Many authors struggle to find—or make—time to promote their books. In today’s guest post, Sandra Beckwith (@sandrabeckwith) from Build Book Buzz shares some ideas for accomplishing this important task. Time and time again, authors complain to me that they’d rather use their time writing than promoting. Who can blame them? They’re writers, after all, not marketers. And yet, nearly every…
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You say you want to become a nonfiction author, but are you ready? If you think all you need is a publishable manuscript, you’re wrong. To succeed as a nonfiction author you need something else, something that overrides all the things you’ve been told you must have, such as platform, promotion plan, craft, and marketable idea. You need the courage…
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With this nonfiction writing prompt I want to make you an author. And I don’t want you to accomplish that goal in six months or in a year. I want you to do it in a month or less. In fact, I’d love for you to do it in a week. No more aspiring author, just published author. Refer back…
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Today social media expert and regular contributor for Write Nonfiction NOW!, Frances Caballo (@CaballoFrances), is here once again to offer tips to help you track and analyze your social media efforts. It’s one thing to get involved in social media; it’s quite another to make what you do on those networks effective. Many writers make the mistake of thinking that…
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Most people think a book has to be long and must take them quite a while to write. That’s not true. You can become an author by writing a short book fast, and there are many reasons you might want to do so. I’ve self-published 12 books, all of them short. Most of them also were written quickly—in less than…
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If you want to build a business around your nonfiction book or with a nonfiction book, you can’t just sit down and write any book. You need to write a nonfiction book that accomplishes that purpose. What type of book will do that? In my last post, I mentioned several different structures that might achieve this goal, such as: A…
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Many authors decide to build businesses around their books after the books are released. But you might specifically want to write a book that creates a business. Or you may want to write a book to enhance an existing business. To accomplish these goals, you need to set out to write a book with that purpose in mind. The Structure…
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If you feel called or compelled to write about a certain topic or you feel it fulfills your sense of purpose, you probably want to publish transformational or inspirational books. Maybe you want to start a movement with your book, or you hope your book will support a cause. You may want to write a book that helps individuals change…
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When you sit down to write your book, it’s best to know what type of book you want to write. I’m not talking about structure or topic. I’m talking about how your book helps achieve your goals. Earlier this week I suggested that you might write a book of your heart or a marketable book. To make this decision, you…
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