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What’s the difference between memoir and fiction?

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If you sometimes wonder what the difference is between memoir and fiction, you aren’t alone. Often writers use their experiences as fodder for novels, and memoir, which is based on life experience, must read like fiction yet not be fictionalized. Occassionally, a writer crosses the line and gets in trouble–as we’ve seen in the not too distant past. Writers use…
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How Do You Build Platform Blogging About Fiction or Memoir?

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I’m a big proponent of using blogging as a way to build platform for nonfiction authors. I speak about this quite often to my clients, many of whom come to me with book proposals that have empty platform sections. When I speak before groups, in particular writer’s groups, I often get asked about how fiction writers can use a blog…
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How Does a Deadline Help You Write?

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In case you missed this blog post at Write Nonfiction NOW!, I’m publishing it here as well. It’s worth a read again anyway… training as a magazine journalist taught me the value of deadlines. When you are up against the wall, you simply have to write. You have to start–and finish. That’s the beauty of a deadline. You start and…
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How to Write and Publish Book About Change

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In case some of you missed the link to my interview with literary agents Michael Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada, who are the co-directors of the San Francisco Writing for Change Conference, today I’d simply like to offer you the chance to listen to that conversation. They offer a wealth of information on how to take your passion for creating change…
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Is Publishing Your Book a Business Venture?

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I’m constantly preaching to writers that they must wear not only a writer’s hat but a businessperson’s hat. So, I was happy to read the following post by my guest blogger, Sue Collier, a publishing consultant and head of Self-Publishing Resources and co-author of the newly released The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, 5th Edition. She clearly shows that writing and…
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