Free Writing Workshops
Join Muse & Margins for free online writing workshops on storytelling, character development, editing, publishing, and book marketing. Each hands-on session focuses on two topics, includes practical activities, and lasts 90 minutes or less. Writers at every stage are welcome, whether you’re working toward independent or traditional publication.
Explore Our Workshops
Browse our workshop topics below. Dates are announced one workshop at a time. Want to hear when a favorite is scheduled? Use the Notify Me button above to select your interests.
Creating Book Promotion Videos
Plan, record, and edit a short video that communicates a specific book appeal.
Building the Video’s Hook and Sequence
Recording and Editing a Short Video
Learning the Basics of Book Advertising
Design a focused advertising test and practice interpreting the results to choose the next step.
Building a Small Test Campaign
Reading Results and Choosing the Next Test
Working With Advance Readers
Prepare an advance-reader invitation, delivery instructions, and considerate follow-up messages.
Creating an Advance Reader Invitation and Signup
Preparing Delivery and Follow-Up Messages
Supporting Your Backlist
Help readers discover more of your books and build a promotion for an existing title.
Helping Readers Find Their Next Book
Building a Promotion Around an Existing Book
Planning a Book Launch
Choose launch activities that fit your resources and coordinate a realistic promotional timeline.
Choosing Launch Activities That Fit Your Resources
Coordinating a Realistic Promotional Timeline
Building Your Book Blurb
Select your book’s strongest selling elements and organize them into an inviting blurb.
Selecting the Character, Conflict, and Stakes
Creating a Structure That Invites Further Reading