TheBookDesigner.com shared this practical and useful article on test driving your book (or article) topic ideas.
10 Ways to Test Market Your Nonfiction Book Idea Before You Publish
Not only can we check the interest level among potential future buyers, we can also build a following, work up our research files, and explore alternate subtopics and slants along the way.
Stay tuned. I plan to use some of these tips myself!
Happy writing ~
Lin
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Monday, June 9, 2014
Tips for Life Experience Writing
Any writer who feels that tug to write about their own life-lived and lessons-learned has to read this article! It relates that topic to the hot new movie "The Fault in our Stars" and tells you which buttons to aim for to boost reader appeal.
Writing Lessons from "The Fault in our Stars."
Maybe your nonfiction book will become a multimillion dollar movie, too...
Happy writing ~
Lin
Writing Lessons from "The Fault in our Stars."
Maybe your nonfiction book will become a multimillion dollar movie, too...
Happy writing ~
Lin
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
A (Free) Book Written from Experience
In the May 28th post, looked at using the writer's own life-changing experiences as useful book topics, and I mentioned my divorce book. Based on what I'd done right and what I wish I'd known then, the book has helped thousands of people deal with that painful experience.
Tomorrow and Friday (June 5th and 6th), I'm offering the Kindle version for FREE on Amazon. If you're interested in seeing how I structured it, this would be a great time to get a review copy. Since I was writing for stressed out readers, I tightened the writing as much as possible when I edited the first (and later) drafts. It's short, concise, and practical. It's Your Pocket Divorce Guide.
It deals with the facts of separation, divorce, and starting over, and in no way resembles a memoir. Readers will find no direct information about my divorce. It's their own situation they want help with.
Bookstores often put such books in their Self-Help sections. If you prefer article writing, select websites and print magazines that offer their readers self-help articles in the style of "How to deal with ..." a difficult situation.
If you do choose to write a book, remember that those ezines and magazines may also be interested in printing excerpts from it. You won't get paid, but it's terrific publicity. And you've already written it!
Happy writing ~
Lin
Tomorrow and Friday (June 5th and 6th), I'm offering the Kindle version for FREE on Amazon. If you're interested in seeing how I structured it, this would be a great time to get a review copy. Since I was writing for stressed out readers, I tightened the writing as much as possible when I edited the first (and later) drafts. It's short, concise, and practical. It's Your Pocket Divorce Guide.
It deals with the facts of separation, divorce, and starting over, and in no way resembles a memoir. Readers will find no direct information about my divorce. It's their own situation they want help with.
Bookstores often put such books in their Self-Help sections. If you prefer article writing, select websites and print magazines that offer their readers self-help articles in the style of "How to deal with ..." a difficult situation.
If you do choose to write a book, remember that those ezines and magazines may also be interested in printing excerpts from it. You won't get paid, but it's terrific publicity. And you've already written it!
Happy writing ~
Lin
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