By Helen Sedwick (@HelenSedwick) Today’s writers wear many hats. We are Tweeters, Pinteresters, YouTube-ists and most of all, bloggers. Maybe we have heard about privacy policies, but we don’t know whether we need one. After all, we are not challenging Wall Street, City Hall, or Big Data. Most of us are not selling advertising space alongside our posts. We are…
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You always can think of a reason not to do what you say you want to do, which is to create a fabulous career as a nonfiction writer. How often do you find reasons to do what is necessary instead? Not often. I’ve heard the reasons: You don’t have the money. You don’t have the time. Your significant other (or…
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By Frances Caballo (@CaballoFrances) We use social media to attract traffic to our blogs. Did you know that you can also encourage traffic to certain social media accounts by embedding code? Don’t worry. You won’t have to learn HTML in order to embed tweets or pinboards on your blog or website. You will, however, need to know how to add…
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As a blogger and magazine journalist, repurposing work is a concept I’m familiar with—but I don’t always put this strategy to work often enough. When I do, I get my work in front of more potential readers and increase my earning potential, however. That’s why in this nonfiction writing prompt I’d like to encourage you to begin recycling, or reusing,…
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There’s a high likelihood you missed opportunities to get your work, expertise and name in front of more people—or even left some money on the table—over the past eleven months. You may think you’ve done all you can this year in the amount of time you had, but it’s possible for you to do more. If you learn to look…
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By Kelly James-Enger (@kellyjamesenger) You’ve got a month, or maybe just a week or two, to meet a nonfiction writing deadline. But few of us are able to completely set aside family, work, and other obligations when we need to write—meals have to be made, clothes washed, dogs walked, jobs attended to. So it comes down to not how much…
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As the writing frenzy of November ends, it would be easy for you to relax into December. After all, the holiday season is upon you, and you may feel burned out from participating in the Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) Challenge. Don’t slow down now; instead, gear up and put to use the 30 days of expert posts provided on…
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #30 Guest post by Joel Friedlander (@JFBookman) In today’s amazing online world, one tool stands out for nonfiction writers above all the others. Bigger than video, better than podcasting, more powerful than teleseminars, and more robust than webinars. Yes, it’s blogging. Let me explain why. Bookselling From the Inside Out The natural relationship between a nonfiction…
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #29 Guest post by Kathleen Gage (@KathleenGage) Most authors dream of making lots of money from their writing. Some would be happy with earning enough to be able to write full time. Others fantasize their books will end up in the hands of millions of readers. Most are somewhere in between. Most will never realize their…
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