"It's time to book the talk shows and literary journals--everyone wants to know how a best-selling author gets their ideas and crafts a masterpiece! This engrossing guide to becoming a successful writer explains the painstaking work behind beloved books. Readers will discover what they can do now to prepare for a literary triumph as well as how some of their favorite authors broke into the scene. The appealing design includes sidebars, fact boxes,...

The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan is loaded with proven strategies, real-world examples, and fascinating interviews with successful authors who started from scratch just like you. In this content-rich book, you will learn how to: Identify profit opportunities from and around your book Set up a legitimate and professional author-publisher business Write your manuscript faster than you thought possible Avoid mistakes new authors make and get your...

"Join a select group of authors--from Stephen King to Cameron Crowe--all of whom published their first works before turning eighteen. So, You Want to Be a Writer? is the only hip how-to book that walks you through every step of the process, from generating ideas to marketing a book. You'll learn: how to battle the dreaded writer's block. - exercises to improve your storytelling skills. - how to find an agent and get published. - the ins and outs of...

"Whether you've finished your manuscript or just have the seeds of a book idea, Publishing 101 shows you how to approach editors and agents with your work, while avoiding the common pitfalls of first-time authorship"--back cover.

There has truly never been a better time to be an author. For the first time, authors have direct access to their readers via the Internet. They can create a community of fans who are eagerly awaiting (and talking to their friends about) their next book. But where should authors start? How should they sort through the dizzying range of online options? Where is it most worth spending time; what is a 'must do' and what is a 'might do'? Enter Fauzia...

Do you need to unlock doors to media interviews, but don't have a publicist? Penelope Kaye faced the same dilemma and decided to take matters into her own hands-then she appeared on radio stations across the country. In Land Media Interviews Without a Publicist, Penelope shares secrets that helped her publicize her book with no training and few dollars. Applying her eight essential keys, you'll be, able to pass through doors that the media has locked...

Do you struggle to understand how to communicate with readers effectively and efficiently? Are you frustrated by newsletters not being delivered? Do you feel like throwing your hands up in frustration? Author Consultant Barb Drozdowich, turns her sights to explaining email deliverability in this ground-breaking book. She tackles the topics than many experts gloss over and takes them to level that anyone can understand. Get Your Emails Delivered...

Publishing and promoting made simple! Have you dreamed of publishing a book but didn't know where to begin? This book guides you through identifying markets, budgeting, building an online presence, and generating publicity. Get the current scoop on: • Traditional publishing & self-publishing •Print and e-book setup, formatting, and distribution •Finding your target audience •Generating reviews and media interest •Networking and developing...

The definitive guide to making real money as a writer-revised and updated for the online media market of the 2020s. Do you love educating others? Do you want to make money doing it? The world of how-to writing is waiting for you! In How to Write and Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit, copywriting legend and self-made millionaire Robert W. Bly shares his secrets to how any motivated person can turn simple information into a six-figure income. Bob...

On the eve of her 70th birthday, Canadian writer Margaret Atwood set out on an international tour criss-crossing the British Isles and North America to celebrate the publication of her new dystopian novel, The Year of the Flood. Rather than mount a traditional tour to promote a book’s publication, Atwood conceived and executed something far more ambitious and revelatory—a theatrical version of her novel. Along the way she reinvented what a book...