As a nonfiction writer, you are perfectly equipped to blog a book. Thatâs great news for a lot of reasons. The most important reason is this: You should be blogging books! I know; you donât want another âshould.â But reallyâŚblogging a book (or more than one book) help you accomplish more in less timeâmore of what nonfiction writers want and…
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Thinking and acting outside the box can mean the difference between success and failure in todayâs competitive publishing marketplace. Thatâs definitely true when it comes to attracting the media, literary agents and publishers. However, one tool can help aspiring authors gain the attention of all these professionalsâwhile doing what they do bestâwriting. That tool is a blog. If you are…
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I encourage aspiring authors to begin a book project by performing a competitive analysis. Writers typically make this type of evaluation as part of a bookâs business plan. Doing so in the conception phase of a project, however, helps develop a unique and necessary book idea or story, one that is highly marketable. While it is true that writing with…
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Today Justine Schofield (@heyyojscho) explains why nonfiction writers should become authorpreneurs and how to achieve this goal. As a non-fiction writer, you have a unique advantage in the book market in that your book is helping to build your own personal brand. This is true for memoirists as much as business writers. Whether youâre telling your personal story, or sharing…
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An enormous number of people have the desire to become authors. In fact, 81 percent of all Americans say someday they will write a book, but that day only arrives for about two percent of the U.S. population. More people become bloggers each year. They don’t necessarily decide to blog because they have dreams of becoming authors. In February 2014,…
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