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Looking to Get a Book Written or to Get Your Work Published?

Tom's coming to Atlanta, Scottsdale, Albuquerque, Tucson, Paradise Valley, Mesa, Knoxville and the Chandler/Gilbert area.

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It's Query Letter Season

Tom is reminding everyone that it is query letter season and now is the time to be aggresssively sending out query letters.

 

How Tom Can Help Every Writer...

Don't know what a query letter is, or who to send it to? Have you had a difficult time gaining the attention you deserve from the publishing industry? Enroll in one of Tom's upcoming classes, or enter into a mentoring relationship with him. You can also purchase a copy of his book - You Were Born to Publish - and invest in a one year subscription to his Selective Guide to Literary Agents.

If you are interested in a mentoring relationship with Tom, please contact the office directly 928-203-0265.

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Become a Book Promoting Dynamo Retreat...

To be a sucessful author in publishing today, an author needs to know how to:

1) Write a Book; 2) Get it published and 3) Promote his or herself. This retreat focuses on the third essential ingredient to an author's success.

Join Tom as he brings in book promotional specialist Joanne MCall, in preparing his students to become the book promoting dynamos they need to be.

Essential for the modern author, this retreat identifies and addresses the components necessary to become that promotional dynamo and put your book on top of the market. Through both group and individual sessions, participants will explore the world of marketing and publicity as it pertains to their soon-to-be or already published books.

The retreat will be held May 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2008, in Sedona, Arizona. Space is limited, so please call the office early, to make your reservation: 928-203-0265

Complete Retreat Info here

Eye of the Best-Selling Editor Retreat ...

What do Clive Cussler, Nelson DeMille, Stephen Coonts and Stephen Oates and five other #1 New York Times Best Seling Authors all have in common?

Paul D. McCarthy (a fellow New York Times Best Selling Author, by the way) was the editor primarily responsible for their rise to prominence, as well as for the elevation of the talents of hundreds of other literary household names. Now he can do the same for you and your book.

This retreat is a rare opportunity to interact with Paul and learn as he addresses all of the questions and needs that could be holding you back from being the best-selling author you long to be. This retreat is a perfect blend of lecture, direct one-on-one interactive work with attendees and relaxed social times when you will be able to commune with the top editor in the publishing industry in person.

The retreat will be held June 12th, 13th and 14th, 2008, in Sedona, Arizona. Space is limited, so please call the office early, to make your reservation: 928-203-0265

Complete Retreat Info here

 

Those who been handed the reins to teach others how to write and publish have been improperly informed on how to do so, an error that affects all of us, especially the 81% of Americans who the New York Times claims feel that they have a book inside of them.

That’s the bad news.

The good news is that any shortcomings that you may have experienced in this regard are not your fault. So you can stop blaming yourself RIGHT NOW! There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s just something wrong with the way you were taught to go about writing and publishing. That’s all.

As a result, you are not the procrastinating, untalented author or person terminally plagued with writers block that you may have thought yourself to be.

Secondly, this site, which proposes sound, proven techniques perfected by author Tom Bird, who had already positively affected the of tens of thousands of aspiring authors through what is commonly referred to as The Tom Bird Method™,  can lift you beyond all of your failures and frustrations and place you right where you want to be writing and/or publishing – whether that means the authoring of books, screenplays, poetry, short stories, etc.,; writing more effective business plans, briefs, memos and emails or using the blessed art form referred to as “writing” simply to uncover and forever free a great, more expressive and happier you.

No matter what your need, level of experience or desperation, desire, or state of life, you’ll find access to what you need right here.

  • For those preferring a formal classroom setting  - Tom makes over 35 lecture appearances a year. Jump to Schedule.     
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    For those who prefer instructional tools outside of a classroom setting, He also offers monthly podcasts, covering a variety of topics, so you can receive the proven instruction you desire from the comfort of your own home.

Tom also has two recently released books, available through this site, that are designed to fit any type of situation Tom's books.

You Were Born to Write , in as little as a week or less, leads you to the recovery of you innate, inner author, releasing you to write fluidly, passionately.

The second part of the book is then devoted to sharing with you how, if you choose, to write your long awaited book that may be stirring in you in as little as 30 days or less of your spare time.

You Were Born to Publish offers you all you need to know to get whatever it is that you want to write into print, even sharing with you an option for getting your book professionally published and distributed internationally  in as little as two weeks after its completion. It gives you everything you need, including a solid foundation of information on  how the publishing industry operates, and how you can work it to meet your needs and desires by making money through the sharing of what you write.

Information on both books, including excerpts, a table of contents and comments by users are available through clicking here.

Speaking of publishing. If you want to sell your book to an upper level, conventional publisher, you’re going to need a top notch literary agent, and there’s no better way to find the perfect literary agent for your book than through the use of Tom’s Selective Guide to Literary Agents, which provides you with the immediate opportunity to connect with over 1300 of the top representatives in the world with a simple click of your mouse. You can purchase this database by calling the office at : 928-203-0265

Having a difficult time getting beyond writers block, which Tom defines as nothing more than a catatonic response to a creatively, potentially life changing, impulse? Right here and now, we don’t really need to get into the how’s and whys of it. That’s covered in great detail in You Were Born to Write. Suffice to say though that the state of consciousness that lies beyond the wall of writers block is extremely essential to the effectiveness if not the eventual, expressive  quality of what you write and the enjoyment and fulfillment you will experience doing it as well.

According to Tom, it is absolutely essential to be in what he refers to as this Divine Author Within State (DAW) each and every time you write or review what you have written.  In fact, anything that you have ever read which has positively affected your life, Tom claims has been written by someone who was in that state when they wrote what you read.

To assure you that you can access this all-seeing, all-knowing, unconditionally, expressive state at any time (a great place from which to live your life, by the way), Tom has designed and engineered three CDs of subliminal states, sure to get you there, no matter in what stage of the writing process you may find yourself. These three CDs are titled very simply: Transitioning Back to the Writer You Were Born to Be (to be used during the process of recovering your connection with your DAW) ; 2) Writing (to be used with the writing a book or whatever and 3) Revising (to be used during revising).

These three CDs are designed to take you to that most divine of all creative states no matter you are in the process.  Just turn on whichever one best fits your situation, move through the relaxation exercise proved at the beginning of each one and you will find yourself where you need to be, connected once again with your DAW.

Each of the CDs can be reviewed, through excerpts and reviews, and purchased on this site CD Site

Interested in moving in the most progressive way? Tom works with students on an individual basis as well. The number of students he can work with at any one time is limited though. So if you are interested in this option, it is suggested that you contact us as soon as possible to set up an interview (928-203-0265) to be considered for any openings that he may have coming available. Work Individually with Tom Bird.

Tom has also designed a unique, one-of-a-kind, interactive program, along with renowned book publicist Joanne McCall and best selling editor Paul McCarthy, who is personally responsible for the success of nine New York Times #1 Best Selling Authors – including Clive Cussler, Stephen Coonts and Nelson DeMille, that offers you everything you need to write, publish, edit and promote your books like a pro. This program, which directly emulates as much as possible working on an individual basis with Tom, is entitled The Authors Den.

Are you responsible for teaching others to write?  You, especially, have not been overlooked, it is you who is responsible for the creative and expressive futures, and thus sanity, of so many as well. For you guides have been created, enabling you to access and then apply The Tom Bird Method™ to whatever situation you may find yourself in.

As well, Write World,  which emulates for writers what is offered by the Spelling Bee, offers aspiring authors of all types and ages the opportunity to become part of a world community of authors and to be not only awarded for their efforts but also to see their writing published in book form and distributed internationally as well.  Write World.

Want to be part of a writing community, but one less formal? We have three blogs set up on this site for you to do just that. The first blog is provided for those employing either The Author’s Den or Tom’s Selective Guide to Literary Agents. The second is provided for those who interests are linked to an association with Write World . And there is a third, open blog for those of who would prefer to be associated, on a less formal basis, with others like you  looking to write.

Wanting to write and/or publish is not a pipe dream. No matter what your stage or station in life, no matter what your interest or reason for wanting to write and/or publish, all that you need is on this site for you. You’re only a click away from stepping over all that may have held you back and writing and/or publishing the way you have always wanted to.

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