Do you feel like you never get started on your dream projects? Your ideas sit there gathering dust? Or maybe you feel you just don’t have any good ideas upon which to take action. There was a time when I thought I had no good ideas. Then came a time when I had too many good ideas. Here’s a three-part…
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When Is It “Too Early” for Book Promotion?
When someone asks the question, “When is it too early for book promotion?” I answer emphatically, “Never!” My new book, How to Blog a Book, A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Promoting you Manuscript on the Internet One Post at a Time, won’t be out until June 2012 (Yes, the date has changed a bit…), and I’m already promoting. Not…
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What Happens When the Glow of the Book Contract Wears Off
It’s been several weeks since I learned that my agent had managed to land me a book contract for my book based on my blog, How to Blog a Book. The contract has been negotiated; I’m still waiting to receive the papers to sign and to get that not-as-large-as-I-envisioned advance. Want to know what happens when the glow of the…
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4 Steps to Landing an Interview with the Person You Admire
What one person have you always wanted to speak to, looked up to or most admired? If you could ask them five or six questions, what would they be? Does asking them those questions seem impossible? It’s not. As a writer, you can use your “journalistic” powers to meet almost anyone. This is the part of my life as a…
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Should You Build Platform Before or After You Write a Book?
I’m often approached by clients who are ready to move forward with their books or book proposals, but they have not built author platform, a built-in readership for their books. In most cases, they don’t want to take the time to build platform before self-publishing, nor do they want to do this prior to approaching a publisher despite the fact…
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