Ten years from now, when someone picks up your book, what will they think of you? The woman on the other end of the phone line paused for a long time. Then she said, “No, I’ve never written a book before.” “Well,” I said, “there’s a book out there by someone with your name. I came across it  »  Read More

Atomic Habits is one of the most successful nonfiction books of all time. Before he wrote the book, James Clear wrote a stupendously successful blog. You might guess that it was an easy transition from writing blog posts to writing a book. You would be wrong. Here’s how Clear described things in his 2016 Annual  »  Read More

So far, so good. You’ve got a solid idea for a book, and you’ve taken the time to plan it well. Now comes the “doing” part. Planning is good. Preparation is powerful. The hard part is to keep moving forward day after day for the year or more it will take to write your book. Here are six rules that can help  »  Read More

If you’re an author you’re probably aware of some important numbers. You probably track your word count. You may know the number of days until your next deadline. Some writers track the amount of time they spend writing and some can tell you how many days in a row they did some writing. Those are important. You  »  Read More