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Write a Book: Next Week’s Ezine Theme

Want to write a book? In next week’s ezine theme, we’ll explore writing a book, and going the traditional publishing route, or self-publishing your book. Self-publishing used to be a royal pain, but with options like Amazon.com’s Createspace, it can … Continue reading

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Blog your book: post, promote, and watch your bank account grow

Want to be a published writer in the next 90 seconds? You can be. Hop on over to Blogger and post part of your latest opus. Keep posting tasters of your book, promote your blog to get readers, and then … Continue reading

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Do you love writing? If you do, you’ll succeed

Over on my writing blog, I posted: I receive emails and IMs from writers every day, and I could answer 80 per cent of them with this sentence: “DO it — what have you got to lose?” Whether you’re starting … Continue reading

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Freelance fiction: can you make money?

I’ve had a couple of questions this week along the lines of “how do I freelance fiction?” This is a challenging question. The short answer is: you don’t. But let’s look at what you can do. Freelance fiction on the … Continue reading

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Write a book: from bytes to print — sell your ebook

Want to sell more copies of your ebook? In this post Ebooks: 3 Tips Increase Your Sales of Every Ebook | Writing Hacker by Angela Booth I gave you some ideas on how to sell more: “Bestselling authors, with their … Continue reading

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Stop Procrastinating: Write Your Article or Book Today

If you’re a writer, chances are that you procrastinate. Many writers do. However if you want to make money writing you need to produce. This means that you need a process for overcoming procrastination so that you can be prolific … Continue reading

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Write a book: advice from a master, Bernard Cornwell

Wonderful writing advice from Bernard Cornwell. He says: “… you have to get past the horrid stage of not enjoying it, and that is usually caused by a lack of confidence.  Is the stuff we’re producing up to snuff?  Is … Continue reading

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Freelance Writing: Using Instant Publishing to Write a Book and Sell It

Writing a book and expecting to make money from it via traditional publishing makes horse racing look like a safe, secure business. Of the hundreds of thousands of books published in English every year, very few make any money at … Continue reading

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Freelance Writing for Fun Makes You More Money

Would you like to make more money from your writing? You can — just set out to have fun with your writing. My “fun” projects always end up making more money for me than projects I start with deliberation and … Continue reading

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Writing novels to make money

An ezine subscriber asks: “Can you write novels to make money?” This is a huge topic. Here’s the short answer: Yes, you can. Here’s the longer answer – the more depressing one. You can write novels to make money but … Continue reading

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