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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