I mentioned before that I teach at one of my local libraries. Been doing it a few years now as part of a co-team. This is my first year out on my own. Thursday was the first class of the new session.
Join local self published author, T.A. Henry, for a year long series on surviving self publishing. From cover design to launch parties, she will walk you through the ins and outs of going it alone in the publishing world. January’s focus will be in cover design: do it yourself, pay big money, or something in between – how do you know what it should look it like, what information to provide, and where to find the help you need.
Sounds awesome right?
Too bad no one else thought so. I sat alone with my laptop and a projector – waiting….
T.A. Henry 
Maybe you need to branch out to a new location? Everyone in the area that would take that kind of class has already taken it from you in that area? Also if you picked a T, W, or Th you have to compete with evening school events. There are more and more activities out there you have to compete with. Everyone is struggling with finding good meeting times. Why not try an online class. You can reach more people that way.
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Maybe. I need to think about the next right step. Maybe I should just take a break and focus that time on writing. An Extra 6 hours a month give or take would be nice.
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Oh bummer…I was afraid of that. I think GoGoMama may be right about this area being saturated with classes on these kind of topics. With the writer’s group turning 10 this year, I think most of the interested and ‘serious’ writers have been flushed out of their hiding spots and, if they are inclined at all to classes or activities, they’re already tuned in and published or working on it. I’m really sorry to hear it didn’t work out so far this year.
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Kirsten offered to move me to another library but I’m thinking maybe to just let it go.
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That’s a tough call. You know what my decision was this year. I don’t regret it for my personal goals, but I’m really saddened that the community has ceased to attend such library events. Almost nothing author-related seems to draw a crowd there anymore. Perhaps online classes really have replaced such things. I went to one myself this year and haven’t been to much at the library.
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I’m giving it one more month. If no one turns up, we’ll cancel the rest.
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Sounds reasonable. Is it first Thursday? Email me the time if you don’t want to post it here. I’ll come and keep you company if I can. 🙂
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yup, first thursday, 7PM.
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That always sucks! Since there is no way to really know the reason there is nothing to fix or improve. Maybe in the grander scheme your made a commitment, allocated time then the calendar cleared – now it’s your time to enrich yourself. 🙂
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That is an idea.
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