Author Roadmap: Plan Your Book

Journaling to Nonfiction Success

Journaling to Nonfiction Success | How to Find Your True Path as an Author

Discover the transformative power of resilience, self-compassion, and journaling on your nonfiction author journey with special guest Liz Long. In this episode of Author Nation Interviews, we delve into the transformative writing journey of Liz Long, an advocate for mental health and author of “Navigating Shit Storms: How to Find Your True Path When Life …

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Master your author journey

Master Your Author Journey | Author Success through Journaling

Master Your Author Journey by journaling: build skills, stay focused on your goals, and track your progress. In this episode of Author Nation Interviews, host Melody Ann welcomes special guest Jen Hardy to discuss strategies to master your author journey through journaling. Jen shares her journey of thriving over 50 as an author and offers …

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Strategic Author Goals Charting Path to Success

Why Setting Strategic Author Goals is So Important!

Setting Strategic Author Goals is So Important! Unlocking Success: Why Strategic Author Goals Are Essential First off, goals show you the way from idea to published and beyond. They help you develop a plan for the entire process of writing, publishing, and promoting your book. Goals help you tailor your content to fit both your …

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How long does it take to get a book published?

How long does it take to get a book published? From idea to published book

How long does it take to write a nonfiction book? I’ve heard 10 days, 30 days…write a book in 7 days! It’s time we looked at the details. I’m going to break this down for you. Lots of factors can influence the timeline to get a book published. Publishing Stages For traditional publishers, from acceptance …

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What book genre are you writing? Successful authors do genre research

Do you know what genre you are writing in? Should you care? Genre is an important aspect of your book as your plan and when you promote. Know Your Genre when Planning Your Book Before you start writing, you want to figure out what genre you are going to write in. This will help you …

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Reasons to read books like yours

Success at book promotion | What books are similar to yours?

No doubt you have heard the advice. When writing a book, read books like yours. It is good advice. Beyond the obvious, so you see what books in your genre are like, why else read/study books like yours? Here are five reasons to read books like yours. #1 Write a Better Book The first and …

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How to make an outline online | A list app to organize your book

Trello has been a favourite tool of mine for a long time. I have used it to design websites, outline books, project management, and to collaborate with others. It is an excellent tool for creating a book outline. It is intuitive and easy to use. What is Trello? Trello is a web-based, list making application …

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Think and write like an author | Successfully think your way out of writers block

Authors need both free flowing creativity and accuracy skills to create a remarkable book. It takes many skill sets to create a book. Authors need to tap into their divergent and convergent thinking depending on which task is at hand. Divergent vs. Convergent Thinking Divergent thinking is all about complexity, curiosity, flexibility, fluency/fluid, imagination, originality, …

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A simple book plan | Book planning tools for nonfiction authors

Are you thinking of writing a book in 2022? Getting support and using some outstanding tools will help you achieve that goal. Here are three steps to get started and three tools, one tool for each step. These tools have free versions and paid versions. If you want to learn about more tools to help …

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