Your Write Path

All workshops are currently 2 hours via Zoom
All times are eastern (New Jersey) – 2 Hours 

Tuesday, October 22
Guided Autobiography 2 hour intro (free)
11: 00 AM – 1:00 PM
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Wednesday, November 6 (4 weeks)
4 Week Guided Autobiography ($100)
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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Monday, November 18
Fiction Writing Essentials ($40)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Monday, November 25
Self-Publishing With KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) ($40)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Wednesday December 4
Guided Autobiography 2 hour intro (free)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Monday December 9
Fiction Writing Essentials ($40)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Monday, December 16
Self-Publishing with KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) ($40)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Wednesday, December 18
Guided Autobiography 2 hour intro (free)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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NEW! 5 Week Guided Autobiography Workshop ($125)
Every Wednesday in April
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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One of the most rewarding things about working with people to publish their books is that I’m helping them achieve a goal. In this case, a mother’s desire to publish her daughter’s poetry. It was a labor of love for her, and I was able to help her bring it to fruition. Keep reading to understand why it matters to her, and why I feel privileged to help birth this gift from a mother to her beloved but challenged adult child.

The Wildflowers Within Her Heart

Tara Elizabeth Benedetti has written poetry since she was a young girl. Tara wrote a poem when she was 10 years old, in the 5th grade, and it was published when she was 12, in the 7th grade.

The poem “My Windows” was published in the 1993 Edition of the book “Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans.”

Tara was encouraged by her teachers beginning in the 5th grade, and it was always pointed out that she had a profound and rich imagination – the part that can’t be taught.

Tara graduated from Summit High School, in Summit, New Jersey. She obtained a B.A. Degree in Creative Writing and Photo Journalism, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. She has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Fairleigh Dickenson University in Madison, New Jersey.

Tara was diagnosed with schizophrenia when she was 28 years old, while teaching English in Boston. It has been 16 ½ years of a struggle for Tara. She is now 44 years old. All of her poetry was written before Tara was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

I appreciate these things more than I can say.

“Mark McNease’s KDP workshop takes a potentially overwhelming path to self-publishing and makes it both practical and manageable.  The workshop covers the most salient points for navigating the KDP site and addresses tips for avoiding glitches with fonts and formats.  Mark provides materials to reinforce the presentation and tales of his own twelve-year journey in the self-publishing world.  I highly recommend the experience for both beginning and seasoned writers.”

Victoria Short, author of Find Your Mini Pumpkin

Big thanks to the 14 participants who came to my workshop on self-publishing last night at the Hunterdon Country Library, including fellow Mystery Writers of America-NY board member (and president) Nev March. It was so rewarding to engage with everyone, and hear so many of them say how much they liked the workshop. Onward!

Not everyone wants to use a credit card to pay for things online, so I’ve added a “Pay with Venmo” option to each registration page. Just follow the same link provided with each workshop description, and choose the “Pay with Venmo” option at checkout.

Please be sure to confirm with me (YourWritePath AT Outlook. com) so nothing gets missed. That’s very unlikely to happen, but I’m a big believer in confirmations.

All of my eBooks are once again available in wide distribution (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, SmashWords, Kobo and more). And not only that, you can BUY DIRECT AND SAVE! Just visit my Payhip storefront and choose one of my books, or all of them, at a deep discount.

This was the group’s first monthly meeting and it was so rewarding. Everyone was engaged, lots of good  conversation, and it promises to grow from there. As the facilitator, I could not have been happier.

Self-Publishing with KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing): A Workshop In-Person

Learn the ins and outs of self-publishing on the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform with author and publisher Mark McNease. Mr. McNease is the author of 14 novels, all of which have been published through KDP. He is a two-time Emmy winner, and currently serves as a board member for the Mystery Writers of America – New York Chapter. In this workshop you’ll learn the process from final draft to published book and beyond, with additional topics that include book cover creation, self-promotion, exclusivity versus ‘wide’ distribution, and the process of publishing audiobooks.