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A 4-Step Process for Making Your Writing Dreams Come True

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I do a lot of things to help make my writing dreams come true. I write. I promote. I propose. I don’t give up. I don’t accept rejection as failure. I build platform. But there are some other things I do, too. These have little to do with writing per se. They have more to do with using my focus…
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Happy Holidays to All My Readers

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Happy Holidays! Today’s post is a short one mainly to say thank you for being my blog readers. I’m so grateful every day to know that someone shows up here–well, more than just some one…lots of some ones–to read what I write. I compose these posts three times a week because I’m passionate about helping other aspiring nonfiction authors learn…
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How Writers Can Make Time for Social Media

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I hear the same excuse from aspiring authors—and from published authors—when I tell them they should use social networking to build platform and promote themselves and their work. They always say, “It’s one more thing to do that takes me away from my writing.” This statement is closely followed by, “Social networking is a waste of time,” “It’s a time…
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query letter for nonfiction book

How to Write a Query Letter for a Nonfiction Book

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You’ve got a great idea for a nonfiction book. You’ve written a killer book proposal. Now you need a fabulous query letter to grab an agent or a publisher so they ask you to send your proposal for review. To write a killer query, you need a one-page letter with three basic sections or paragraphs. Thus, tackle writing your query…
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Permission Guidelines for Using Copyrighted Material

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As a  nonfiction editor, I receive a lot of questions about permission guidelines for copyrighted material from writers working on both books and articles. I usually have a decent answer to most questions. However, I was thrilled when my colleague, Self-publishing expert Sue Collier, coauthor of The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing,5th Edition, offered me this guest blog post on the…
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