Finish Your Book Now
By Deb
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been around the writing industry and a subscriber to Writer’s Digest magazine for longer than I care to remember. And every year their January issue invariably has a headline something like this:
“GET PUBLISHED THIS YEAR!”
It was always an unpleasant reminder to me that I hadn’t achieved my goal — AGAIN.
Well, the good news is, traditional publishing is not the only game in town anymore. It used to be that the only alternative was paying ungodly sums to vanity publishers, with little to no profit ever realized, a garage full of unsold books and no way to otherwise publish that book again.
Now, there’s a third alternative – “Indie” publishing. Yes, independent publishers are the game changer of the decade. There’s no longer a reason for you to procrastinate on finishing that book. You owe it to yourself and your potential audience to write the book that’s inside you.
NOTE: This post has been updated. In the original article, I publicized an offer for an inexpensive writing course with a deadline which has now expired. That course has been pulled from the market. But not to worry.
My friend and esteemed online colleague, Kristen Eckstein, is still someone you need to get to know if you’re aspiring to be published. She has her finger on the pulse of the book industry and is an expert on Indie publishing. Not only can she coach you from idea to publication, she’ll make sure you retain all your rights.
To start of f the new year, and to capitalize on the move to publication on tablet devices, here’s what she can do for you:
Ready to Finally Finish Writing Your Book?
Get ‘er done in 90 days @ Ultimate Book Coach.
Full disclosure statement:
I cannot recommend Kristen highly enough. For your sake, I don’t promote anyone or anything that I don’t wholeheartedly endorse. If you should eventually purchase from her from the link above, be aware that I would receive a commission from that sale.
For more information, see my Material Connections page here.
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Sometimes the enormity of writing a novel can be so overwhelming that writers want to give up before they ever get started. Completing 60,000 – 100,000 or more words can loom as large as Mt. Everest. Actually, making arrangements to “conquer” Mt. Everest and getting ready to write a novel both take conditioning and preparation.
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Writing Your Novel Video Series – 4
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You may love him or hate him, but bestselling author Stephen King is a power to be reckoned with. He has a wealth of information about the writing process. The video below is specifically about short story ideas versus novel story ideas.
Here is Stephen King’s definitive book on writing. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Writing Your Novel Video Series – 2
By Deb
Author Robin Rice is the subject of today’s video on writing. She has three videos in which she offers tips from Al Zuckerman’s book “Writing the Blockbuster Novel.”
This book is not currently in print, but you can purchase it “used” from Amazon’s trusted booksellers starting at $.01 plus shipping, by clicking on my special link above. (See my Material Connections page here) It won’t make Mr. Zuckerman any money at this point, but it will make YOU a better writer if you apply his advice, which includes “applying the seat of the pants to the seat of your chair” and writing, writing, writing.
If you’re not into Irish humor when you view her second video (personally I like a bit o’ the blarney meself) skip forward about 49 seconds. The rest is pure writing inspiration, as is the third video in her series. She has other writing videos as well, and I encourage you to take the time today to view them, or to subscribe to her YouTube channel and check out her videos regularly.
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Writing Your Novel Video Series – 1
By Deb
Today’s article is short and sweet. Here is a link to a video of David M. Harris, who has taught English at Vanderbilt University and other schools. He has 10 videos in his series. Each is less than three minutes. Not all the videos relate to our Story Ideas topic, so feel free to pick and choose. Be sure to comment below to let me know if you want more writing videos.
