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Book Writing

How a Writers’ Group Fuels Your Success

The most successful writers of fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction know that they can’t go down the writing road alone. When they do the actual writing, quiet and solitude are essential, but for the evaluation stage, their work needs fresh eyes and minds...

5 Ways Writing a Book Can Grow Your Business

You’re sitting in a conference room watching the speaker ask, “Raise your hand if you’d like to get started with writing a book.” When I asked that question, nearly every hand went up. Wanting to write a book and actually writing a book are two different things. One...

Top 7 Benefits of Writing Publications

When you are sitting in front of a computer trying to write publications, you may wonder, “Is this really worth it?” Keep in mind these benefits when you question whether you should attempt to get something published. In this post, publications means articles and...

Why shorter is better when it comes to books

When we read something, we don’t pay much attention to subjects like long sentences, paragraphs, and chapters—until they interfere with our reading. That’s the point at which the writer is in danger of losing his or her audience. You don’t want that point to come....

Overcoming Objections: Defeating Your Top Book-Writing Hurdle

You know you need to do it. You’ve had it on your to-do list for years. This is the year you must get your book in print. If only you could cover come your book-writing hurdle. And yet…nothing. It’s not that you don’t recognize the benefits, or that you don’t want to...

What to Do Before You Write a Book

You have a deep desire to write a book. You’ve been writing down ideas, and you believe that you could develop an original approach to your subject. This makes a great start, but before you set the keyboard on fire, do your research. Check Out the Competition before...

You want to write – why don’t you?

So many people—often those who are successful in their chosen fields harbor buried urges to write, paint, or express some other artistic urge that they’ve always denied themselves. They want to write a book. I wonder how many of them, when they come to the ends of...

3 Writing Shortcuts for the Busy Expert

You know that having written a book will increase your authority and credibility. You’d love to see your name on the cover of a book. And you wonder what writing shortcuts you can use to make the project easier. You know that a book is a powerful tool for building a...

What is Vanity Publishing?
You’re planning to write or you’ve just written a book. When you tell a friend about your project, he asks …Read More »
The Importance of Concise Writing
Talk about concise writing – it does not get any briefer. Today I saw an ad that popped up to …Read More »
What Type of Editor Do You Need?
Some writers, those who have just begun the process, know that they need editors. They may be unsure of the …Read More »
How to Consistently Blog
So you want to write a blog? What’s stopping you? Are you afraid you will not be able to consistently …Read More »
What are the pros and cons of working with a ghostwriter?
Traditionally we write about pros and cons of any topic. I don’t like ending on negative notes, so I am …Read More »