As a nonfiction editor, as well as a writing coach and publishing mentor, I’ve seen a lot of manuscripts come across my desk that were in dire need of help; their author’s did the right thing by spending the time and money on a professional editor prior to sending them out to agents or publishers or deciding to self-publish. I’ve…
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How to Use Life Story and Personal Experience in an Essay
Last week I wrote two posts related to memoir, 10 Ways to Use Life Story in Nonfiction Writing and How to Use Life Story or Personal Experience in Articles. Today, I’d like to add to these with a post about how to use life story and personal experience in essay. For the memoirist, it makes total sense to branch off…
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How to Use Life Story and Personal Experience in Articles
Often writers want to use life stories and personal experiences in their writing. They think the only way to do so in the realm of nonfiction involves writing a memoir. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. Yesterday I offered 10 ways to use life story in nonfiction writing. Today, I’d like to expand on how to do so in…
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10 Ways to Use Your Life Story in Nonfiction Writing
This evening I’m participating in a round table discussion on a teleseminar offered by the National Association of Memoir Writers. Our subject: the intersection between memoir and other types of nonfiction. That got me thinking. Lots of ways exist to use your life story in nonfiction writing besides writing straight memoir. You can use your life story as anecdotes or…
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Creative and Cost-Effective Internet Marketing Ideas for Authors
Both authors, as well as aspiring authors building platform, need to get creative with their marketing efforts, especially if they are trying to save money. Luckily the Internet provides an abundance of free ways to market books. Sometimes it seems to me I can’t keep up with them all. Just when I think I’ve heard all the ideas and tools…
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5 Ways to Get a Magazine Article or a Book Published
Both magazines and book publishers purchase manuscripts for the same reason: to make money. Magazines make money with ad sales, subscriptions and newsstand or in-store purchases. Of course, many magazines now are available on-line as well; they may make money via subscriptions or a variety of types of on-line advertising. Book publishers make money purely through books sales; today these…
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You Have Freedom as a Writer to Pursue Happiness
Like the founders of our nation promised, as a writer you have the right to pursue your happiness–and interests–and you do this via the choices you make. As a a writer, you can make choice about what you write.You can write about what you want. In this day and age, you also can choose to publish your writing, rather than…
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