Good writing and ideas represent the only necessities for a career as an author, right? Wrong. You need the ability to work hard, because hard work precedes successful authorship every time. Many people today want to become authors. Like them, you’ve been told that it’s easier to publish a book today than ever before. And you want the easy way….
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As a nonfiction writer, your purpose revolves around inspiring transformation or making a difference. You might want to change lives, communities, organizations, or the world. And you can accomplish these goals with a how-to article. Even if you dream of becoming an author, writing for publications provides an avenue to reach your readers—and authoring change on one level or another….
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Many novelists are purists. They only want to write fiction. They don’t realize that their writing careers would benefit from writing nonfiction. Crossing over to nonfiction—even for one book—benefits a fiction author by: Making you an expert. Providing more ways to build platform. Landing you more speaking engagements. Making it possible to sell more books. Helping you develop a clearly…
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If you want to attract a literary agent or an acquisitions editor from a publishing house, you need more than unique and necessary book idea, a manuscript, or an author platform. When a publishing professional contacts you or responds affirmatively to your query letter, it’s a requirement to have a book proposal written, edited and ready for submission. When you…
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If you are a memoirist or an essayist, you can take your desire and ability to write personal stories and put it to use in reported articles. Even if you don’t usually write pieces based on your life experiences, using personal anecdotes and vignettes can provide a powerful way to produce articles for publication. I have used experiences and issues…
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Today Kathleen Gage (@KathleenGage), an internationally recognized Internet marketing advisor offers advice about getting readers onto your subscriber list with opt-in offers placed in your book. By doing so, you create a sustainable readership—and revenue—for your book and business. Writers like to write. That’s a given. When you’re an engaging writer you do tend to build a following. One of…
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Nothing matches the power of a large mailing list when it comes to marketing your books, products or services. That’s why it behooves aspiring and published nonfiction authors to focus time and energy on list creation. You can do this effectively using your writing skills. Write and produce a quick ebook and give it away for free as a lead…
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Today, Penny Sansevieri (@Bookgal), CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc. and a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert, explains how your ability to get endorsements for your book from the “right” people—”influencers”—influences your book sales. As a marketer, I know how hard it is to make your book stand out from the countless…
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You might find it difficult to write an article for a major magazine if you have no previous experience doing so. Without “clips,” many mass media publications won’t give a newbie a chance—at least not on a long piece. However, many magazines will offer contracts to less-seasoned writers if you query them with an idea for a short article. Look…
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