Upcoming events for authors
On the next Published & Profitable Expert Author teleseminar, I’ll be talking to Donna Genett, Ph.D. Donna is the author of two important books about delegation at work and delegation at home. Donna M. Genett, Ph.D. is an author, international speaker, organization development consultant, a member of the National Speakers Association, and [...]

Thursday’s profit tip for authors
Authors comfortable interviewing experts in their field enjoy a major advantage over their competitors. These interviews can create valuable content for web marketing, years of back-end profits, and establish new relationships. Here are 7 tips I learned while conducting over 50 Published & Profitable author interviews and over 250 additional author [...]

Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors
While making my daily trek to the Newington, N.H., Barnes & Noble to see what’s new, my eyes were attracted to the front table display of Martin Lindstrom’s Buy.ology: Truth and Lies about Why We Buy. The book’s cover stood out and, when I picked it up, I immediately became [...]

Tuesday’s writing tip for authors
I’d like to share a new perspective on writing informative nonfiction books, i.e., books intended to advance your career by attracting new business, promoting your competence, and opening doors to new opportunities. My perspective? Writing a nonfiction book can be a lot easier than your fourth grade teacher probably lead you [...]

Monday’s planning tip for authors
Many authors agonize over their book’s mssion statement. Often, the more they agonize, the less they get done. In the spirit of brevity inspired by Chuck Sambuchino’s Breaking Down the Query Letter post recommended yesterday, I’d like to offer a 3-step process to help nonfiction authors create their book’s mission statement, [...]

In exploring the various Writer’s Digest blogs, after completing yesterday’s post about Brian Klems’ discussion of ways to locate the names of literary agents who have represented books in your field, I discovered another extremely useful Writer’s Digest blog response to a reader’s question
In a recent post entitled Breaking Down the Query Letter on his [...]