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 […]
Flesh Out Your Blogged Book Chapters with Post-Sized Bits of Content
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #7 At this point in the process of planning out your blogged book, you are almost ready to give your book’s spine, which you created with your TOC, some flesh—some real content. Before you begin writing, though, I suggest you take the time to complete three more planning […]
Write a Successful Book by Focusing Content on Benefit to Readers
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #5 To blog a successful book—one that attracts many readers and subscribers and later many book buyers (and maybe even a publisher)—you must conceive your idea with the “WIIFM Factor” in mind. The WIIFM factor represents the value your blog and book will add to readers’ lives or […]
How to Blog a Booklet in Less Than a Month
There are some great reasons to blog a booklet-length book, and you can easily do so in a month or less. Booklets may be my favorite form of short book. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, many short books can be printed as booklets. These saddle-stitched (stapled) books come in an assortment of sizes and […]
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 Blog A Tip Book in 30 Days or Less
I love producing short books fast, and I often teach workshops on this topic. Writers get very excited about becoming a published author in under a month. What better time to try writing and publishing a short book fast than during what I have decided to call National Book Blogging Month (NaBoBloMo). As I said at the beginning […]