Join us on Saturday, March 9th as we continue our discussion on Social Media. Lena Nelson Dooley will be our speaker and will discuss "How to Save Time
Online with Hootsuite." Lena will also touch on Pinterest
and Goodreads.
Award-winning author, Lena Nelson Dooley, has more than 700,000 books
in print.
Helping
other authors become published really floats her boat, with over 20 signing
their first book contract after her mentoring. Three of her books have been
awarded the Carol Award silver pins, and she has received the ACFW Mentor of
the Year award. The high point
of her day is receiving feedback from her readers, especially people whose
lives have been changed by her books.
Her
2010 release Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico, won the 2011 Will
Rogers Medallion Award for excellence in publishing Western Fiction. Maggie’s Journey appeared on a reviewers
Top Ten Books of 2011 list. It also won the 2012 Selah award for Historical
Novel. Mary’s Blessing released in
May 2012. It recently appeared on a review site’s Top Five Reads in 2012 list. Catherine’s Pursuit is coming in
February 2013.
In
addition to her writing, Lena is a frequent
speaker at women’s groups, writers groups, and at both regional and national
conferences. She has spoken in six states and internationally. She is also one
of the co-hosts of the Gate Beautiful blog radio show.
Lena has an active web presence on Shoutlife, Facebook,
Twitter, Goodreads, Linkedin and with her internationally connected blog where
she interviews other authors and promotes their books.
Find
her online here:
Website:
www.lenanelsondooley.com
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/lenandooley/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lena.nelson.dooley
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lenandooley
Upcoming Speakers:
April: Anne Green talks about "How to take your manuscript from good to great."
May: Dr. Richard Mabry joins us to share what he learned from conferences.
June: Becky Wade will discuss Advanced Writing.
Don't miss a meeting of DFW Ready Writers, the second Saturday of every month at 10:30am at the Bedford Library. Visitors welcome!
DFW Ready Writers is the local chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). For details, go to www.acfw.com.
