Not every nonfiction writer dreams of writing a book. Some dream of bylines in glossy magazines or in newspapers or even on popular websites. I know; that was my dream when I began my writing career. I went to college to study magazine journalism. While there, however, my professors told never to write a word unless I knew I was…
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Ebooks are all the rage these days. You’ve probably heard stories of authors making tons of money on them, selling thousands of copies, giving them away, using them to build their mailing lists, and producing them quickly and inexpensively. You might even read about successful ebook authors who have landed traditional publishing deals. All of this is true–and possible for…
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Of all the nonfiction book formats, memoir seems the one that stalls writers in the middle the most often. That’s not a good thing when you are trying to write a memoir in 30 days. So I asked my colleague Linda Joy Myers, president of the National Association of Memoir Writers and author of The Power of Memoir: How to…
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Of all the different types of nonfiction books, memoir, or life story, seems to take writers the longest to write. Delving into experiences and memories from long ago and making them into a coherent and interesting story–one that reads like a novel and adds value to a reader’s life–isn’t easy. And many write their memoirs while exploring and healing their…
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Some writers pore over their books for years. Other knock them out in months. Still others churn out a complete manuscript in weeks. The reason for this can come down to writing style or ability–maybe you simply have the ability to write quickly–or to the format of the book they choose to write. Today, Rochelle Melander, author of Write-A-Thon and…
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