Your goal might be to write one or two (or more) full-length books. However, most authors don’t make a living from their books—at least not from one or two published titles. Now, write 10 or 15, or 20 or 25 books, and you might discover that you can pay for more than just your monthly Starbuck’s habit. The more books…
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By Michele DeFilippo (@1106Design) In her last post, Michele DeFilippo provided examples of how a book designer can make a book more appealing to readers. Today she gives us some great tips on how to work with a book designer. You and your book designer will develop a relationship over the course of designing your book cover and pages. Ensuring…
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Blogging for Authors—Lesson #10 A blog provides a solid foundation for any author’s promotion plan. It serves as an author website as well as a content-marketing machine to help you and your book become discoverable. The more book-related content you produce, the higher the likelihood readers find you and your published work. However, I see too many aspiring and published…
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It’s that time of year again. I’m starting to hear writers everywhere talk about NaNoWriMo this and NaNoWriMo that. And it reminds why I created NaNonFiWriMo, or the WNFIN Challenge. I wanted nonfiction writers to have their own event in November. Are you confused? Are you tongue tied? Just forget about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It has no place…
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For years I’ve thought writing short books was better than long books. The time we have to read has decreased, we are all in a hurry, and we are distracted. Most of us need to read in short bursts. And if we read nonfiction, we want answers, solutions, transformation right now—not 200 pages from now. Publishers don’t tend to agree….
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