Many writers and authors are solo entrepreneurs. They run their writing business alone. If you are the only person who works on your articles, essays, query letters, book proposals and blog posts, you know what this means. You write, edit, and proof your own work before you hit the “Publish” or “Send” button. Allowing your eyes to be the only…
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The One Thing that Precedes Successful Authorship
Good writing and ideas represent the only necessities for a career as an author, right? Wrong. You need the ability to work hard, because hard work precedes successful authorship every time. Many people today want to become authors. Like them, you’ve been told that it’s easier to publish a book today than ever before. And you want the easy way….
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How to Write a How-To Article
As a nonfiction writer, your purpose revolves around inspiring transformation or making a difference. You might want to change lives, communities, organizations, or the world. And you can accomplish these goals with a how-to article. Even if you dream of becoming an author, writing for publications provides an avenue to reach your readers—and authoring change on one level or another….
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5 Reasons Novelists Should Write Nonfiction
Many novelists are purists. They only want to write fiction. They don’t realize that their writing careers would benefit from writing nonfiction. Crossing over to nonfiction—even for one book—benefits a fiction author by: Making you an expert. Providing more ways to build platform. Landing you more speaking engagements. Making it possible to sell more books. Helping you develop a clearly…
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6 Elements for an Outstanding Nonfiction Book Proposal
If you want to attract a literary agent or an acquisitions editor from a publishing house, you need more than unique and necessary book idea, a manuscript, or an author platform. When a publishing professional contacts you or responds affirmatively to your query letter, it’s a requirement to have a book proposal written, edited and ready for submission. When you…
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