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January 7, 2020 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How a Blog Fulfills One Man’s Dream of Authorship

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Many writers begin their journey to authorship after reading a children’s book. However, not all of them become bloggers and end up writing and blogging books. At the age of six, Bryan Collins, a nonfiction author from Ireland, read BFG by Roald Dahl and became enthralled by the idea of a Big Friendly Giant who […]

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May 9, 2017 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

How Two Retirees Back Into Blogging a Book

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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 […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books, Success Stories - Blogged Books Tagged With: aging, blog-to-book, blogged book, success story

June 25, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How I Became a Published Author: One Post at a Time

Today’s guest post is by Lori Ann Davis, MA, CRS (@lorianndaviscrs), author of Unmasking Secrets to Unstoppable Relationships: How to Find, Keep and Renew Love and Passion in Your Life. She offers tips on blogging a book—tips she discovered on her own without the help of reading How to Blog a Book first. As she […]

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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 […]

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February 17, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Tsh Oxenreider on Going from Blog to Book: Organized Simplicity

Tsh Oxenreider blogs about intentional, simple living, which covers a myriad of topics. However, she focuses specifically on “parents of children at home who crave less crazy, more peace, and joy in the little things.” SimpleMom. net, her flagship site, covers topics like productivity, taking care of yourself, DIY ideas, green and frugal living, and […]

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January 15, 2015 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Going from Blog to Book: The Daily Coyote

Since Shreve Stockton is a professional photographer who “writes on impulse,” it’s not surprising that her blog, The Daily Coyote, is primarily a photo blog. When her photos and stories of her life with Charlie, an orphaned coyote who she’d raised since he was ten days old, caught the interest and imagination of people world-wide […]

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November 11, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Unique Index-Card Blog Lands Jessica Hagy Three Book Deals

Bloggers and book bloggers dream of landing even one book deal for the content they publish on their sites. In 2006, Jessica Hagy started a blog on a whim. She drew cheeky graphs and charts on 3 x 5 inch index cards at www.thisisindexed.com. Now her site houses close to 3,000 cards, and in 205 […]

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February 13, 2014 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

Creative Uses of Ex-Wife’s Wedding Dress Ends in A Blogged Book Deal

Anyone who has anyone ever seen me do a presentation about how to blog a book has likely also heard me mention Kevin Cotter and his blog-to-book deal for 101 Uses for My Ex-Wife’s Wedding Dress. I have always been quite taken by this touching, story of a many who turned his anger and depression […]

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January 21, 2014 by Nina Amir 6 Comments

Adoptee Issues Land Author a Traditional Publishing Deal

For those bloggers and writers pursuing their passions or interests—especially personal ones, this blog-to-book success story proves how you can develop a following in any niche and inspire others with your story. Almost always—maybe not always—the world contains other people who want to read what you have to say and connect with another like-minded person. […]

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August 1, 2013 by Brian Brian Cormack Carr 6 Comments

Success Story: What I Learned By Blogging A Book

This guest post was contributed by Brian Cormack Carr. I first had the pleasure of coming across Nina’s How To Blog A Book after reading one of her tweets and surfing over to her website of the same name.  It was a timely encounter – at the time, I was in the process of getting […]

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