I don’t know how many different reasons I’ve heard offered for why writers don’t write. Of course, lack of time tends to be the #1 reason cited. The second most-cited reason is lack of time management. Once writers find time to write, they simply don’t manage that time well. If you find yourself in this category, it’s time (pun intended)…
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The most common complaint I hear from writers of all types, not just nonfiction writers, is that they don’t have enough time to write. In fact, most of them have more time than they think—or realize. I’m not saying that you may not have real time constraints, but in most cases you can find the time to write if you…
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Picture this: You’re steadily typing away at your keyboard. The words are flowing, and you’re making great progress on your nonfiction book project. The writing feels effortless, until…you realize you’re missing some information. You feel you need this key research before you can move on. So, you stop. Maybe you leaf through some papers on your desk, get up and…
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There’s a disconcerting moment in a nonfiction writer’s life just before beginning on a book project. You want to get started, but you know you need to get organized first. Organization. That can prove a challenging task for the creative person whose desk can tend to be a jumble of papers, sticky notes and books and whose filing cabinets prove…
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Now that you have a nonfiction book idea that will fulfill your purpose, provide value to readers and be unique and necessary in its category, it’s time to flesh that idea out. You need to give your book structure and determine the content you will include in your book. This is an important stage in deciding if your book is…
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Getting your book reviewed by bloggers can push sales skyward fast. For nonfiction authors, finding book bloggers, as such reviewers are often called, can prove more difficult a task than for fiction authors. Today, book publicist Scott Lorenz of Westwind Communications offers a phenomenal resource to help you find book bloggers. Book Bloggers, i.e. people who blog about books, like…
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While I was at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference a week and a half ago, I went to dinner with a colleague and agent Jodie Reins. During the course of our conversation, I happened to mention one of my many book projects. Jody exclaimed, “That’s not just a book. It’s a system!” “A what?” I asked. Your Nonfiction Book as…
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