Writing a book successfully happens only when the author is passionate about it, otherwise the writing does not get done. All sorts of excuses come up: no time, too busy, the dog needs walking, accepting every phone call and handling it rather than writing the book. The best excuse is reading emails three or four times everyday so no time to write

Congratulations! Your book is published or almost ready to be published. Your work is just beginning. You now must promote your book. Here are 8 ways to promote your book. 1. Create and print postcards. You can create your own cards on your computer if you have an application designed to help you do that. Or search online for a printing servi

There are many ways to sell your book. Be creative and think of unique ways to sell your book in your community and online. It is important that you feel comfortable talking to others and asking people to buy your book. Take a sales course to get you going. Eight ways to sell your book are listed below. Choose one of them and get everything set

Here is a list of some activities that can help you stay motivated while writing your great book. Create some of your own. 1. Surround yourself with enthusiastic people with a positive attitude. Phone them when you need to be uplifted. Or send them an email and ask for their enthusiastic encouragement. 2. Your favorite music. It should be sof

Writing has been around for thousands of years. The Romans, Greeks, Phoenicians and Egyptians all wrote. One of the earliest forms of writing was cuniform, a pictographic writing system used by many languages over several empires in ancient Mesopotamia and Persia. Storage of thoughts and ideas Because man has the unique ability to create thou

"Write a book and get recognized as an expert." How many times have you heard that? Hundreds? Thousands? It is a fact that people acknowledge you as the expert when you have put your knowledge in print. It could be a book, a column, a booklet or a white paper that has been published. If people find what you wrote helpful to them, you become an expe

Have you been dreaming of writing a book this year? According to a recent survey the New York Times reported, 81% of people feel that they have a book in them and should write it. Why not join the list of authors who acted on that thought? Writing a book is a great way to position you to charge higher fees, create additional income streams and

Words destined to be well-remembered are not poured out. They are the products of thought, effort, and planning. You can be sure of one thing. Without some preliminary thinking on paper, you will rarely produce the best composition you are capable of writing. You can be sure of another thing, too. A brief and simple outline will not be a waste o

Do you remember as a little kid trying to stand out and show off in front of your family and friends? Maybe you danced or sang a song. Played an instrument. Then as teenagers you dressed outlandishly. Maybe even had colored your hair orange--and it wasn't even Halloween! We did lots of unique and different things to stand out and get attention.

A best seller is every author's dream. You can write a best seller if you follow some key writing tips and it isn't just the inside content. Besides helping your readers solve problems or achieve goals you need to focus on the book cover design. That is the key to getting readers to pick up your book and browse through it. I recall years ago I

"How To Win Friends and Influence People" Isn't that a terrific attention-getting title? You would pick up the book and browse through it in the bookstore with a title like that. The author, Dale Carnegie, created this wonderful book more than 50 years ago and it still is in print today. The content must hold the interest of the reader but it i

Are you ready to add a new profit stream to your life? Write a book this year and discover new ways to get extra money. What could you do with extra money? I have a few ideas. With new income streams, you could fund your dream vacation. You could help pay the bills with money left over. Or better yet, write a book and launch a whole new career. Now

Did you define an intense problem and solve it within your book? Congratulations! You now have the ingredients to make your book a top seller in your field or expertise. With the right mix, your book is destined to sell way more than its competition. But, wait; don't rest in your success just yet. You still have work to do to become a successful au

Is there any better feeling in the world than the look on someones face when they have just read your latest piece of creative writing? For many, it is the fuel that keeps us going. It is like throwing dried apple wood on the creative fire that burns within a writers spirit. The flames grow and expand, and we get catch a whiff of that fragrance

Everyone wants to write a book. At least that's what they tell me when I introduce myself as a book writing coach. Yet, rarely do they follow through to write a book. It is just a magical dream, thought, or idea because there are hundreds of reasons why they can't do it. We know the reasons: no time; busy; don't know how; it's a giant step; my fam