My article for the Alliance of Independent Authors has just been published on their Author Advice Centre blog, and includes a list of 5 writing articles to help you prepare for Camp NaNoWriMo.

I plan on using the time to write a giveaway to build my Bodrum Peninsula Travel Guide mailing list.

I already giveaway free Quick Reference Travel Guides to my mailing list, and I also use the list to promote my Turkey Travel Guides, but this summer I wanted to offer something a little bit different.

One of the best ways to build your mailing list is to offer readers a sample of your writing for free. This could be a couple of free chapters, a short story or novella. It’s a great investment with long term benefits.

I’m using my time at Camp to get the first draft of a giveaway written. I plan on writing a collection of poems about my new adopted home of Bodrum in Turkey, and using it as a free giveaway to encourage people to sign up to my Bodrum Travel Guide mailing list. I’m not sure whether the union of travel guide and travel-inspired poetry will be successful, but the Turkish sunshine has inspired me to give it a shot.

Join me at Camp NaNoWriMo

If you need some extra inspiration to keep writing when summer is all around you and enticing you outside instead of writing, maybe you could join me at Camp NaNoWriMo.

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