Now, I know many blog tours are for a specific book. Well, we wanted to mix things up a little bit and try something new.
This is going to be a tour of reviews of the Author Conservatory program presented by the students in the Conservatory. We have amazing students and they have thoughts on their experience in the program so far, so the students thought it would be fun to share those thoughts in the form of a blog tour!
What is the Author Conservatory?!
For those of you who don’t know, the Author Conservatory is a three-year higher education program for young writers who want to learn how to build a long-term, sustainable career out of their writing. You can learn more by checking out the website, asking any questions below, or just by reading the students’ reviews in the tour!
How am I connected to Author??
I’ve been a student in the program for a little over a year now, so I’ll post a review alongside the others 😉 But I’m also an Admissions Advisor and the Community Manager for the program.
As an Admissions Advisor, I get to talk to students and parents who want to know more about the program and if it would be a good fit for them or not. It’s such a joy to serve interested families in this way and by getting to know your specific situation, I can give you next steps to pursuing your writing goals.
As Community Manager, I work with students inside the program to make sure they have the support they need! I love getting to know my fellow students and walking alongside them in their journeys!
But more on my experience later. Let’s talk about how this is going to work!
Schedule
The tour runs from tomorrow, November 11th until Wednesday, November 24th. You can find some bonus reviews on Instagram from many of our students during the next several days!
The first student review on the blog tour goes live tomorrow! Check out Savannah’s thoughts on Author here!
Prizes
Yup! You heard me! PRIZES!
For anyone who participates in the tour, best-selling authors Brett Harris and Kara Swanson will be hosting a live Office Hours where you can ask your questions about writing, careers, Author, and more! Our beloved Brett & Kara co-founded the Author Conservatory to help writers reach their dreams of becoming self-sustaining authors.
At the end of the tour, you’ll be directed to a Wrap-Up post (here on my blog) with details on how to register for the Office Hours. Additionally, you’ll find a link to submit your name for two giveaways!
The first giveaway is for six winners. My fellow Admissions Advisor, Josiah DeGraaf, and I will host individual 20 minute coaching sessions via Zoom. Josiah is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Story Embers as well as the Program Director of the Young Writers Workshop. We will each pick three names and spend 20 minutes with each winner to discuss your writing goals and questions. This prize is open internationally.
The second giveaway is for one grand prize winner! Each Author student is required to start a business, so the grand prize is a physical pack featuring products and services from our very own Author students!! The grand prize includes:
- A beautiful wooden engraved bookmark from Charis’s shop Biblio Birch Designs
- A hand-painted hardcover copy of Kara Swanson’s Dust from Amie’s shop Painted Prose Designs
- A tree-themed book sleeve from Zoe’s shop Sleeves By Anastasia
- A custom funko pop (which you get to design!) from Ryan’s shop Storystar Creations
- An Author Conservatory sticker from our Young Writer Merch Shop run by Paris
- An Author Conservatory journal from our Young Writer Merch Shop run by Paris
- A 25% discount on Jenny’s Life Story Book Services
Rules
You must comment on each of the blog reviews in order to be entered in the grand prize giveaway (and the 20 minute coaching session giveaways).
You must submit the google form at the end of the tour (on the Wrap-up post here) so we can draw your name from the submissions!
The grand prize is open to US participants only. The coaching sessions and Office Hours are open internationally.
Other than that, have fun!! 😀 Join us over on IG for those bonus reviews and don’t forget to check out the first review here with Savannah tomorrow!
Any questions? Drop them below!
Whoohoo!! I’m so thankful for the enthusiasm and initiative our students have shown to organize this blog tour and share their thoughts on The Author Conservatory. I can’t wait to read these reviews and connect with blog tour participants for an Office Hours call. =)
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Yes!! Super excited to see what everyone wrote! And the Office Hours is going to be so much fun!
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Very interesting. Love the idea of business coaching paired with writing coaching 😄
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I am so excited as well!!
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So excited for this blog tour!!!
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Yes, girl!! Me too!
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Me too!
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This is super exciting!! I’m so excited to get to join the Author Conservatory next fall! And this blog tour sounds very fun, as well! 😉
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Eep! We can’t wait to have you join us! I hope you enjoy the tour!
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SO excited for this! You’re amazing, Coralie!
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Aw, love you, Charis! YOU’RE amazing!!
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This is so exciting!
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I’m so pumped!!
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So excited for the tour and reviews!! I’m joining the Conservatory myself at the end of December, so it’ll be cool to get a sneak peak through all these posts! Thank you for announcing the tour so informatively. 😀
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Ah! Yay! So glad to have you with us! Haha, I hope you have fun on the tour!
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AHHHH!! This is soo cool!!! I’m really excited to see what the students’ thoughts are!!!
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Me tooooo!!!
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This is very exiting I can’t wait! 😊
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*ahem* *exciting. I[…]
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Haha! It happens!
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So glad to have you here! I hope you have fun going through the tour!
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Ahhh, so excited!! *happy bouncing*
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*bounces with you in circles* Yay! Yay! Yay!!
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This is so exciting! What a great idea you all!
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Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the tour!
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I’m so terribly excited for this! I can’t wait to read everyone’s thoughts. 😀
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I know! Me too! I’m dying to see what everyone wrote!
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I’m so excited!!! Thanks everyone for organizing this!
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We’re so excited you’re here!
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YAY!!! I’m so excited for this!!!
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Yay!! Me too!!
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This is so exciting! Can’t wait to see what the students’ thoughts are!!
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Eep! I can’t wait either!
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This is so exciting! What a great idea you all!
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This look so fun!!
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I’m stoked!
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Woah, this is so cool! I’d love to see what others have to say.
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I can’t wait to see what they say either!
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Yayy it’s happening!! 😀
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YES it is!
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This is super awesome!!! 😀
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Hey, Caleb!! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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A couple of questions: What do you mean by google form? Will you post it somewhere? And do we have to come back to this to get the links to the blog posts for the tour?
I’m so excited for this though!!!
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Hey, Selah! Thanks for stopping by!
The Google form will be linked in the wrap up post on the last day of the tour. It’ll be here on my blog the day before Thanksgiving.
The first blog tour link is in the post above and will be on Savannah’s blog tomorrow! She’ll post a link to the next review which will be up on Friday, and so forth 😁
Does that help?
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I’m really excited for this! I would love to join the Conservatory one day and I hope to join the Workshop next year!
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We’d love to have you join the workshop!! And maybe one day Author, too!
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Coralie,
You’re driving everyone who already applied to Author and are waiting for God (and parental authority) timing crazy!! But in a good way…I love learning tidbits from the Author students. 😉
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Gurl, you have no idea how I feel that craziness!! God’s timing is INCREDIBLE but it also drives us nuts sometimes! Learning to wait on Him is SUCH a precious experience ❤ It is ALWAYS worth waiting on His plan and His timing! Praying for you, friend!
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This is so exciting!!! I can’t wait to see what student’s say!!!
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I’m so stoked! Don’t forget to check out Instagram! We have several students who will be posting there too as bonus reviews! Two reviews went live today by Sarina White and Charis Rae!
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So exciting! I actually hope to join the Author Conservatory in the future! I’m excited to see what everyone has to say 🙂
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Aw! We’d love to have you join us!
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This is so cool! I can’t wait to learn more about the Author Conservatory!!!
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Yay! Thanks for joining us!!
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Ooh, this is so exciting!! I’ll be thrilled to hear what real students say about it – and get to visit some neat new blogs! Author Conservatory FTW!
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Yes, girl!
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Awesome!
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This looks so exciting! I can’t wait to learn more about what the students think of Author through this.
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I’m so excited to see what everyone says!
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Hey! I’m excited for this! Author seems like a great program that I’d love to join someday, so I’m excited to see everyone’s thoughts on it 🙂
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Welcome, Emma! We’re so excited to have you join our tour!
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I’m so excited for this!!
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I’m so excited for this!!!
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This is such a great idea to spread the word, I’m excited to hear what the other students have to say!!
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Welcome to the tour! We’re so glad you’re here to join us!
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Woo Hoo! So excited for this!! 😀
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So excited for this blog tour! I’m at a period in my life where I’m trying to figure out where God is calling me, so I’m super interested in all this! Maybe I’ll attend someday.
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We’re happy to have you join the tour! And praying over you as you walk through these decisions!
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I’m planning on applying for Author early 2023. I’ve never seen anyone else combine the business and the writing side of being an author in the way you all have 🙂
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We’d love to have you join us, Bethany! And it’s true! I’ve never seen anything that combines those either!
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This is so awesome!!!
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I love Author so much and hope to join it some day. Either way – it’s exciting to see you guys grow and branch out!
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We definitely hope to see you join us!
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This is going to be a blast! So so excited!
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Ahh, this is so exciting!!! 😀 I’ve been interested in Author for a little while, so I’m excited to get the inside look from some of the students!
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Yay!!! We’re so glad you’re able to join us for a look inside!
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Yes! I can already tell that this will be super helpful!
I’ve been wanting to join the Conservatory for a while, (my parents and I have decided it would be best if I wait till I’m a little older), and I can’t wait to hear more about it!
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So excited you’re here!
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Quick Query,
does this cost money? Also, what are the starting and ending times for this? Thank you so much for everything you guys do!!
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Hi, Terah! Thanks for joining us! The blog tour is free! You may participate by reading as many or as few blogs as you like! There are 11 reviews total and the tour ends the day before Thanksgiving. If you’d like to be entered for the giveaway, you will need to comment on all 11 blog reviews and fill out the form at the end of the tour.
If you are asking specifically about Author, then yes, it is a higher education program, and like any college, it has a tuition. The program has a number of spots available monthly for students to joined, but is currently booked out at least until February. You can find out more details by checking out their website (linked in the post) or I’d be happy to email you. You can shoot me a message via the Contact page on my blog.
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Thank you so very much, Coralie!
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You’re so welcome!
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Thank you for organizing this!
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Thank you for participating!!
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I’m excited to learn more about the Author Conservatory!
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Yay!
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