For the last few days I’ve been working on whittling down the transcript of an interview I conducted with bestselling author T. Harv Eker. When the magazine asked me to do this interview, I jumped at the chance despite my busy schedule. Why? One of the best parts of my job as a journalist involves getting to talk to interesting…
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Back in 2002, The New York Times reported,“According to a recent survey, 81 percent of people feel that they have a book in them…and should write it.” At that time, that meant over 200 million people in the U.S. wanted to write a book in their lifetime. As of today, March, 5, 2012, with the US population at 313,131,455,254, 254…
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Writers tend to worry about putting their content online. “What if my work gets stolen?” I’m asked all the time. Mostly, I don’t see content getting stolen from websites or blogs, but…but…sometimes it does get “scraped.” This can be prevented, however, and shouldn’t stop writers from publishing their work on the Internet often and freely. I wouldn’t call scraping stealing…
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I speak to and with aspiring authors almost every day. They all share the dream of becoming published authors. What stops them? If I ask them they will tell me the following: “I can’t seem to get my book written.” “I don’t have an agent.” “I received 20 rejections from publishers.” “I don’t have an author platform.” “I don’t have…
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When I began my career as a journalist, the only way to make money writing articles was to get an assignment with or to sell an essay to a print publication, such as a newspaper or magazine. These days opportunities abound online for writers wanting to make a bit of money—especially if you want to write about your interests and…
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Recently I was interviewed by the Author Learning Center, so I went to their site to check out some of the interviews there. I discovered a video by one of my favorite authors, Seth Godin, who is a marketing guru. I highly recommend you watch it. Then consider what he says. He has an important lesson for nonfiction writers about…
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We writers hear it all the time. I just heard it at least five times at the San Francisco Writers Conference this past weekend from at least five different publishing and PR experts. To become a published author–and to produce a successful book (one that sells to lots of readers) you need more than a good idea and good writing….
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