Luanne was like many first-time authors who contact me. She wanted an accountability partner who could provide occasional advice on writing and the publication process. Karl was also like many first-time authors who contact me. He wanted someone to help him structure his book and his chapters and provide editorial help as » Read More
Category: Writing A Book
5 Ways to Never Finish Your Book
Many people start books that they never finish. Here’s how it works. That would-be author has a great idea. Motivation is strong. The author sets to work. Soon enough, though, the emotion drains away, and the slog begins. The would-be author comes up with excuses not to write. After a while, he or she just quits » Read More
Write the marketing copy before you write your book
We were a third of the way through Jerry’s book when he started going off down a particularly tempting side path. I asked him a simple question, “Do you want to write the book we originally conceived or this new book that you’ve started writing?” Jerry decided the original concept was better and got back » Read More
You’ve got a book in you. Now what?
“Everyone has a book inside them and, in most cases, that’s where it should stay.” That quote, or something very much like it, has been attributed to many writers. There’s Christopher Hitchens, Shelby Foote, Winston Churchill, Somerset Maugham, and a bevy of others. The truth is, if you can read a book » Read More
How will you measure the success of your book?
“Can you guarantee that we’ll write a bestseller?” I’m a book writing coach, so I get that question a lot. I think it’s because most of the people who contact me think the only way to measure a book’s success is whether it’s a bestseller. That’s true even though most of them are » Read More