Ready to take your career to the next level?

Do you wonder why the sales of your novels are okay, but not great? Would you like to learn proven, practical methods to shake the midlist dust off your feet and leap into the world of bestselling authors?

Keep reading.

For the past twenty years, I've been helping authors create great books--and get them noticed. In a big way:

• #1 on the New York Times bestseller list
• On the Oprah Show
• Star reviews in Publishers Weekly, and the bestseller lists of the Wall Street Journal and USA Today
• The cover of People Magazine

It's not magic . . . but there are a few tricks. And a few secrets--secrets you'll learn from three Master Seminars being offered by Command Performance: Marketing Your Novel, Writing Bestselling Fiction, and Adding Depth to Your Fiction. Will you get motivational speeches, or wacky ideas no one has ever tried? Nope. Sorry. In the Master Seminars you'll only get practical and proven methods to create a compelling story, and the plan that will make it sell. And sell. And sell.

Are you ready? Get all the details here.

Join us, and become a Master of Story and Marketing.

Chip MacGregor
President, MacGregor Literary 

The Master Seminar Workshops

#1 MARKETING YOUR NOVEL

How would you like to master proven marketing techniques that will make your novel stand out among the thousands on the shelves?

These days publishers expect authors to handle the vast majority of the marketing effort for their novel. It can feel overwhelming. Where do you start?

We can help. With nearly fifty years of combined experience in marketing, working with publishers, and branding authors, we know what is a waste of time, and what works.

During our two-day workshop we’ll break the process down into clear, doable steps. And at the end of the workshop we’ll give you a customized plan that will catapult you ahead of the majority of novelists, and show you how to substantially increase the sales of your books.

 #2 WRITING BESTSELLING FICTION

Do you want to finally create that romance, suspense, mystery, or thriller that will gain a readership and get noticed? What’s going to make it stand out in an already-crowded bookstore?

Susan May Warren can help! In this two-day workshop, Susan and literary agent Chip MacGregor will explain the basic elements of a bestselling novel, show you how to create great characters, and get you going on plotting a story that will be both memorable and meaningful. We'll make the whole process understandable, and you'll leave having take a major step forward in your novel writing. 

If you're at a place in your writing where you want to know the secrets to moving forward with a good, commercial novel, plan to join us. 

#3 ADDING DEPTH TO YOUR FICTION

Wouldn’t you like to get away, sit down with a couple best-selling novelists, and have a weekend just to talk about bringing depth to your writing?

We’re offering a rare opportunity... A chance for novelists to share a weekend with two nationally-recognized writers, in order to explore how to add depth and power to your fiction. Bestselling novelist Lisa Samson and award-winning writer Susan Meissner are making themselves available for two weekends in 2010, in order to help novelists dig deeper into their work. You can join them for an unforgettable retreat weekend. 

If you've been looking for way to move forward in your writing career, we invite you to join us. Click on the buttons at the top of the page to get more detail, and to register for one of our seminars.