Lot’s of writers are talking about Kindle publishing. And why wouldn’t they when novelist Amanda Hocking has become a millionaire by publishing e-books. The 26-year-old self-published author who sold over 450,000 copies of her e-books in January alone. J.A. Konrath also has made more than a significant amount of money selling inexpensive e-books. Yesterday I read about what this means…
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Write a Nonfiction Book Fast-Speak It!
I constantly see advertisements for ways to write a book fast–in a weekend, in a week, in a month. It’s true you can write a book fast. However, remember the book you write fast may not be your best book. That manuscript represents a draft. It needs editing. Just as fiction writers complete a whole manuscript in 30 days during…
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10 Things Writers Can Do While Waiting for a Response
Writers spend a lot of time waiting for responses…from publications, from agents, from acquisition editors. Waiting can leave us immobilized. We can find ourselves twiddling our thumbs anxiously in front of the computer instead of tapping our fingers on they keyboard eagerly. Believe me, I know. I’ve spent more than my share of time waiting. I’m a journalist and an…
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Three Ways to Use One Piece of Content
Yesterday I reused one piece of content in three ways. Plus, I posted it in five places. You can do the same, thus optimizing your time and your written work. Here’s what I did: I wrote a blog post. I published it to my blog. You can see it here. I then posted the same blog post to SubmitYourArticle.com as…
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10 Things You Must Do to Write a Winning Nonfiction Book Proposal
I’ve looked at two book proposals recently for aspiring authors with agents eagerly awaiting their submissions. The writers asked me for a proposal consult for what they considered a “cursory review” because they felt their proposals just needed a “finishing touch,” another set of eyes to glance over it before they attached it to an email and hit “send.” They…
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