This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. An integral part of your business plan involves considering how you actually will help your book succeed—what you will do to promote it once published. That’s what a promotion plan details and what you must produce as…
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Writing Prompt 118 Which is better for the U.S. economy, raising the debt ceiling or paying off debt? Explain your answer. President Barrack Obama is adding a monkey wrench into the already complicated issue of the federal government shutdown. He believes that one of the solutions could be to increase the limit of money that the United States Treasury can…
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Writing Prompt 117 Do you think the federal government had valid reasons to shut down? Why or why not? It appears that the Republicans and Democrats are at an impasse over provisions of President Barrack Obama’s new healthcare plan. One side wants certain provisions of the new law to be taken out; the other side won’t budge unless they are…
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When I first started using social media, I spent hours at the computer. I joined several LinkedIn groups and participated vigorously in each of them. I wrote personal messages to every new Twitter follower and commented on every one of my Facebook friends’ posts. I also recall belonging to a LinkedIn blogging group and visiting everyone’s blog and leaving comments….
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Writing Prompt 116 Craft an opinion of President Barrack Obama’s healthcare plan. The Final 13 Prompts of the 10-Month Training Program Congratulations for making it this far in our 10-month training program! The marathon of practicing writing nonfiction every day is just about finished. October is the last month of our theme-based writing prompts. I hope you have enjoyed them….
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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. In addition to writing and evaluating your author bio and platform, Step #8 in the Author Training Process, Weigh Whether You Are the Best Person to Write This Book…Now, involves looking at how passionate you feel about…
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Writing Prompt 115 Research, list, and describe target markets for online writing. Last week, we discussed the importance of researching writer’s markets in order to do offline writing. Hands down, the best resource for this type of research and writing is Writer’s Digest Book’s Writer’s Markets series of books. Online writing, however, is a different animal together. The best sources…
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