Business, General
Business, General

Business, General

From Idea to Book

(Originally appeared as “Taking a Book from Idea to Bestseller” on the WrittenWell front page) There are bits of advice scattered all over the internet on how to write a book, how to market it, how to outline, how to write a great ending. But seeing it as a linear process will help you to do everything in the right order without missing a step—and that is something I don’t see anywhere else.  What I can’t do in this article is explain how to do every step. That would take, well, an entire website. But seeing the steps will help...

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Establishing Yourself As An Expert

For many genres of nonfiction, especially self-help or instructional books, readers want to hear from an expert. Are you an expert in your field? Would you like to be? Establishing yourself as an expert is easy in most areas of expertise.  The first question is, what qualifications are necessary in your field? When I was establishing myself as an expert in the poker world, all that I needed to do was provide good information, backed by solid math, present myself confidently as an expert, and be a winning player.  If your area of expertise is related to the law, medicine,...

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Why Do I Need to Write a Series?

Most self-published authors who make a significant income write in series of books. And most of them have many books available for readers who like what they do. It’s something beginners in the self-pub world rarely understand. They expect to write one book and have the world discover how brilliant they are and then rake in the money and the fame. But it rarely works that way in traditional publishing, and almost never in self-publishing. This is primarily because there are only so many readers who want what you have to offer, and only a few ways to reach them....

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How to Quit Your Day Job and Write Full-Time

The first thing to know about quitting your day job and writing full-time is don’t quit your day job. 99.9% of writers got into writing for the love and joy that writing provided them. It can be difficult to maintain those emotions when you have to do it for work. If you have a job that you can stand and provides you a decent living, hold onto it and write in your free time. You won’t burn out on the writing and you might make a little money on the side. But you’re not here for that, are you? Good,...

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