Not too long ago I heard a panel of acquisition editors speak about publishing spiritual books. Here are a few of the things they had to say about the books and authors they are now publishing: They want books that are the author’s life purpose. They want want authors who have a passion for their subject. They want books that…
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Use Your Writing Skills to Create Your Best Writing Year Yet
With the New Year upon us and January almost half over, it’s time to envision all your writing goals and dreams for 2011—and to see them as already achieved. Not only that, it’s time to write that vision. If this writing exercise seems a bit odd, let me explain. In the human potential and personal growth field a common practice…
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How the Arizona Shooting Increased Sales of a Book
You wouldn’t think that the tragic shooting in Arizona last weekend would be good news for anyone. However, HCI, the publisher of Faces of Hope: Babies Born on 9/11, a collection of photos of babies born on September 11 with a few words beside each photo, has seen a dramatic increase in sales of this particular title since the event….
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Stop Talking and Start Writing
Lately I’ve been listening to myself talk to my husband about my writing and the ideas I post here, as well as those I give to my clients to help them get their projects written and published. I do a lot of talking. I have a lot of ideas. Interestingly enough, I don’t always do a lot of writing, and…
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How to Write a Book in a Week
How many words can you write in an hour? I can write between 750 and 1,000. So, I figured it out. If I could take off one week and just write, I could complete the manuscript for an entire book. That’s right. If I wrote for 8 hours each day, I would turn out about 6,000 words. In five days,…
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