Becoming a published author is no easy task. Overcoming the writing challenges, agent and publisher rejections, and marketing failures can be excruciating. It can often seem like an impossible dream, but those dreams can be realized.

Realize Your Writing Dreams will talk you through each step of the writing process. The author explains in simple terms the business and the ever-changing publishing landscape. She gives the writer a complete description of each publishing route and the pros and cons of each choice.

The reader will receive actionable instructions on all things marketing including public relations, promotion, advertising, and how to write a winning book marketing plan.

Becoming a successful author has nothing to do with luck and everything to do with perseverance, passion, and preparation.

Realize Your Writing Dreams is that book that you will keep and refer to throughout your writing career.

About the Author:

As the President of Intrepid Marketing, Doreen McGettigan consults with and coaches on all things writing, publishing, and marketing. She’s an author, speaker, ghostwriter, and award-winning blogger. She facilitates workshops on writing, blogging, social media, communications, networking, and elevator pitches.

Doreen chaired and facilitated the Press Club Professional Development Workshop Series, “How to Get You, Your Business, Book, Product or Non-Profit in the News.” She is a member of the SCORE speaker’s bureau, is an active member of the Press Club (former board member,) and Fem City (A national networking organization.)

She started her career as a journalist and her writing has recently appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer (prompting over 300 positive emails.) Her writing appears often in 1010 Park Place, an online magazine.

She lives with her husband John in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (just south of Philadelphia.) They have 5 children (2 more in Heaven) and 13 grandchildren. Their lives are never boring.