17:02:42 From Hugh Tipping : Hiya, Beth! :) 17:02:54 From Andi : Overland Park, kansas 17:02:54 From anituzman : Western Massachusetts. Glad to be here! 17:02:55 From Kathleen : Oakland, CA 17:03:00 From Deborah Globus : Blustery Long Island, NY 17:03:01 From Hugh Tipping : Brooklyn, NY 17:03:04 From Saille : Hi Beth, Freeville, NY 17:03:19 From David Strom : I am in Palo Alto today. End of workday. 17:03:34 From Andi : Hi Beth. It's Andrea Buginsky. I don't know why it's listed just Andi. 17:03:47 From Dev : Ontario, Canada 17:06:49 From Nadine Travers : yes 17:09:51 From Nadine Travers : Paranormal romance 17:09:51 From Andrea Buginsky : YA Fantasy 17:10:00 From Deborah Globus : I don't know that the novel I wrote has a genre... 17:10:16 From Carol : I write Americana historical suspense romance. 17:10:35 From Betty : Sensual Victorian Romance 17:10:38 From Janet Jennings : Fantasy/science fiction/paranormal writer 17:10:42 From Hugh Tipping : Fantasy 17:10:43 From David Strom : Me? Superhero adventure comedy. 17:10:47 From Nadine Travers : and Urban Fantasy 17:11:10 From Saille : Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy 17:11:33 From Hugh Tipping : Medieval magic fantasy 17:11:56 From lboragine : semi-dystopian YA environmental time travel, does that sound about right? 17:12:11 From Janet Jennings : Paranormal 17:12:23 From David Strom : Maybe I should say superheroine action-adventure comedy 17:14:02 From lboragine : environmental time travel - sounds great! 17:14:03 From Kathleen : time travel too 17:14:32 From Janet Jennings : What if your books have different genre? 17:14:54 From Saille : Romantic Fantasy? 17:15:31 From kimao_000 : Steamy Contemporary Romance 17:15:49 From lboragine : This is hard. How do we figure this out? 17:16:34 From Andrea Buginsky : teens, coming-of-age. High school going into college 17:16:39 From Janet Jennings : I want grown ups to read my word eventually. 17:16:49 From kimao_000 : Women, probably ages 20ish to 50ish 17:17:21 From Carol : New pulp-fiction readers 17:17:36 From lboragine : Contemporary science fiction - new adult? 17:17:55 From Nadine Travers : NA and Adult romance reader 17:18:07 From Hugh Tipping : I am definitely not writing YA. Can I just say "adults"? I am not writing for any group more specific than that 17:18:15 From Deborah Globus : recovering Christians 17:18:51 From Betty : Women readers of historical romance 17:18:55 From David Strom : I never nailed it down, I just wrote, but I am thinking of kids for some stories now. 17:19:25 From Saille : Readers of paranormal romance and fantasy 17:20:29 From David Strom : oh, yes. some stories have more grown up jokes 17:22:40 From lboragine : Arm-chair activists looking to be inspired and empowered to change the world 17:22:52 From Andrea Buginsky : Teens who are looking for their inner hero 17:23:03 From lboragine : Ooh, I like that, Andrea. 17:23:11 From kimao_000 : Women who want to escape into an emotionally satisfying happily ever after. 17:23:26 From anituzman : Trying this one on: I write transformative, historical literary fiction 17:23:47 From Kathleen : People who yearn for simpler times 17:23:49 From Carol : If you love great Noir stories by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, you’ll get a swell kick outta Sunday Punch. 17:23:53 From Janet Jennings : Folks who want to get away from their ordinary realities,.. 17:24:22 From David Strom : ladies who want the woman to punch out the bully 17:24:40 From Andrea Buginsky : lol David 17:25:17 From Nadine Travers : Woman that want to explore new magic world with alpha of they dream and to transport them with good emotion 17:25:18 From Hugh Tipping : Those who are inspired by the search for courage in the darkest of times 17:25:27 From Saille : Readers who crave romantic escape with unexpected characters and situations. 17:27:02 From Carol : Readers who love a good Noir detective story with a kick of sports and a kiss of romance. 17:27:42 From David Strom : laugh 17:27:46 From Andrea Buginsky : empower 17:27:48 From Saille : Escape 17:27:49 From Nadine Travers : transform 17:27:50 From anituzman : inspire 17:27:56 From Deborah Globus : reframe 17:27:56 From lboragine : Inspire 17:28:07 From Carol : transport 17:28:13 From Dev : enjoy 17:28:21 From Alice : Inspire 17:28:27 From Betty : enjoy 17:28:33 From kimao_000 : entertain 17:28:36 From Hugh Tipping : enouraged 17:28:37 From Janet Jennings : I want to inspire character growth 17:32:14 From Ezra Barany's iPad : http://30daywritingchallengefornovelists.bethbarany.com/ 17:35:46 From Nadine Travers : cool 17:36:25 From kimao_000 : So is it as simple as saying something like...I write steamy, contemporary romance to entertain women who want to escape into an emotionally satisfying happily-ever-after? 17:37:29 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Indeed, kimao! 17:37:59 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Sounds wonderful! 17:38:02 From Deborah Globus : Thanks, everybody! I gotta run to have dinner. <3 17:38:34 From Carol : Bye Deborah. 17:38:40 From Janet Jennings : bye 17:39:02 From Saille : How about ---I write paranormal fantasy for readers who crave romantic escape with a twist. 17:39:58 From Nadine Travers : I write paranormal/urban fantasy romance that deliver you the universe of your dreams with the alpha that you desire. 17:40:07 From Hugh Tipping : :) 17:40:08 From lboragine : Her group coaching program is AWESOME, I highly recommend it. So worth it! 17:40:20 From Hugh Tipping : I'm a big fan of the group coaching 17:40:32 From Nadine Travers : me too!! :) 17:40:41 From lboragine : I write environmental time travel fiction for new adults in order to inspire arm chair activists to change the world. 17:40:55 From Carol : I write Americana historical romantic suspense to rocket readers into the past to uncover a hard-fought happily-ever-after. 17:40:56 From kimao_000 : Nice, Sallie! 17:41:08 From kimao_000 : Sounds good, Nadine! 17:41:09 From Nadine Travers : hi leo!!! 17:41:12 From Carol : Hey Leo 17:41:13 From Hugh Tipping : Leo! 17:41:18 From lboragine : Leo looks like my kitty 17:41:20 From Andrea Buginsky : Hi Leo :) 17:41:24 From Dev : what does Leo write? 17:41:46 From Nadine Travers : thanks Kim!!! 17:42:01 From Andrea Buginsky : I write YA coming-of-age fantasy that empowers teens to find their inner hero. 17:42:11 From Janet Jennings : I write paranormal fantasy for readers that wants to get away from their ordinary lives and expereince growth in themselves 17:42:24 From David Strom : I write about Super Holly Hansson and friends: superheroine/superhero action adventure comedy where the woman often punches out the bully. 17:42:36 From kimao_000 : Whew, can't keep up. They all sound great! 17:43:46 From David Strom : Oops, I forgot to list the reader. 17:44:27 From Carol : Unfortunately, I've written 1905 and 1955 Americana 17:45:14 From Nadine Travers : Leo write purrrfiction... ;) 17:45:20 From lboragine : Gotta run to put the kids to bed! Thanks Ezra and Beth! Good to see everyone. 17:45:35 From Hugh Tipping : I am a writer of epic magic fantasy for people who are inspired by the search for courage in the darkest of times. 17:46:01 From Kathleen : Not ready for your course yet, but I wanted to thank you for recommending THE WRITER'S JOURNEY, which I reall love. 17:47:32 From Betty : Victorian romance that transforms the reader to another century. 17:47:46 From Carol : My blanket statement is on my website. 17:48:14 From Carol : Bye Lisa. 17:48:16 From David Strom : I’ll put an edited statement on my blog/website. 17:49:28 From David Strom : transports? 17:49:36 From Betty : transports 17:50:00 From David Strom : Superheroine/superhero action adventure comedy for women, kids, fanboys, and anyone else who likes when the woman punches out the villain. 17:50:18 From Carol : It was the first statement I used here.Carol Malone writes Americana historical romantic suspense to rocket readers into the past to uncover a hard-fought happily-ever-after. 17:50:32 From Carol : that's supposed to cover all of my writing 17:57:56 From Carol : But do you brand yourself, or what you write? 17:58:35 From Nadine Travers : Good question Carol! 17:58:36 From Tami : Hi everyone! Sorry to dash. I came in late so I will catch the replay. :) 17:58:50 From Beth Barany : Bye Tami! 17:58:50 From anituzman : Ditto to Carol’s question…..and if one is also a writing mentor, for example. How to “weave” all these aspects? 17:59:20 From Kathleen : Love ZOOM - can you keep using this on other seminars? 17:59:38 From Beth Barany : We will, Kathleen! 17:59:47 From Carol : Bye Tami 18:00:43 From Carol : Yes. Author, Coach. Human. Which do you brand, or can you brand them together? 18:05:52 From David Strom : fanboy 18:06:14 From Carol : It is hard to do it by yourself. 18:07:16 From Beth Barany : brand weaver.tv 18:08:05 From Christopher Staser : chris@brandweaver.tv 18:08:21 From anituzman : Thank you, Chris! 18:08:38 From Carol : Great stuff. 18:08:39 From Andrea Buginsky : Thanks Chris! 18:08:46 From Nicole : Nicole AKA Mellissa GreenHi, I write Intergalactic Culinary thriller serials for ns of Culinary mysteries and thrillers and other worlds. 18:09:03 From Andrea Buginsky : I'm logging off for dinner. Thank you Beth and Ezra :) 18:09:12 From Carol : How important is it to brand from your core believes? 18:09:16 From anituzman : bye Andrea 18:09:24 From Carol : Bye Andrea. 18:09:45 From Carol : 2nd Question: How do you narrow down your core believes? 18:10:03 From Carol : Mine seem to bounce all over the place. 18:10:51 From Janet Jennings : can you give a quick example of one of your core beliefs 18:10:55 From Nicole : It worked. How do I make the branding statement shorter? My fiction genre is Intergalactic Culinary thrillers, in serial format. Just got Zoom to work on the computer. 18:11:09 From Nicole : My poetry is 18:11:15 From Nicole : scriptural poems. 18:11:26 From anituzman : I am creating a new website/brand weaving together all my loves and was assuming I would use my name. But just today before the class wondered about using the name of my blog, which is truly a unifier of all my work: HARVESTING LOVE: Finding Love in Unexpected (& Expected) Places. This is what my writing is, as well as my mentoring and me…. 18:12:00 From Carol : Religion to Noir. Spirituality to suspense. Down on the farm to downtown. 18:12:50 From Carol : What's the difference between believes and values. 18:13:48 From Nadine Travers : Goodnight everyone!! 18:14:00 From anituzman : good night Nadine 18:14:35 From Carol : Good night, Nadine. 18:14:48 From Saille : Night Nadine 18:15:27 From Beth Barany : http://30daywritingchallengefornovelists.bethbarany.com/ 18:15:34 From David Strom : On Amazon Kindle, if you type Super Holly, you get my story. 18:18:21 From Carol : Believes, would they have a component in growth or fixed mind-set? 18:18:55 From Nicole : Why were you saying about the serial format not being revalent to the genre? 18:19:06 From Carol : You might value honesty, but you don't believe people are always truthful? 18:19:49 From anituzman : Thank you, Chris, Beth and Ezra! I do want to have one site at this point probably—something about unifying it all at this stage of my life. and it is confusing, because some people will look for book name—-maybe using Harvesting Love… as a tagline is a good way to go…. Will continue to contemplate. 18:21:34 From Carol : So...you want people to be moved by your stories, not just entertained. Perhaps wanting to change some aspect of their life? 18:21:50 From Janet Jennings : exactly carol! 18:21:54 From Nicole : Got it! I do notice on Twitter the genre for both my fiction and poetry is interesting to ppeople. 18:22:14 From Carol : Anybody. 18:22:25 From Christopher Staser : Ani, you’re welcome! Guess what?! We have been in conversation a few years back. Let’s catch up again! 18:22:37 From Hugh Tipping : Carol, I absolutely want people to be moved by my stories. That's what's in my author bio describing myself any why I write. 18:22:45 From Hugh Tipping : and* 18:23:14 From anituzman : I remember Chris! And it was great! Chris told me about you Beth!!! I will be calling you, Chris! 18:23:35 From Carol : I want my readers to be intriqued, amused, and energized. 18:23:52 From Carol : That's too cool. 18:24:24 From Janet Jennings : I wanna make people laugh too, but I'm trying to figure out how. 18:25:15 From Carol : Can you use that as you brand - I want you to clinch everything? 18:25:38 From Janet Jennings : OmgEzra? Gollee,.. the man is insane! Lol 18:26:27 From Nicole : How do I select my audience? Twitter followers are saying my Intergalactic Culinary thriller combination in intriguing. Thanks to Twitter I've worked out the pitch for my first serial. 18:26:57 From kimao_000 : Thanks - enjoyed the information! 18:27:05 From anituzman : Another GREAT class, full of wonderful information. Thank you so much. Looking forward to the class! 18:27:11 From Carol : Can you really cook in space? 18:27:14 From Nicole : Awesome presentation. 18:27:19 From David Strom : thanks! 18:27:40 From Carol : Thanks, Ezra, Beth, and Chris. 18:27:56 From Hugh Tipping : Carol, just fly a side of beef at the sun. I think it'll cook. :) 18:28:31 From Betty : Thanks! 18:28:36 From Carol : How far is medium rare? 18:28:45 From Alice : Thank you, Beth and Ezra! 18:28:49 From Hugh Tipping : Great class. Thanks, Beth and Ezra! Thanks, Chris!