No matter where I teach or speak, writers meet me with the same complaints. Aspiring authors say the necessary tasks…
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Do What’s Hard First: Nonfiction Writing Prompt #31
This week during a session, one of my clients complained about her constant procrastination. She wanted so badly to write…
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What are Your Payoffs for Becoming–or NOT Becoming–an Author?
In several previous posts I’ve discussed the need to wear both a business hat and a writing hat if you…
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How Willing are You to Wear a Business Hat and Sell Books?
This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous…
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Content Sharing Strategy Builds Platform and Sells Books
Do you struggle with the idea of building author platform on social networks? Does creating personal relationships on Twitter and…
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Chuck Sambuchino on Why and How to Build a Writer Platform
I remember the first time I heard the word “platform.” An agent had taken the time to call me in…
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10 Ways to Turn 10 Tips Into Promotional Tools
Every day writers complain to me about how they (1) don’t want to promote themselves and (2) don’t have time…
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