Is there one person you’ve looked up to or admired? If you could ask that person five or six questions, what queries would you include? Would speaking with this person be a dream come true…but seem impossible? It’s not. As a nonfiction writer, you can use your “journalistic powers” to meet almost anyone. In fact, interviewing experts for nonfiction articles…
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Today, Jason Gracia (@jasongracia), author of Shifting the Balance and founder of Authorpreneur U, explains how to monetize your nonfiction book. When you understand how to leverage your content into a business built around your book you become an authorpreneur and create a sustainable livelihood. I remember the scene as if it happened yesterday. I heard the delivery truck’s engine…
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Every year we say the same thing: This is the best year ever to be a writer and author. Indeed, there are more ways to publish than ever, and you don’t have to choose one publishing path over another. However, no matter how or what you publish, you need to mastered a variety of tools, strategies, and habits—not all of…
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Surprisingly, the majority of aspiring authors have little or no author training. It’s no wonder that many of the people who want to pursue their love of writing by producing a manuscript and publishing it are ill equipped for this “job.” If you decided to become an artist, you’d likely take some art classes. If you chose to become a…
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Publishing one nonfiction book typically doesn’t provide you with a ticket to success—at least if you want a career as a nonfiction author or any type of author for that matter. To succeed in the competitive publishing arena, you need a career plan that includes a book—or more than one book—as well as a brand, a website, a promotion plan,…
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