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Setting Up a New Profile...
Members of East Anglian Writers are encouraged to have a profile on this website for themselves and any pen-name they write under.
Just follow these easy steps to prepare your profile - we deal with all the technical issues to make it ready for the internet. To avoid mistakes and to save time for the volunteer maintaining the website, please read these guidelines carefully. It is important that all profiles are consistent - these steps will help you to achieve that.
Step 1: Starting
Create a template profile in a word or text document. Either copy (by hand, or using a mouse to cut-and-paste) the following:
or, click on this link for a ready made template that you can save to your desktop.
Please fill in a separate profile for each pen-name (if any) you are published under.
Whatever you do, please do not use CAPITALS - not only does it make it hard to read, it is also seen by most internet users as SHOUTING.
Step 2: Choosing Genres/Topics
Look at the genre list (click here) and decide which area to list your titles. Add these categories under your name, so your profile should look something like this:
What if you write in a category not listed? Suggestions are welcome, but please remember we have tried to make the topic headings as broad as possible to increase the exposure of your profile to visitors of the site. For example we have "Historical Fiction" as a genre rather than have three headings of Historical Fiction (Roman), Historical Fiction (Civil War), and Historical Fiction (Medieval).
Its worth exploring the site and examining what other writers have chosen for their titles.
Step 3: Adding Titles
Start listing as many of your titles as possible (the more comprehensive the better!) under their topic area or genre.
Titles should be listed in the following format:
So for example,
Please avoid any other information in your list of titles and also avoid italic, bold and underline in any of your list of titles.
If you have more than one title per genre/topic, please list them in reverse chronological order (in other words the most recent published/to be published first, and the oldest title last).
As a rule of thumb, if a title has been reissued several times and therefore has several different publishers, always go for the one that is currently in print. If none are in print, then just list the first time it was published.
If you have published a series, these should be listed separately under their own genre, for example, Children's Fiction (Tales of Oscar the Ferret Series) or Crime (Don't Look Now Series).
So now your profile should look a bit like this:
Step 4: Adding a Biography
Add your biography. This can be as long as you want. Here are some tips:
Try to avoid repeating the titles listed on your profile - instead add some information that might be of interest to readers and people in the publishing industry.
It might help to think of it as an extended blurb. Your biography can be as long as you want, but shorter is often better.
Have a look at other writer's profiles via this link (click here): why not try Terence Blacker or Geraldine Evans ?
Step 5: Adding Links
The links section of the profile is to enable people to access other web pages that are about you, for example,
You need to send the complete web address of the sites you want included. With a line of explanation if necessary.
Please include the full web address including http://. It is easiest to copy and paste the address from the address bar of your internet browser.
Step 7: Last minute Checklist
The profile should now look something like this:
Step 8: Send in your profile
Send your completed profile information. Please re-check this page before you send it, just in case you need to send it to someone else.
If you study some of the profiles already on the site, you shouldn’t really be able to go wrong. Once you've sent your profile to us, we will try to establish your page as quickly as possible and will e-mail you to confirm it is on the site.
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