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Birthing Your Book

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Many people feel pregnant with a book. Giving birth to that book doesn’t have to take years. You can give birth quickly, easily and effortlessly—in nine months or so (sometimes even less)—if you do your publishing pregnancy exercises diligently and conscientiously start to finish. Going through the early “stages” of a book pregnancy mimics the process of preparing to write…
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Get Your Book Counted by Google

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If you count yourself as one of the many aspiring writers, you might want to become aware of the number of books already in print. According to Leonid Taycher, a Google software engineer who works on the Google Books project, 129,864,880 books have been published. Google is estimating the number of books in the as part of its ambitious goal…
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Publishing Mentor Tip: Submit Your Work Regularly

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Submitting your work ensures publishing success. I’ve heard it said that you can’t win the lottery if you don’t purchase a ticket. In much the same way, your writing will never be published if you don’t submit it to publishers and publications. How often do you submit or resubmit your work? Do you resend your query letters on a regular…
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Publishing Mentor Tip: How Do You Become Fearless?

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I have long been a fan of Elinor Stutz, author of Nice Girls DO Get The Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results and HIRED! How to use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews. She’s tremendously successful in all that she does—including writing and selling books. As a businesswoman and an author, she has used her book to advance her business, proving that…
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Become a Better Writer by Using Active Verbs

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How often do you use the verb “to be” in your writing? Look over the last piece of work you produced. Scan it for any variation of this verb, such as “is,” “was,” and “were.” Now look for other verbs proceeded by these same words, for example, “was running” or “were talking.” Also avoid verbs that end in “ing.” These…
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