Out of a U.S. population of approximately 316.5 billion people, 81 percent want to write a book. Yet, only about 2 percent ever follows through on that desire. What Happens if You Don’t Write Your Book If you feel you are supposed to write a nonfiction book, but you keep your book in your head, you: deny others the inspiration…
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NaNonFiWriMo is for Nonfiction Writers 71 days left until NaNonFiWriMo 2013! Time is ticking! I hope you have been enjoying August’s focus on lesser-known bloggers in our “All About You” month. Please help us create a buzz for NaNonFiWriMo! You will receive a virtual token of appreciation by helping us spread the word. Thanks! Tokens of Appreciation Awarded to these…
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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. The last part of Step #7 in the Author Training Process involves evaluating if you have the financial ability to move forward with writing and publishing your book and if you have the funds to create the…
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Preparing for NaNonFiWriMo 73 days left until NaNonFiWriMo 2013 is here! This annual event is entering its seventh year. In November, nonfiction writers will be working on writing an entire work of nonfiction. In fact, this nonfiction program is similar to its more popular fiction program. Nina Amir is working on building a community for NaNonFiWriMo 2013 participants so that…
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Write Nonfiction in November is also known as NaNonFiWriMo The clock is ticking. There are now 76 days to go until we are upon NaNonFiWriMo 2013. I have to keep repeating myself because so many, many, many people have no idea what this is. Everyone knows about the other popular program for fiction writers, but few people are familiar with…
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I’m a huge advocate of attending professional conferences of all types. If you are a writer, attend a writing conference. If you also blog, attend a blogging conference. If you write about your profession, attend conferences in your field. If you speak or want to become a speaker, attend conferences for speakers. Here are 10 reasons why I think you…
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Write Nonfiction in November is NaNonFiWriMo There are 78 days left before NaNonFiWriMo 2013 is upon us. Are you ready? Do you remember what this is? It is basically the nonfiction version of NaNoWriMo. We have several friendly folks helping us promote the program. We could sure use your help! Please consider helping us create a buzz for NaNonFiWriMo 2013,…
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