Word magic.
The self-publishing process involves many elements. It’s easy to get bogged down. You wait and wait some more: for a cover to be done, or for beta readers. To avoid so much waiting, develop a workflow, so that your writing and publishing process eliminates wasted time. Try these tips. 1. Get an idea, write a blurb (description) As soon as … Read more
This year, I’ve had many chats with ghostwriters. They talk about clients expecting to pay peanuts for ghosting nonfiction and fiction books. There’s a fundamental misconception here. Please take this to heart: YOU set your rates, no one else. Look at it this way. If I want to hire someone to take a scythe my overgrown garden, kill weeds, remove … Read more
Want an easier (and more fun) way to plan and outline? If you hate outlining, storyboarding may be for you. What’s a storyboard? I think of it as a comic book, or page. According to Merriam-Webster, it’s: …a panel or series of panels on which a set of sketches is arranged depicting consecutively the important changes of scene and action … Read more
Can you edit your book, even if you haven’t finished it? Of course you can. Start by assessing what you have, and what your book needs, so that you can finish it and publish it. The steps below will work for both fiction and nonfiction; I recommend them to my book coaching clients. Edit your book: can you publish immediately? … Read more
Are you a self-publishing author who’s publishing nonfiction? A checklist of essential elements may help. I created this checklist for my students; you may find it useful too. Vital: please test all nonfiction ideas. Testing can save you months—even years. Self-publishing: find problems and offer solutions—and TEST We all have problems we’re not sure how to tackle. Or, perhaps we … Read more