Halloween. Time to take the kids trick or treating, dress up for your friend’s party, and cue up The Night of the Living Dead. But when you wake up tomorrow morning with a sugar hangover, you’ll wish you’d spent some time accumulating tricks and treats to help you tackle your Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) Challenge project. After all, WNFIN…
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You’ve put your first big nonfiction book project to bed. What’s next? And how will you approach the second book project so it succeeds and you advance your nonfiction writing career? Good questions. Today, book editor C.K. Bush (@theladyck) answers them based on her experience with long-time editing clients. One of the greatest pleasures of my work as an editor…
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How do you keep your writing “vehicle” running smoothly and heading down the road to your destination? Today, professional writer Deb Hemley (@dhemley) takes a look at the process of writing from the perspective of a road trip and offers tips to keep you on track. On a recent road trip, I whiled away many hours writing from my perspective…
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Once you’ve completed that first big nonfiction book project, you might think the second one will be without challenges. Wrong…unless you approach this new project correctly. Today, book editor C.K. Bush (@theladyck) explains how to avoid the three most common challenges faced by nonfiction writers ready to move on to the next big writing project. One of the greatest pleasures…
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Every year in October, I begin working with aspiring nonfiction writers to help them prepare for the Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN)Challenge. Without preparation, they will not get the results they want. One of the first things I have those taking the WNFIN Challenge (aka National Novel Writing Month or NaNonFiWriMo) prepare is the Table of Contents for their book….
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When is the right time to hire an editor to look over your nonfiction article or book? Not until you’ve gone through a self-editing process—more than once. But how do you self-edit effectively and successfully so your manuscript is editor ready? That’s the topic of today’s guest post by book editor C.K. Bush (@theladyck). You’ve finished the first draft of…
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As a writer, what have you refused to do—on principle, because you thought it was a waste of time, or simply because you didn’t want to? Today, writer and acquisitions editor W. Terry Whalin (@TerryWhalin) explains why saying you will “never” do something can close the door to opportunities. If you haven’t said them, I bet you’ve thought the words:…
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