How many words can you write in an hour? I can write between 750 and 1,000. So, I figured it out. If I could take off one week and just write, I could complete the manuscript for an entire book. That’s right. If I wrote for 8 hours each day, I would turn out about 6,000 words. In five days,…
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Does Your Book Idea Fill an Empty Spot on the Shelf?
The other day a potential client asked me what I thought about her book idea. She said, “The book I want to write is just like all the books I read.” Hmmm. That could be good or it could be bad. If lot’s of books exist on your topic and have been written in a similar format, that means readers…
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Write When You Feel Inspired
I was listening to author Wayne Dyer talk about starting a new book. He had an idea, wrote an outline, submitted it to his publisher (How nice!), and got contract (Even nicer!). He could see the book in his mind. So, he began writing. I got a call this week from a prospective client. She had known from quite some…
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FiledBy Offers Entry for Self-Published Authors Into Ingram
If you’re looking for a way to begin blogging about your new book, to create a website for your book, or to simply have an online presence as an author—all of which equate to promoting your book, a recent announcement by Publisher’s Weekly will interest you. FiledBy, the online directory of author listings and Web sites, has entered into an…
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Passion Helps Bloggers Achieve Success
I encourage most writers to blog. Most bloggers find themselves concerned with search engine optimization (SEO). Anyone writing for or on the Internet knows they want their writing easily found by search engines—and, therefore, by Internet users looking for the information in their blogs. However, Duane Forrester of Microsoft says most bloggers can use basic SEO skills and find some…
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Someone Needs to Hear Your Story
Ever wonder if you should write down and publish your personal story (and then go out and speak about it)? Here’s a thought for you that may make you want to run off and begin writing and speaking about your personal experience or writing whatever stories you have running around in your head. A Hasidic teaching says everyone should tell…
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Setting Your Writing Targets For 2011
On December 31st most people like to go out to parties or do something festive. I like to hunker down and think about the past year and the coming year. I like to set goals and intentions. I think of this as setting targets and figuring out how I’ll hit a bull’s eye in the coming year. I don’t make…
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