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“Your book is not your baby … your book is your business!” Peggy DeKay

DeKay is the author of Self-Publishing for Virgins: The First Time Author’s Guide to Self-Publishing and CEO of Darby Press, LLC. She is also the president of The Business of Writing Today, an indie-publishing consulting service for authors who want to self-publish. As a book coach, podcaster, and seminar leader she has helped hundreds of authors self-publish successfully. Some of her clients have been Top 100 on Amazon, have won the Benjamin Franklin award, and Kentucky Association of School Librarians, and the Axiom Business Book award among others.

Her podcast, The Business of Writing Today podcast, which focuses on self-publishing (downloadable free from iTunes.com or from her website at http://tbowt.com) is heard in over 90 countries. DeKay is a keynote speaker and an expert on indie publishing. She speaks all over the country on topics related to writing, book marketing and promotion, author platform, and indie publishing. She is also the co-host of The Business of Writing International Summit, a writer’s conference held each August in Louisville, Kentucky. This two day event features twenty industry experts presenting over 30 sessions in four tracks: book marketing and promotion, craft of writing, social media, and self-publishing. The conference is attended by authors and writers in dozens of states around the country.

DeKay is a former newspaper columnist and a the executive director of the National Literary Habitat. She is a multi-award winning author with over 100 publications credits.

DeKay is a keynote speaker, seminar leader and workshop facilitator at writer’s conferences, writer’s associations, civic and educational organizations, universities, book fairs, and other events. She has spoken and conducted workshops and seminars in North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, California, Florida, Nevada, New York  and many others. To hire Peggy to speak at your event contact her by email: peggy@tbowt.com or larry@tbowt.com or call her at 502-541-4670.

DeKay speaks regularly on the following topics:

• Self-Publishing
• Book Promotion and Marketing
• Creating and promoting E-books
• Branding for Authors
•  Building Your Author Platform
• Author-preneurship
• Preparing Your Manuscript for an Editor
• Building Your Second Career with a Book
• How to Start, Build and Make the Most of a Writing Group
• Writing a How-To Book
• Writing Essays
• How to Use Self-Publishing an Anthology for your Next Fundraiser
• The State of Indie Publishing

A Selection of Newspaper Column Credits:

Other Writing Credits:

Teaching Seminars:

Writer’s Workshop – Charlotte, NC – Seminar on How to Self-Publish Your Book

Writer’s Workshop, Asheville, NC – Seminar on How to Self-Publish Your Book, March, 2012

Carnegie Center for Literacy, Lexington, KY – Seminar on How to Market and Promote Your Book, February 2012

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY – Seminar on How to Self-Publish Your Book, February 2012

Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN – How to Self-Publish Your Book, February 2012

University of Louisville: How to Self Publish Your Book, Book Marketing and Promotion, E-books, 2011

Indiana University Southeast – How to Self Publish Your Book, Marketing and Promotion, E-books, 2011

Carnegie Center for Literacy – (Lexington, Ky) How to Self Publish Your Book, 2011

Writing Conference Workshops

Books in Progress | Lexington, KY | Carnegie Center for Literacy

Winston-Salem Writer’s | Winston-Salem, SC

Kentucky Women Writer’s Conference, Lexington, KY sponsored by the University of Kentucky

Kentucky Book Fair, Frankfort, KY – Symposium on Self-Publishing, Self Publishing for Virgins, November 2011

FandomFest.com, Louisville, KY 2011 – Horror and science fiction literary track where she presented the following workshops:  Making the Most of Amazon, How to Self Publish Your Book, How to Publish and E-Book, panel discussion on Joining Writing Groups

Duckon.com, Shaumberg (Chicago, ILL), 2011 – Science fiction literary track where she presented the following workshops: How to Self Publish Your Book, How to Publish Your E-Book, panel discussion on e-books

Current Book Projects:

Authorpreneur: How to Build an Author Platform and Make a REAL Living as an Author

Scene but not Observed: Scenes from the Marrow of Life—a Book of Essays

TimePeace: How Families Praying Together Can Change the World

The Practical Feminist: How to Hive and Thrive as a Feminist

Galloping through Neverland —a PMS book (poetry, memoir and short story) about people dealing with a cancer diagnosis.

“Writers are people who see the scenes in conversations, hear the music in words, and shape the heart of any story.” Peggy DeKay   • peggy@tbowt.com