For a writer, sometimes getting started represents the hardest part of the writing process. Getting that first word or sentence out onto the paper or screen can feel like trying to give birth to a breach baby. For me, it’s the lead to an article or the first paragraph or two of an essay or of a chapter that feels…
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Tips for Authors Doing Radio Interviews
In early March I traveled to Connecticut to do two talks related to two of my book projects. As part of that trip, I managed to land two radio interviews. Although I do a monthly podcast on Conversations with Mrs. Claus, I don’t have much experience with radio interviews. Really, I’m a writer more than a speaker, which I think…
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Creating a Winning Pitch:The Writer’s Elevator Speech
Imagine yourself riding in the elevator at a hotel where you are attending a writer’s conference. The door opens and in steps the one agent you really, really think would serve as the perfect literary representative for you and your book. You open your mouth, introduce yourself and begin to speak. What do you say? Do you tell the agent…
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Start the New Year by Writing Your Media Bio
Okay, Write Nonfiction in November readers, I’m going to ask you this month to stop working on whatever nonfiction projects you have and make time to do something a bit different. Here’s why: If you don’t do it now, you’re likely not to do it at all. Plus, according to PR expert Annie Jennings, who was my guest blogger twice…
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Write About What You Know and About What You Don’t Know
When I was in college studying to become a magazine journalist, I was taught to write what I know. No matter whose class I took or the type of class, the professor always told the students the same thing: Write what you know. The caveat to this rule lay in its reverse: If you can’t write about what you know, know about what…
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