{"id":8,"date":"2013-09-23T10:42:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T10:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/authoring\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2017-04-25T05:36:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T05:36:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/authoring\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/authoring\/files\/2013\/10\/logo-web.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50\"><img class=\"wp-image-50 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/authoring\/files\/2013\/10\/logo-web.png\" alt=\"authoring-logo\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Book Authoring Workshop is an intense, highly focused, two day book writing workshop for first-time authors. It takes place in a lush green\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/farm\" target=\"_blank\">13<span style=\"color: #2991d6; font-family: inherit;\">\u00a0acre farm<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in a beautiful village. The dates for event are\u00a0<strong>September 2 &amp; 3, 2017<\/strong>.\u00a0The aim of the retreat is to encourage and help the participants publish their book in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event uses\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NaNoWriMo<\/a>, the global book authoring project, as the backbone for this event. NaNoWriMo, encourages people to write 50,000 words in a single month. If people can do that in a single month, imagine what we can do in 3 months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Authoring Retreat goes beyond this by forming a support group and guides the participants in planning, editing, publishing and marketing of their books.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are the areas that we will cover in the Book Authoring Retreat.<\/p>\n[one_second]\n<ul class=\"list_check\">\n<li>Structuring your book.<\/li>\n<li>How to write clearly.<\/li>\n<li>Tips to write regularly.<\/li>\n<li>Tools to help you write better<\/li>\n<li>Getting peer-review done effectively<\/li>\n<li>Proof-reading your draft<\/li>\n<li>Finding a good editor.<\/li>\n<li>Designing your book cover<\/li>\n<li>Designing your book layout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/one_second][one_second]\n<ul class=\"list_check\">\n<li>The different formats of a book<\/li>\n<li>Formatting the layout of your book<\/li>\n<li>Writing a book proposal<\/li>\n<li>Finding a good publisher<\/li>\n<li>Self-Publishing your book<\/li>\n<li>Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks<\/li>\n<li>Marketing Techniques for your book.<\/li>\n<li>Tips to increase sales of your book.<\/li>\n<li>Non-monetary benefits from your book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/one_second]\nThe workshop is guided by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kiruba Shanka<\/a>r, author of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/books\" target=\"_blank\">five books<\/a>. His latest book is titled &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/firstbook\" target=\"_blank\">First Book: Practical Tips from Best-selling Authors on Writing Your First Book<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can read about the reasons<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/authoring\/why\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0why this workshop<\/a>\u00a0will be useful to you, take a look at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/authoring\/venue\/\" target=\"_blank\">idyllic venue<\/a>, and read the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/authoring\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">FAQ<\/a>\u00a0to understand the event better.\u00a0 Feel free to call Kiruba at 098415 97744 or email him at Kiruba@Kiruba.com for any clarifications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only a small team of participants who are passionate about turning their book dream to reality are selected to be part of the Retreat. If you are interested, please\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/authoring\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">apply here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Next:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/authoring\/why\/\">Why Authoring Workshop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Book Authoring Workshop is an intense, highly focused, two day book writing workshop for first-time authors. It takes place in a lush green\u00a013\u00a0acre farm\u00a0in a beautiful village. The dates for event are\u00a0September 2 &amp; 3, 2017.\u00a0The aim of the retreat is to encourage and help the participants publish their book in 2016. 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