WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #20 Guest post by Tom Corson-Knowles (@JuiceTom) If you’re participating in National Nonfiction Writing Month, I applaud you! Writing a book in a month is an impressive feat. But then what? Should you just leave your manuscript sitting on an old thumb drive and forget about it for 30 years? Should you write a book proposal…
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #19 Guest post by Corina Koch MacLeod (@CKMacLeodwriter) Self-publishing authors are doing everything that traditional publishers once did: writing, editing, and designing and formatting books. These tasks require authors to be more tech aware than ever before. Tech tools can help with tasks once handled by traditional publishers. Below, I’ll share with you the three tech…
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #18 Guest post by Carla King (@CarlaKing) Today there are so many quick and easy ways to publish a book it’s almost dangerous. Why dangerous? Because books need editing, proofreading, formatting, and design and, honestly, a prematurely distributed book can be embarrassing. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t publish it for beta readers, iterating often and…
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #17 Guest post by Holly Brady (@HollyBrady) Nonfiction writers are increasingly turning to the world of self-publishing—in part because traditional publishers are so difficult and slow to work with; and in part because self-publishing offers full control over the creative process. But the world of self-publishing is also tricky to navigate. Here are some of the…
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #16 Guest post by Carla Douglas (@CarlaDouglas) What’s a macro? Simply put, a macro is a set of instructions for your word processor—a short computer program that automatically performs repetitive tasks. You can run macros using Microsoft Word or WPS Writer (pro version), and Google Docs now features the lite version of the macro editors love,…
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