Writing and Creating Books

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A Last Ditch Book Titling Strategy

When all else fails, you can use this strategy to come up with a title for your book. It might help you loosen up your creative juices. YOUR STREET NAME + THE LAST THING YOU ATE = THE TITLE OF YOUR BOOK Of course, you probably won’t use this strategy to actually name your book, […]

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Writing Bookmark: Don't Stop Writing

Writing Bookmark: Don’t Stop Writing

Start writing no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. — Louis L’Amour You fail only if you stop writing. — Ray Bradbury People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality, too. It goes from one generation to […]

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Tim Ferriss and Marci Alboher at Authors-at-Google

Recommended Reading on Book Marketing and Ebook Promotion

Here is my recommended reading on Book Marketing and Ebook Promotion for this week (and one book marketing video) . . . Tim Ferris and Ryan Buckley on How to Make a Million Dollars Selling Ebooks – https://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2013/04/04/how-to-make-1000000-selling-e-books-tactics-and-case-studies (but with a weak section on marketing, alas). Tim Ferris on How Bestseller Lists Work (New York […]

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Two Choices in Life and in Marketing

You Have Two Choices in Life: Stay Stuck or Face Your Fears

You have two choices in life. Cave into pressure. Stay stuck and allow life to continually overwhelm you. OR Step out into the big unknown world. Face your fears. And aim for a life with purpose. — Allison Maslan Too many authors choose the first option. Choose the second: Face your fears, step out into […]

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