As a new author, having your manuscript accepted for publication is only the beginning! This program will prepare the new author for the transition from everyday writer to the prepared professional that agents, editors and publishers will expect you them be!

1. BIOS & BLOGS & BLURBS,
OH MY!
Presented by Ginger Marcinkowski, M.F.A.
Author of Run, River Currents and
The Button Legacy: Emily’s Inheritance
www.gingermarcinkowski.com

2. The Point of this Seminar
 This fast-paced presentation
prepares the aspiring writer for
publication and allows them to
better understand what comes
after a manuscript acceptance!
 A complete checklist of “to-do’s”
will be part of the take-away!

3. Introduction
 Why your manuscript is the easiest part of the
process
 What agents/ editors expect of the new writer and
why
 Why being prepared is critical to your overall writing
persona
 What documents are instrumental for your success?

4. Items needed BEFORE acceptance
 Log line
 Elevator speech
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 Manuscript

5. Log Line Example
Log Line,
a one-sentence summary of your work….
“As the last of the mourners departed the ornate Catholic
Church, Emily entered a side door unnoticed, walked to the
coffin, and punched her dead father in the face. ‘You’ll never be
dead enough,’ she whispered. ‘Never.”

6. Elevator speech
A very short commentary on your work. Said to be an
elevator speech, because you should be able to contain it
in the time it takes you to traverse one floor on an
elevator. Could be your “log line.”

7. Query Letter
An introduction to your work, usually sent to an
editor/agent to garnish interest in your manuscript. It
MUST have:
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……….and it should be specifically directed

8. Synopsis
• How many?
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• Why do I need 3?
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BIO

10. Short Bio
 Ginger Marcinkowski is the author of the award-winning
Run, River Currents, a dark novel based on a
true event in her life. Her second book, The Button
Legacy: Emily’s Inheritance is a tender story of faith
told through buttons that have been passed from
generation-to-generation.

11. Things to Think About at
Publication
What are they going to be asking for?

12. WHAT AM I GETTING MYSELF INTO?
• Website
• Social Media Links
• Clips
• Platform
• Brand

13. MARKETING MADNESS
• FIRST THINGS FIRST
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• Photograph
*** Hang on as this is a WILD ride!

14. I AM PULLING MY HAIR OUT!
• 3-5 authors that you book might be similar to & why
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• Relationships you have formed complete with contact
information & numbers

15. I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
BUT YOU ARE ALMOST THERE….
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• TWEETS

16. WHAT ABOUT ME???
YES, THERE IS SOMETHING JUST FOR YOU!
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• YOUR NEXT BOOK!!!

17. ONE-SHEET
GINGER R. MARCINKOWSKI
5011 Kings Grant Circle, Suffolk, VA 23434 Phone: 515.360.6575 www.gingermarcinkowski.com Grm55@yahoo.com
THE VALISE…
AUTHORS BIO:
Ginger Marcinkowski was born as one of eight siblings in
northern Maine along the Canadian border, a setting that
played a prominent role in her first two novels.
Her debut novel, Run, River Currents, was published in
August 2012, was a 2012 semi-finalist in the ACFW Genesis
Awards and a 2013 Kindle Book Award Finalist, also winning
honorable mentions in other national awards and festivals.
Her latest release, The Button Legacy: Emily's Inheritance, is
the full story of the Polk family’s journey of faith told
through buttons collected over generations. Emily's
Inheritance concludes Run, River Currents dramatic story of
healing and forgiveness.
Ginger has been a public speaker and visiting lecturer for
over 25 years. She has been a professional reader for the
James Jones First Novel Award and has been a judge for the
ACFW 's prestigious Carol Awards. She is actively involved in
the Hampton Roads Writers Association and is a member of
the ACFW and AWP Writer's Associations.
An interesting fact about Ginger is that she is a million-mile
flier with United Airlines and was a multi-million dollar
sales agent for a travel agency for over 13 years in Elkhart,
Indiana. Her experiences are the catalyst for a new series of
cozy mysteries whose main characters are involved in
travel and tourism.
The first novel in the cozy mystery Travel Girl’s Series
introduces the women of the First Bank Travel Agency and the
Elkhart County Visitor’s Bureau as they become embroiled in
an international crime spree that ends with the untimely death
of one of the county’s beloved politicians. The mystery opens
the door to new friendships and old rivalry’s and forces the
bosses of the two competing agencies to join forces to solve
the crimes before they lose one of their own.
Set in Elkhart, Indiana, The RV Capital of the World and
home to the nation’s second largest Amish population, this
eclectic group of clashing personalities make the international
hunt for the perpetrator’s a rollicking journey as the women of
travel and tourism team their wits to solve the crimes being
committed in their Sister City of Burton-Upon-Trent, England
and their own Amish Community.
The Valise is the first in the new Travel Girls Mystery Series
where location and mayhem collide in exotic destinations
across the globe.
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18. If you would like this seminar
presented at your next conference
please contact:
Ginger Marcinkowski
grm55@yahoo.com
515-360-6575
*Please note this slideshow is only a part of the complete 1-3 hr. seminar

19. BIOS & BLOGS & BLURBS,
OH MY!
Presented by Ginger Marcinkowski, M.F.A.
Author of Run, River Currents and
The Button Legacy: Emily’s Inheritance
www.gingermarcinkowski.com