November is a big month for writers, and it’s just around the corner. If you plan to participate in a 30-day writing challenge, like the Write Nonfiction in November Challenge (WNFIN) (aka National Nonfiction Writing Month/NaNonFiWriMo), you need to start preparing immediately. Most people enter a 30-day writing challenge with no preparation at all. They just start writing. That’s a…
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Nonfiction writing is not just about writing and publishing books. You also can write and submit articles to publications. And many nonfiction writers earn a decent living writing for publications. Writing articles for publications also provides a phenomenal way to promote your books in your target market. When magazines (online or off) in your target market publish your work, this…
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For a long time I’ve been quoting the same book sale figures: The average book today earns $250 per year, according Neilsen Bookscan. Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, claims the average ebook earns only $560 per year. That means most authors are not earning a living from their books because the books don’t sell. In the eyes of a publisher,…
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Your online image as a writer doesn’t just rely on the written work you share. It revolves around everything you do online, including the comments you leave on blogs and review and the security you measures you take to ensure your site visitors and email subscribers feel safe. In this guest post, blogger Caroline Black discusses the areas upon which…
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If you are like most writers I know, you struggle to find time to write, especially if you are trying to build author platform. When life doesn’t get in the way, you spend precious writing hours on blogging, social media and general promotion—so you can produce a successful book. But your manuscript remains unwritten. For this reason, many aspiring and…
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