For Conferences & Seminars
There are currently 4 classes J. Komp is available to teach at your Conference, Seminar, Writer’s Retreat, and more. Each are described below and include everything you need to know to add them to your event. Please contact J. Komp to schedule.
~ The Harry Potter Effect ~
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Writing that starts a Fandom
All Skill Levels
Writing & Marketing
45-90 Minutes
Interactive Workshop
Published writers, and those still wrestling with their stories will want to attend this snapshot of the steps successful authors use to cultivate those first thousand fans who will read anything you give them. It’s so much more fun than you think! Come as you are or get even more out of this by coming with a list of the most tangible parts of your stories (symbols, maps, clothing descriptions, notable trinkets, or anything else that’s memorable).
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A breakdown of the social media tools the experts use and current, live examples. Students map out a plan they can implement immediately!
~ LAZY Marketing that Works ~
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Collecting readers on a writer’s budget!
All Skill Levels
Marketing
45-90 Minutes
Interactive Workshop
Most of us write because we don’t want to sell. But what do you do when you’re self-publishing or your agent asks about your platform? Worse yet, what if you’ve been published and it’s not selling like you think it can? Give your books the chance for the spotlight that they deserve with this class! Using the principals in her class – “The Harry Potter Effect” J. Komp will walk you through setting up the systems that she used to get 4 million Facebook fans in year. This class is everything from, a weekly breakdown of tasks, to a 12-month marketing map that’s easy to follow. You can be lazy, a procrastinator, overbooked, or completely new to sales and marketing, and this will still work for you because it puts your story first.
IF you bring: A book you want to sell (or improve sales for), a Laptop with an internet connection, a Facebook account, and the fire and passion that got you to write your book, you’ll walk out of this class with your marketing plan already active and ready to share with current and potential readers!
Class Results
Students will walk out with, an activated marketing plan, knowing how to creating memes, build and use surveys, promotion design, building for a book signing, and more.
~ Hurt So Good ~
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Turn painful critiques into pleasurable reader insight
All Skill Levels
Writers Craft
45-60 Minutes
Interactive Workshop
J. Komp, nick-named the “Dominatrix of Editing” by author and speaker Tex Thompson, brings her tips and tricks to getting past the pain of critiques and onto the pleasure of useful feedback. It’s easy to say that not all critiques are created equal, but how do you get out of your head when the “trolls” storm the bridge of your creativity? Jennie will show you how to quantify and qualify everyone from beta readers to industry professionals and use the data to elevate your writing. Bring your harshest reviews and enjoy the soul cleansing perspective that you’ll leave this class with.
Class Results
Are you an editor, member of a read & critique group, part time beta reader, reviewer of books? This class will turn you into an invaluable resource for yourself and other writers. Become a respected authority with better questions, story specific feedback, and learning the art of counterpoint arguments. There are fewer critiques in this world that are good or bad, but our quantifying them makes it so.
~ Eating The Book Elephant ~
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Strategies for procrastinators and the disorganized
All Skill Levels
Writers Craft
45-90 Minutes
Interactive Workshop
Getting any manuscript from concept to an agent’s in-box is a mammoth sized task and all we have to break it down is blank pages and a pen. It’s no wonder so many manuscripts go unfinished! Editor J.Komp, of JustKey Edits, breaks out the steak knives, and even a chainsaw, to show you how to get it done, “one small bite at a time” and finish your manuscript in a year or less! No theory in this class, only practical application of tools used by authors today. Bring your manuscript at any stage, the most updated calendar of your schedule, and a healthy dose of realism and practicality. We’re going to do a deep dive on your goals and get you on track to having a submission ready manuscript without the stress of a restrictive regiment, or painful deadlines. Enjoy a true sense of daily accomplishment, and the peace of mind that comes from clarity of tasks, when you have the confidence to focus on eating one tiny bite of your book-elephant at a time. This is a practical workshop for the impractical task of finishing a book.
Class Results
Multiple organizational and goal oriented tools, including a customizable excel sheet that breaks down taking a book from concept to submission-ready in 1 year.
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