This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. It’s time to take the work you’ve done to hone your book idea and discern the benefits it provides readers and create a title for your book. In previous posts, you learned how to look at your…
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Social Media Engagement, Week #4 In our last full week of social media experiments, it is time to talk about the most interesting aspect of social media – engagement. Just like every other buzz word out there, the term “engagement” is loaded with meaning. It literally means something different to every person. Your job is to define social media engagement…
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Social Media Writing, Week #3 Now that we’ve talked about personal blogging and book blogging, the best way to finish off this week on social media writing experiments is by talking about comments on blog posts. This is one of those hot topics that has its set of supporters and protestors. There are pros and cons to the issue of…
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You published your book, celebrated your launch, and sold books to most of your friends, family members and colleagues. Now, you’re even blogging. But you may be wondering, “What can I do to reach even more readers?” Reaching out to the press, contacting book clubs, and reading at bookstores are great ways to promote your book offline. To reach potential…
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Social Media Writing, Week #3 On Monday, we discussed the social media experiment of writing about your personal blogging experiences. Today, we take things one step further and really encourage you to blog, by blogging an entire book during the month of April. April is also known as National Book Blogging Month (NaBoBloMo). Nina Amir created National Book Blogging Month…
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This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. When you first conceived the idea for your book, you might have believed writing it fulfilled a sense of personal purpose. Or maybe you thought your book had its own purpose to fulfill. That purpose could have…
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Social Media Writing, Week #3 We are now in our third week of April during social media experiments month. This week, we are discussing experiments that have to do with writing. We are also kicking off an exciting 2-week raffle right here on Write Nonfiction in November! (See below for details.) Perhaps the single-most popular social media experiment in writing…
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Social Media Site Evaluations, Week #2 We have already discussed social media giants Facebook and Twitter. Third on the list of important social media sites is LinkedIn. Whether you are looking for a career change or wanting to discuss career issues with professionals, I invite you to join LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a totally different animal than Facebook or Twitter. It…
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