Your excuses won’t get you published, but your consistent and tenacious attempts to become a writer and published author will. Today, writer and acquisitions editor W. Terry Whalin (@TerryWhalin) discusses how he has managed to become prolific and productive as a writer and how you can do the same. For many years I’ve attended conferences. At these events, I often have…
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I bet, like most writers, you work on many different types of projects. For instance, you might write blog posts, articles, ebooks, books, reports, proposals, and workbooks. To complete these projects, you need a constant flow of writing ideas. You also may be quite organized with your projects. You plan them out and create long task lists to help you…
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Today, more people read audiobooks than ever before. If you aren’t turning your print and ebooks into listenable content, you are missing readers. Today, Nishil Prasad (@nick6974) provides a quick guide to producing your first audiobook. Historically, books came in the form of bound and printed texts. Now, however, you can find books in different mediums, like ebooks and audiobooks. And…
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I don’t often talk about my writing process or share about times when I am struggling to write. In fact, in the past, I didn’t struggle to write…ever. Really. Once upon a time, I struggled with ideas. I didn’t think I had any. Then, as if by magic, the ideas came faster than I could write them down. But I…
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Whether you like outlining or not, most writing pros recommend starting your nonfiction book project with an outline. We’ve discussed the importance of outlining previously on the blog, but the topic is worth a second visit from a different perspective. So, today, author Gregory Diehl (@identitypublic) offers his best advice on creating an outline that works—from start to finish of…
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