Monday’s writing tip for authors
February’s transition into March provides you with an opportunity to take a fresh look at the planning progress you’ve made so far this year writing a book, and commit to specific planning tasks you want to accomplish during March.
Specificity is the key to March success
The easiest way you can make the [...]

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 [...]

I’ve always recommended that authors locate literary agents who have successfully represented books in their field, rather than using a “shotgun” approach to selecting an agent. I’ve always recommended that authors check out the “Acknowledgments” page in current books to find the name of the agent who represented the book.
Brian A. Klems, in his Questions [...]

Monday’s planning tip for authors
If you’re an author preparing a book proposal for submission to John Wiley & Sons, one of the leading business book publishers, you’ll probably want to study Chris Webb’s thoughts on preparing book proposals. Chris Webb is an Associate Publisher at John Wiley and–since 1998–he’s seen the best, and the worst, [...]

Lack of time is no excuse for not working on your book. You can make significant progress on even your busiest days, in working that can be as short as 10 minutes.
In addition, you can make significant contributions to your book away from your computer, by reviewing print-outs of your progress and writing ideas down [...]