blog-to-book Archives - How to Blog a Book

March 10, 2020 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

What is a Slug and Why is it Important?

Slugs. Gardners and non-gardeners alike tend to cringe when they think of these slimy mollusks. However, when it comes to blogging, slugs are an essential part of the ecosystem—especially if you want your posts to rise up in the search engine results pages. In this post, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB), freelance writer, travel blogger, yoga instructor, […]

April 2, 2019 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

How to Use Scrivener to Track Your Blog-a-Book Progress

Many writers and bloggers use Scrivener to help them manage their projects—and even more would like to learn how to do so. I’ve written about Scrivener several times and how I’ve used it to help with my continued blogging and blog-to-book projects. But my knowledge of how to use the program is limited. That’s why […]

March 19, 2019 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

Create Blog-Book Synergy to Reduce Content Creation Stress

Many aspiring authors worry about starting a blog. They fear they won’t have the time to produce a book manuscript while trying to produce consistent blog content. However, the blog-a-book and book-a-blog strategies provide an efficient way to write and publish books—and keep up with blog content schedules. Today, digital nomad and full-time writer and […]

May 9, 2017 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

How Two Retirees Back Into Blogging a Book

A while back I received a lovely email from two ladies (see below). I was thrilled to see the photo they included of themselves reading the first edition of my book and to read about how my work had inspired them to start a blog of their own. So I asked them to answer some […]

October 25, 2016 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

Five Social Media Strategies to Make Your Book a Bestseller

If you want to create a bestseller, you have to do more than write a good book or a marketable book. You have to promote upon release—and before release. Of course, blogging a book helps promote while you write. But you must use strategies and tools that garner engagement and shares for your posts and […]

October 4, 2016 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Essential Negotiation Skills for Bloggers and Writers

Negotiation. Bloggers and writers need to understand how to negotiate because this skill comes in handy in a variety of situation. Today Nick Rojas (@nickarojas), a start-up and online marketing consultant, explains the types of situations in which you might need to negotiate and provides tips on how to do so effectively. Read on if […]

August 16, 2016 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

Jim Lindsey on Going From Blog to Book: Rowga

Every blogged book and author can teach us something about the process. Rowga, the Yoga of Rowing, is where Jim Lindsey poured out the immediate results of sessions of contemplative ocean rowing mixed with thirty years of Buddhist study and meditation. “I have loosely in mind all the topics I would like to cover; the […]

June 16, 2015 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

11 Ways to Know if Your Blog Deserves to Become a Book

Maybe you, like lots of bloggers, think your site contains enough content—or good enough content—to produce a book. And maybe your blog posts could be turned into a book (or “blook,” as they are called sometimes). Before you go to the time, trouble and expense of “booking your blog,” first evaluate if your blog deserves […]

March 24, 2015 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

Lizzie Skurnick on Going from Blog to Book: Shelf Discovery

Lizzie Skurnick’s blog-to-book success came from her regular Jezebel.com feature column, Fine Lines. This blog consists of her meditations on favorite, old-school YA (young adult) novels from the late ‘60s to the early ‘80s—books much beloved by now-grown-up women. Skurnick says, “The book resembles the blog, but I added twice as many columns and organized […]

March 5, 2015 by Nina Amir 9 Comments

How to Write 12 Books Per Year on Your Blog

Blogging doesn’t have to be an activity that take you away from writing your book. You can blog your book—write, publish and promote it all at the same time post by post on the Internet. If you don’t want to place the first draft of your manuscript on your website, however, your blogging time can […]