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Succesful Authors Think Beyond the Book
Many wannabe authors have one-tracked minds. They think only about the book they want to write. If you have dreams of creating a career as a successful author and spending your days writing bestselling...
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Crowdfunding For Your Business Book
I am happy to welcome Justine Schofield, the development director of Pubslush, as a regular contributor to Write Nonfiction NOW! You can follow her on Twitter at @heyyojscho. Her first post explains...
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4 Things You Need Before You Publish Your Book
Copyright Wavebreak Media Ltd|123RF.comYou’ve got a book idea. Maybe you’ve even written a manuscript. You’re ready to move forward and publish your book, because you’re eager to get to the end goal:...
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How to Know When to Press the Brakes or the Gas
Copyright Jarungthip Jarin|123RF.comIf you’ve been following me for a while, you know that when it comes to blogging I’ve been singing the same song for a long time. The song has simple lyrics: Blog...
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Nonfiction Writing Prompt #45: Improve Your Author Website
Your author website serves as your home in cyberspace. It’s also a showcase for your books and accomplishments as a writer. It’s a reflection of you and your brand. The media, as well as potential...
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How to Tackle List Building
Today Kathleen Gage (@KathleenGage) offers advice about list building, one of the most important online activities for anyone wanting to sell anything, including books. Copyright aihumnoi|fotolia.com...
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Nonfiction Writing Prompt #46: Create a Call to Action
An email list serves as your most powerful platform element. However, with the amount of email we all receive today, it’s difficult to obtain new subscribers without offering huge value in return for...
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Nonfiction Writing Prompt #47: Create a Year-End To-Do List
You have exactly 22 days until the end of the year. Have you taken time to look back over the goals you developed in January last year? If not, you’ll never know if you achieved what you set out to...
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4 Proven Ways to Increase Book Sales
Today Kathleen Gage (@KathleenGage) offers advice about book marketing. No matter how you publish, you need to master this task if you want to sell books. “Writing the book is the easy part. Then...
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A Powerhouse Strategy to Build a Sustainable Readership
Today Kathleen Gage (@KathleenGage), an internationally recognized Internet marketing advisor offers advice about getting readers onto your subscriber list with opt-in offers placed in your book. By...
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Why Should An Author Think Carefully About Online Image?
Your online image as a writer doesn’t just rely on the written work you share. It revolves around everything you do online, including the comments you leave on blogs and review and the security you...
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What Indie Authors Need to Know About Business Set Up
Most writers need to consider themselves business people—and create the correct structure for that business. However, this becomes all the more important when you self-publish. If you choose to open...
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Why and How to Choose a Name for Your Writing or Publishing Company
Most writers function as sole proprietors and choose to “do business as” (DBA) whatever company name they create. Have you ever wondered what how a DBA name works or how to choose a name for your...
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Painless Government Filings for Writers and Authors
Forms…government forms. Most of us want to avoid filing these out at all costs. But any writer, like you, who wants to run a writing and publishing business needs to file with the government for a...
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Taking the Intimidation Out of Setting Up Business Accounts
Your writing is a business. Therefore, you need business accounts to run it, including a business bank account, credit cards, and methods to get paid by your clients. Today, author and attorney Helen...
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Income Tax Basics for Writers
Taxes. They’re inevitable, right? But if you find yourself required to pay taxes on your writing and publishing business, that means you are making money…and that’s a good thing. Today, author and...
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How to Increase Productivity by Reducing Email and Social Media Time
Every day I struggle to spend less time on two activities: handling email and social media. Why? My productivity plumments when I let myself get sucked into spending loads of time on these two tasks....
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3 Types of Training that Support a Successful Writing Career
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what type of training is necessary to succeed as a writer and in life. And I now clearly see that writers need three specific types of training to achieve...
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How To Become a Freelance Blogger on a Low Budget
Looking for a way to make money as a writer? Consider becoming a freelance blogger. Today, professional writer Deb Hemley (@dhemley) talks about what she learned on her journey to becoming a guest...
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10 Ways to Develop Expert Nonfiction Author Status
Nonfiction writers need to be experts in their subject matter. Often, however, aspiring nonfiction authors tell me they aren’t experts, don’t see themselves as authorities on anything, or feel like...
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