Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, Resources
It’s been dark in the mornings. Really dark. The fires have been ravaging California and smoke clouds our landscape. It’s been tough to get up the last few mornings. I knew I needed something extra–more than just a gallon of coffee (although that...
Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, On Writing
My co-writer and I were talking tonight about how we work better under pressure. When we entered a short story contest, we both cranked it out in a few days and then we ended up expanding and polishing those pieces into a much larger work. Under that same theory,...
Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, On Writing
Everybody has been talking about Cal Newport’s book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World so I finally decided to get the Audible for it. It’s amazing. He’s a computer science professor who usually writes books for high...
Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, On Writing, Resources
I’m active in a few writer groups on Facebook. The other day a video by an author who had hit the NYT and USA Today bestseller list 33 times was making the rounds. This video was of her presentation entitled “Capturing the Golden Goose: How to Sell a Bazillion...
Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, On Writing
That’s my alternative title to Chris Fox’s Six Figure Author: Using Data to Sell Books: Write Faster, Write Smarter: Premise: this book is largely about using Amazon’s algorithms because iBooks isn’t doing anything like this (yet). What I...
Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, Resources
The inventory at Kindle Unlimited continues to grow and I’m glad I splurged at the beginning and paid for a discounted bulk annual price. Chris Fox is a new favorite of mine and this book is no exception. He has a direct informative style that I really...
Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, Resources
Write The Fight Right by Alan Baxter Who doesn’t love a little hand to hand combat? Problem is, if you’re not a brawler yourself, you could spend hours watching and re-watching television and movie fight scenes but still have difficulty describing it when...
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Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, Resources
You Are a Writer By: Jeff Goins I’ve raved about Kindle Unlimited before and yet again, I find it yields a treasure trove of good non-fiction resources. Jeff Goins has a massive following for his blog and I actually had no idea who he was, except that people on...
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Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, Resources
2K to 10K: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love By Rachel Aaron This is perhaps one of the most useful writing books I’ve come across so far. It is a very practical handbook, with some of the suggestions sounding so obvious that you feel...
Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, Resources
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert I am a big fan of audio books. It’s great for not only the commute, but also long walks in the evening. Though I wasn’t the biggest fan of Eat, Pray, Love, I stumbled upon this gem and I recommend it highly. If you...
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Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, Resources
No Plot? No Problem! Author: Chris Baty This little book is a powerful tool to help frustrated writers get past their perfectionistic, procrastinating tendencies using a secret weapon that works on most of us in our adult professional lives, a deadline. If only we...
Non-fiction Book Reviews - Publishing, Resources
So you’ve written your great novel and you’re ready to now start marketing it, right? Well, according to the book launch expert, Tim Grahl, who launched successful authors like Hugh Howie and Charles Duhigg to the NYT Bestseller lists, the best time to...
