August Onwards, Dates for Your Diary
What TMI members have to look forward to
FYI: the dates for your diary below are events where you will be able to attend live. Some will also have the option to watch a replay. These live events are in addition to the weekly Chat Threads, and written and pre-recorded video posts 😊 The Dates for Your Diary are updated on the 1st of every month. Check back in at the start of September to see what else has been added.
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On Mondays we talk about our plans!
Please note: during August these will be taking place on Monday 5th August and Tuesday 27th August as I am on annual leave from 6th August - 23rd August, and Monday 26th August is a Public Holiday in the UK.
Where? In the WHAT ARE YOU POSTING? chat threads
Why? It’s an invitation to share what you are going to be posting to your Instagram account that week. I’ll share mine, then open the floor up to you.
💡to help you stay accountable to yourself. I now if I make public declarations of my intentions I’m much more likely to stick to the plan
💡to inspire one another. Pooling ideas will mean we create a bank of post ideas that you can add your own spin to, or that will spark some ideas of your own.
💡for UNIT COHESION - a good form of peer pressure, and a fancy way of describing that feeling of well, if they’re doing it, I don’t want to be the one to let the side down!
The Monday WAYP threads are also great place to get some quick advice from me about something you’re planning to create or post that week - have a video you want to create but are feeling nervous about getting in front of the camera? Come talk about it in the Chat. Have an idea for a piece of content but aren’t sure whether now is the right time? Come and ask in the Chat!
On the last Wednesday of every month we talk about our Peak and Pit of the month
Where? Members are emailed a Thread post to add your comments to. The next of these will take place on Weds 28th August.
Why? Think of it as a group celebration/ commiseration about the Peaks and Pits of our month online.
It’s an opportunity to vent, ask for insights into something that might have not worked the way you wanted it to, or celebrate something that went really well.
This give you an opportunity to reflect on the last month (something I’m not naturally very good at), and see what you can take forwards.
Over time I want every member of TMI to feel more and more confident and secure about using Instagram to market your work. These threads will create the space to keep a gentle eye on how your skills are developing.
Thurs 29th August, 9-10am, Content Create-along, exclusive to TMI members
A chance to create Instagram content in company.
If creating your Instagram posts is something that gets pushed to the bottom of your to-do list, this is an opportunity to make some space in your week and get some posts ticked off your to-do list. We start by setting our intentions for the hour, and at the end come back together to review what we’ve achieved in the hour.
If you’d like to join the CC call, and you’re a member of TMI, scroll down past the paywall for the relevant link to register.
Tues 10th September, 2pm (BST), GUEST SPEAKER, Pooja Arshanapally Pooja - The Content Repurposer - exclusive to TMI members, replay available
Pooja will be joining the TMI community for an interview and Q&A so you can pick her brains about all the best ways to repurpose the content of your books for other purposes.
This is something I talk about A LOT as it’s a way to reduce the workload of showing up on Instagram so I’m super-interested to get Pooja’s insights into the best ways of doing this.
If you’d like to join me and Pooja (either live or on replay), and you’re a member of TMI, scroll down to register. If you’re not a member of TMI, please consider upgrading for access to the full archive of resources and many other benefits❤️
Thurs 12th September, 9.30-10.30am, Content Create-along, exclusive to TMI members
A chance to create Instagram content in company.
If creating your Instagram posts is something that gets pushed to the bottom of your to-do list, this is an opportunity to make some space in your week and get some posts ticked off your to-do list. We start by setting our intentions for the hour, and at the end come back together to review what we’ve achieved in the hour.
If you’d like to join the CC call, and you’re a member of TMI, scroll down past the paywall for the relevant link to register.
Weds 18th September, 12-1pm (BST) Ask Me Anything, replay available
An opportunity to pick my brains for an hour! You can submit your question in advance if you can’t make it live (I’ll open a chat thread for this purpose on Monday 16th September), or come along and have a chat with me.
Tues 24th September, 9.30-10.30am, Content Create-along, exclusive to TMI members
A(nother!) chance to create Instagram content in company.
If you’d like to join the CC call, and you’re a member of TMI, scroll down past the paywall for the relevant link to register.
Tues 8th October, 4pm (BST), GUEST SPEAKER, - exclusive to TMI members
Jen Louden wanted to be Harriet the Spy when she was eight, an enlightened master when she was twelve, and a brilliant comedy writer when she was twenty-two. She is now the author of eight books - including bestseller, The Woman’s Comfort Book - and the creator of
here on Substack.I see Jen as living her value of ‘it’s not too late’ as she embarks on a literary pivot into writing fiction and not only do I love the concept behind her latest project - think Gilmore Girls meets Harry Potter - but I know Jen is going to have lots of useful insights into how to promote your work and build a writing career.
Jen is warm, funny and the kind of cheerleader you want on your team, and I’m looking forward to introducing her to you all in October.
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Tues 5th November, 12pm (BST), GUEST SPEAKER, - exclusive to TMI members
I’ve been following Sue for some months on Instagram as she launched and promoted her YA fantasy novel, The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn. She’s fully embraced a self-driven approach to her book promotion and in June I was delighted to hear she had secured over 700 direct book sales in the first seven months of her book being out in the world (hopefully this number will be even higher when we speak in November).
When you think that, in the UK, the average book sells 4000 copies over it’s life time, (and YA books are amongst the groups that sell the least), this sales record, that doesn’t factor in sales from online or bricks-and-mortar booksellers, is seriously impressive so I’ve invited Sue to come and talk to us about how she has done it!
Sue lives in rural Northumberland with her husband, Tim where their love of wild places and nature can be realised. They have three grown-up children and two granddaughters who mean the world to them.
Born in Worthing, Sussex, Sue migrated steadily north and has worn various hats professionally, from teacher, museum guide, upcycler of waste wool knitwear as The Woolly Pedlar to published author. It was in 2019 that she decided to go to Newcastle University to do an MA in Creative Writing, where the idea for the Molly McFlynn books started.
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