Though often used interchangeably, both your author platform and your brand are essential tools for building a writing career.

How can a blog help you sell books?

Are social sites like Twitter (X) and Facebook good for anything other than wasting time?

Are there time-tested strategies that work no matter which platform is the latest fad?

Author Hillary DePiano will show you how to make your online platforms work for you by building your audience, marketing your work and growing your writing career…. even before the big book deal!

Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction author best known for fantastically funny fairy tales, surprisingly sweet slapstick and unrelentingly upbeat writing advice. With over two dozen plays for everyone from pre-schoolers and up, she’s been honored to have her work performed in schools and theatres around the world. Hillary also writes about eBay, e-commerce and selling online under the name T. W. Seller (TheWhineSeller.com).

For more information about her books, plays, and blogs or to connect via social media, visit HillaryDePiano.com.

Romance Writers Online will conduct this workshop via a discussion board forum located on this website.  However, access to the site is restricted by login and password to ensure that the workshop is only available to those that are authorized to attend.  This is not an email loop workshop.

How is this workshop held? This workshop is held on a forum-bulletin board based system.

Will I get a reminder that the workshop has started? The best way to be notified is to click the ‘Save to Calendar’ button below. It is set up to notify you five hours before the workshop begins.

I still have questions, help! Not a problem! Please email workshops@romancewritersonline.org