I believe many writers donāt publish their work out of fear. Fear of failure, and fear of success. Thus, when I read Julien Smithās latest book, The Flinch, which he published as a free ebook with Seth Godinās Domino Project, I was quite taken by both the topic and by the writer. I would describe The Flinchas a book about…
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I recently saw this basic question asked in a LinkedIn discussion: What do all my social media statsāblog readers and social networking followersāmean to an agent or a publisher? My response: āThey mean a lot.ā They mean you have platform. And platform equates to you being someone with whom an agent or a publisher wants to go into business. More…
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More aspiring authors than I can mention in desperate need of a platform refuse to use social networking. They see it as a waste of time and a time sink. Published authors needing to promote their books also won’t go near Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Google Plus. Somehow, it is beneath them, an activity not befitting a real writer. Yet,…
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Did you ever wonder how some writers make it to the top of the bestseller lists? Or how they manage to sell more than the average 300 books per year? Of course, you have. It isnāt just with a good idea and good writing. Not any moreānot for nonfiction. It takes great promotion and a good business plan. Jonathan Fields…
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As a follow up to my Writer’s Digest Conference session on “How to Blog a Book” and as a precursor to my upcoming session on “How to Blog Your Way to a Book Deal,” which I’ll be offering next month at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference, today I’m writing about how aspiring and published authors can use a blog to…
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