Gift-Giving Season is Upon us. If you are lucky to have a writer or three in your life and you are stumped for gift ideas, I have few suggestions that will be sure to keep their words flowing all year long. And, just maybe, you might want to add a few of these to your wish list, too! Below are some of my favorite tools for writers: books, software, and more. In the holiday spirit, Shanna Great Gifts for The Writers in Your Life Moleskine Notebook (from $12.21 at Amazon). This is the ...
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. ~Ernest Hemingway How hard can it be, this writing thing? As a professional writer, I often hear non-writers suggest that copywriting must be easy for me since I am so good at it. That writing, for a writer, has got to be painless, just something we do naturally, like breathing. That a short project shouldn't take too long to complete because there are so ...
8/24 Update: The Merry Inksters is opening again soon! After taking a summer hiatus, The Merry Inksters support and accountability group for nonfiction writers is ready to open its virtual doors on September 15, 2012. If you are a blogger, author, writer, or an entrepreneur who needs to write (but you don't necessarily call yourself a writer), this group is for you! Read more below and get on the priority notification list. Tell me: Are you a nonfiction writer struggling to stay focused? ...
You want to write a book. You have a book in you and it desperately needs to come out. You’ve thought about this for a long time. You have ideas, great ideas. Maybe your book idea is an autobiography, a how-to, a tell-all, or some other genre that needs to see the light of day. You want to write it, you know you must, but…it’s freaking scary! Every time you sit down, you sit down and stare. At the screen. At the ...
You don't need to be a master researcher to find lots of writing advice if you're looking to hone your craft. A quick search of the Web or your local bookstore will reveal numerous articles, books, and manuals on how to be a better, quicker, or more successful writer. All of these strategies and techniques, some more helpful than others, require a sharp brain, some creativity, and the energy to see a project to completion. Many tips offer cures for writer's block ...
You have a book in you, that's a given. You have a great message, something to teach, a philosophy to share, and you know people want what you've got. So, how do you take your amazing seed of an idea from concept to an actual book that finds a home in your local, or even global, bookstores around the world? Like many people, you need a roadmap to navigate the wild and wooly world of publishing and that roadmap is here and it's the
I recently returned from Portland, OR where I spent a heady weekend at an event called the World Domination Summit. WDS, the progeny of my friend Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Non-Conformity, was a convening of more than 500 nonconformists, entrepreneurs, bloggers, creatives, visionaries, and other cool folks. And, although I did not have the opportunity to commune with all 500+ fab and friendly ...
