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28 Days and Counting Until WNFIN 2011 Begins!

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Are you ready to take this year’s WNFIN challenge? If not, there’s still time to prepare…28 days to be exact. That’s enough time to create an outline, do a mind map, write a synopsis, collect your research, and clear off your desk. It’s enough time to click on the link on the top or the right side of this page…
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What Does Publishing Success Look Like to You?

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Quite often I speak with my clients and to audiences about successful books. I have to remember that every author has a different idea of success. For some, success means having a book become an Amazon best seller or a New York Times Best seller. For others, it means selling more than the average number of books most authors sell…
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How to Write a Good Short Book Fast

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Often writers and bloggers have an abundance of ideas. They may hit a stumbling block to actually producing a book, however, when they think about writing and publishing a 150-250 page book. In fact, this stops many an aspiring writer in his or her tracks. No worries. Instead, consider writing a short book – a booklet, tip book, small-sized short…
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How To Use Facebook To Market Your Book

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Everyone’s screaming about the changes that were just made to Facebook, but the fact remains that Facebook continues to be one of the top social networks. And when it comes to marketing or promoting just about anything — especially books, it’s still an extremely useful tool. For that reason, today book publicist Scott Lorenz of Westwind Communications, a public relations…
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3 Things Aspiring Authors Need to Succeed

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Today I am sitting in a coffee shop as my computer restores the last few hour’s worth of backed up files onto my computer, which crashed last week. As it does so, I’m feeling grateful, especially since I thought this process might take another whole week. (I have a very slow satellite internet connection that only allows me so much…
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A Short, Quick Guide to Social Networking for Writers

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I just came back from giving a talk at a local writer’s club. There I heard the same question I hear everywhere I go: What’s the best way for writer’s to accomplish their social networking — especially given the fact that they really don’t want to do social networking at all. They just want to write. Here’s my very, very…
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Improve Writing Creativity and Productivity by Blogging

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Do you want to write a book or even an article or essay, but feel stressed out and self-conscious when you think about the fact that your writing will be read by others? Does this reduce your creativity and leave you feeling blocked and unable to write? Try blogging. “Wait,” I hear you protest. “Blogging is a public form of…
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1 Reason You Should Consider Publishing an Ebook

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Last night I was at my local chapter meeting of the California Writer’s Club. I made an announcement about a great workshop we have coming up about writing, publishing and promoting ebooks. It features founder and CEO of Smashwords.com Mark Coker speaking for four hours–for the first time ever!–about the ebook revolution and how to get in on this publishing…
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Change the World One Book at a Time: How to Make a Positive and Meaningful Difference with Your Words, will teach those who want to write for change how to produce books that serve as potent tools for transformation.

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