This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. No difference exists between the Promotion section you will create for your business plan and the one you would include in a book proposal. In both cases you tell a publisher—even when you are the publisher—what you…
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Writing Prompt 121 Has the federal government shutdown affected you? Today marks the fourteenth day of the federal government shut down. Despite ongoing discussions between the heads of the Senate and the House of Representatives, officials have not been able to come to an agreement. Reports claim that if the leaders do not agree to terms by this Thursday, the…
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Writing Prompt 120 What do you think is the real purpose of having a military presence in foreign countries? After 9/11, the United States began aggressively seeking to put into effect anti-terrorism measures in other countries by regularly deploying troops, most recently in Afghanistan. News agencies often report these efforts as a war. If the people in the United States…
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Many writers are counting down the days. In fact, they have just 21 left until October ends and they take the challenge. No, they won’t be writing novels in November, although many aspiring and published fiction writers do. They will be writing all types of nonfiction during National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo), best know as the Write Nonfiction in November…
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Writing Prompt 119 Do you feel it is it fair to include social security benefits as part of the debt-ceiling debate? If you have been following the news, chances are good you’ve heard about the government entering its second week of shut down. One of the things holding back the federal government in resuming operations is an inability to agree…
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This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. An integral part of your business plan involves considering how you actually will help your book succeed—what you will do to promote it once published. That’s what a promotion plan details and what you must produce as…
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Writing Prompt 118 Which is better for the U.S. economy, raising the debt ceiling or paying off debt? Explain your answer. President Barrack Obama is adding a monkey wrench into the already complicated issue of the federal government shutdown. He believes that one of the solutions could be to increase the limit of money that the United States Treasury can…
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Writing Prompt 117 Do you think the federal government had valid reasons to shut down? Why or why not? It appears that the Republicans and Democrats are at an impasse over provisions of President Barrack Obama’s new healthcare plan. One side wants certain provisions of the new law to be taken out; the other side won’t budge unless they are…
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When I first started using social media, I spent hours at the computer. I joined several LinkedIn groups and participated vigorously in each of them. I wrote personal messages to every new Twitter follower and commented on every one of my Facebook friends’ posts. I also recall belonging to a LinkedIn blogging group and visiting everyone’s blog and leaving comments….
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