You finished your first draft. That’s great, but it’s only the start. The bad news is that you’ve got to do a lot more work to whip that first draft...
5 Things to Do When You Finish the First Draft of Your Business Book
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Writing A Book
What to do when your friends say you should write a book
Your friends think you’re pretty smart. They know you’re a hard worker and that you achieve your goals. They’re impressed with your ideas. They...
If you want to write better, learn to focus better
Consistent writers tend to be the most productive writers. My experience and the experience of working with clients for 25 years send the same...
How my clients stayed consistent all the way to the end of their book project
Writing a book is a lot like running an endurance race. In the beginning, there’s a lot of excitement. Friends and family encourage you. They tell...
Writing Your First Book: How Do You Know if the Juice Is Worth the Squeeze?
If you’re writing your first business book, you don’t know what you don’t know. I sure didn’t when I got started. I was a complete rookie. I had...
From Train Wreck to Bestseller: The Beyond Burnout Story
Suzi McAlpine lives in New Zealand. I live in the United States. We connected for the first time via social media. That was a full two years before...
Writing a Book is Not Like Writing a Very Long Post
When I got the contract to write my first book, I had already written several successful business articles. I assumed that writing a book would be...
How to Write Books Readers Actually Finish
We say that we judge a book by its cover, but that’s only part of the story. We use the book’s cover to decide whether to buy it, but we judge it...
5 Reasons Not to Write a Book
You may have a book inside you. That doesn’t mean that getting it out will be the right thing to do or easy. Writing a book and making it successful...
How do you answer your questions about writing a book?
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” Hemingway was talking about full-time writers. What about the rest of us,...