For years—as in a lot of years—I tried to land a traditional book publishing deal. No luck. Not that I didn’t get great feedback on my ideas, writing, book titles, and book proposals. I did. Every bit of positive feedback, however, came with that dreaded word: “But.” It was followed by six more words: “But…you […]
What’s Up with How to Blog a Book?
Have you been wondering what up with me and my manuscript or how I’m doing getting How to Blog a Book discovered? Well, here’s the deal. I have to admit that once I was done blogging the book, I did not keep up with posting or promoting–at least for a while. I figured I had […]
Market Your Blogged Book to an Agent or Publisher
Okay, so you’re a traditional publishing holdout, and this blogged book exercise managed to get you to write your whole manuscript but didn’t get you discovered. Now it’s time to get that proposal written and approach an agent or a small to mid-sized publisher. In this case, you must do two things: write a […]