As you near the completion of any fiction or nonfiction writing project—book, article, essay, e-book, short story, or blog post—you want to ensure you turn in or publish your best work. What needs to happen before what you’ve written gets sent out to a literary agent, acquisition editor, or publication editor, or before you publish it yourself? As a journalist,…
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6 Things You Need to Do Before You Blog a Book
Anyone can simply begin blogging. Blogging a book, however, that’s a different story. If you want to blog a book, approach the endeavor like you would any other book project you might undertake. Here’s a list of 6 things you need to do before you start blogging your book. 1. Choose a topic: You can choose just any old topic…
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Does Your Book Have a Message or a Purpose?
Before you begin writing your book, short book or booklet, blogged book, or e-book–any type of book–you must know why you are writing it. If you don’t know that, your reader won’t know why they should read it. A book should have a purpose, a reason to exist. Often this rises out of the message you want to convey. More…
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5 Reasons to Consider Writing a Short Book(let)
The other day I told a group of people about my short books, or booklets. I wrote and self-published these so I would have something to sell at the back of the room when I went out to speak. I speak to build platform for the full-length books I’m writing. I found myself mobbed by writers wanting to know more…
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Your First Book Doesn't Have to Be Your Masterpiece
One of the things that stops writers from publishing their first book revolves around the idea that their first book must be their masterpiece. In fact, most authors publish one or more books before they have a “hit.” That’s why it’s important to simply publish a book. I’m not saying you should publish shlock. I am saying publish something. I…
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What writers can learn from Groundhog Day
I woke up today thinking about Groundhog Day. What a strange holiday. We wait for a little animal named Punxsutawney Phil to crawl out of a hole and, based on whether or not he sees his shadow, we decide how much longer winter will be. Right. I was wondering what lessons writers could learn from a groundhog, or from Groundhog…
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How to Write Tight, Clear Copy
We can never learn too much about how to write well. Even if we know all the rules, hearing them again or reviewing them helps us keep doing what we know we need to do. Plus, hearing these writing rules from someone new can help us understand them better. So, today, my friend Sue Collier, a publishing consultant and co-author…
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