This post is part of the Write Nonfiction in November Challenge (WINFIN), also known as National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo). To find out more or participate, click here. You’ve decided to take on a 30-day writing challenge, such as the Write Nonfiction in November (WINFIN) Challenge, also known as National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo). Now you wonder, “How the heck…
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This post is part of the Write Nonfiction in November Challenge (WINFIN), also known as National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo). To find out more or participate, click here. Although this site focuses on writing nonfiction, the blog does not offer tips on the craft of writing nonfiction. You can find posts about how to write articles and essays, nonfiction book…
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This post provides preliminary information for those taking the 2015 Write Nonfiction in November Challenge (WNFIN), also known as National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo). To find out more or participate in the Challenge, click here. In the past, during WNFIN this blog featured a post every day of November. This year, however, during the Challenge I will publish two posts…
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With the Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) Challenge just a week and a half away, it’s time to prepare for your 30-day nonfiction writing event. As with any activity that requires that you produce or do more in a short period, you have to get ready. For instance, you can’t just go out and run a marathon without training before…
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If you are like most aspiring or published authors—or like most writers, you see your work from a biased perspective. If you are savvy, however, you hire a developmental or line editor to obtain a more objective viewpoint on your manuscript. However, the most important perspective from which to see a book idea—and even yourself—is through the eyes of an…
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I’m a big proponent of authors planning out their careers. When they come to me with one book idea, I ask them what other books they plan to write. This allows me to see the possible trajectory of their career and how all their books might work together. One book builds on the next and helps them sell more books…
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Blogging for Authors—Lesson #11 Lot’s of people will tell you blogs are dead. Too many of them exist. The Internet is too noisy. No one will ever find your site.I know you’d like to believe them because you’d rather be writing your book than blogging. But they are wrong. Blogs are alive and well. Not only that, they provide authors…
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