Welcome to The Writer’s Guide To…
Hello!
I’m Zoe Lea. I live in the Lake District with my husband, kids, dogs and falcons (yep, falcons, but they mostly belong to my husband) and I love writing.
I’ve written three psychological thrillers, If He Wakes and The Secretary and Closer Than She Thinks
I’m also a social media strategist helping writers and creatives use social media to build up a community of loyal readers and attract new ones.
I created a free Instagram Cheat Sheet, that is in the welcome email once you hit subscribe and here’s a few other reasons to:
Why The Writer’s Guide to..?
Well, here’s the thing. I dreamed of becoming a published author since forever and when that dream came true, it wasn’t everything I’d hoped for.
That sounds so ungrateful, and I promise I’m not, I’m really thankful for it all. Some absolutely amazing things did happen, are still happening, and I love a lot of it, but I also hate a lot of it. And when I got the deal, I thought that would be it!
But alas, if you write books today, and aren’t in the small percentage of people who have a huge marketing department behind them, it means you also have to become a social media manager, a PR guru, a presenter, a graphic designer, send out a newsletter...the list goes on!
How will this help?
I felt SO ALONE when I realised I had to do all this stuff. I had no idea where to start and floundered around for an age, not sure what was working and what was wasting time.
So this newsletter is a weekly helping hand, letting you know what to do, what is effective and to build a community of writers and authors helping each other.
It’ll be full of ways to create an author and writer brand you love, get you more visible and in turn, more paying writing gigs if that’s what you want.
Here’s what happens…
I send out a weekly Friday email.
It will be about something that I’ve discovered in my own journey, such as how I got subscribers to my author newsletter, or what changes are happening in the Instagram algorithm that you need to know about. It won’t always be the same, but it will give you some help.
For paying members, you’ll get access to:
A weekly newsletter from me, with actionable strategies and hacks that you can implement today to market your book.
A private chat group where you can ask me anything, and chat with each other.
The January Content Calendar - a month long planner that can be used for any month of the year with content ideas for social media particularly for writers and authors.
Ink & Impact series - a set of four workbooks to provide a blueprint for building a strong and loyal community of readers.
Writing Planner - a way to assess, organise and plan for all your writing projects.
Ideal Reader Workbook - Step by step of how to identify your ideal reader, and more importantly, where they hang out so you can be there too!
There’s also a Writing Planner and How to Find Your Ideal Reader workbook.
And here’s 10% off for reading this whole page!
