If you don’t already make time to blog, or to blog your book, on a consistent basis, the first thing you need to do if you want to participate in National Book Blogging Month (NaBoBloMo) is to make time to blog. Most writers say they don’t blog because they don’t have enough time. If you’ve […]
15 Ways to Blog a Short Book During National Nonfiction Writing Month
Many aspiring authors never stop aspiring because they feel writing a book is too big a project. However, you can have a book written in no time flat if you begin with a short book—say under 100 pages or under 25,000 words. This is the perfect length for a month-long book-blogging project. And November is […]
Take the Challenge and Blog a Book in a Month
Each year, I run an event called Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) that challenges nonfiction writers to start and finish a work of nonfiction in 30 days. Now also known as National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo), it offers book bloggers a second opportunity (In April, I host National Book Blogging Month.) to blog a short […]
Do You Have What It Takes To Become a Successful Author?
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #9 As National Book Blogging Month (NaBoBloMo) 2013 comes to a close, it’s time to ask yourself an important question: Do You have what it takes to become a successful author? If you blogged your book in 30 days, you know you can complete a manuscript. If you […]
Angles and Themes Help You Write a Unique and Valuable Blogged Book
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #3 Angles make your blogged book unique. Themes give them value. When you blog a book, or simply set out to write a book, train yourself to think about your book in these terms so you write a book that isn’t like those previously published and that addresses your […]
Write a Unique and Necessary Blogged Book with Easily Recognized Value
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #2 There’s nothing worse than completing an entire manuscript only to discover that someone else has already released a book just like or quite similar to the one you planned to publish. That’s one of the reasons why I have my blog-to-book coaching clients complete a competitive analysis […]
Why November is a Great Time to Blog a Book
Halloween is right around the corner. After that, the holiday season comes upon us…first Thanksgiving, then Kwanza, Chanukah, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. No time to blog a whole book, right? Wrong. In fact, next month, November, is a great time to blog an entire book from scratch, start to finish. Why? First, it’s National […]
Build a Business Around Your Blogged Book
All my posts during April, National Book Blogging Month (NaBoBloMO), have helped you blog a book fast—in just 30 days. Blogging a short book fast provides you with something you may not have had before if you take the manuscript you created with your blog posts and actually get it edited and then publish it […]
How to Blog a Prescriptive Nonfiction Book in 30 Days
Most of the books I edit or coach people to write fall into the prescriptive nonfiction category. This means they offer guidance or direction on a particular topic. They might provide 10 steps for better sex, or 8 ways to better parenting or a guide to getting published, for example. The authors might be experts—or […]
How to Create Good Blogged Book Content Fast
When you blog a book, your intention should be to blog a good book. You may be writing fast, producing content in as little as 30 minutes a day. You are creating the first draft of your manuscript. However, that doesn’t mean the writing should be bad. It should be good, as should the content. […]