classes are added? Click HERE to sign up for a special announcement list.
