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Networking and making intentional connections with Linda Ruggeri
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Welcome Linda Ruggeri to The TufFish Show, a place to help writers and aspiring authors get out of their own way to leave a legacy by telling the stories they want to share through writing their own books and confidently sharing them with others. The writing process can be tough and the business side can feel scary, but TufFish makes both feel smoother and achievable. Visit https://www.jennifermilius.com/tuffish to learn more.
Whether you’re an author or an editor, networking and making intentional connections will help you grow your business. In this conversation, Linda Ruggeri shared:
- how editors strengthen your manuscript and questions you can ask
- how volunteering can be instrumental in making intentional connections
- the difference between intentional and transactional networking
- how to do intentional networking, even if you’re introvert
Part of growing your business involves getting out of your comfort zone, getting visible, and making intentional connections that are win-win for you and the other person. Let this episode shift how you view networking, so you are open to new opportunities and look forward to attending.
Linda Ruggeri is a bilingual (EN/SP) nonfiction editor and writer based out of Los Angeles. She’s the author of recently published Networking for Writers, and the co-author of Networking for Freelance Editors which won an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in 2022. She graduated cum laude from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in Communications and Fine Arts. She’s directed the Editorial Freelancers Association Welcome Program, the Professional Editors Network mentorship program, and has presented at writing and publishing conferences across the US. She is a founding member of The Networking Studio as well as the Argentinean-based writer community Tres Vías Creativas (@3vc .crea).
Born to immigrant parents in Los Angeles, Linda is Latinx and a first-generation American. She loves to travel and has lived in Córdoba (Argentina), Naples and Salerno (Italy), Windsor (Canada), Green Lake (Wisconsin), and Torrance (California). Besides being an editor, Linda is an avid urban gardener and baker, a writer and a mom, and would gladly trade any night out for a good nonfiction book and sleeping bag in her treehouse.
Visit http://www.theinsightfuleditor.com
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