Writer's Fun Zone by Beth Barany

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Author Career / book marketing / Writing Tips

Alchemy of a Bestseller

You may think that writing a nonfiction bestseller is hard. But actually, a nonfiction bestseller is easy to create and sell, but not simple. If you just put into place a few key aspects, then you will have a book your audience can’t wait to buy.

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Writing Tips

Confessions of a Reluctant Marketer

You may think that marketing your books is a scary prospect, but actually marketing is essential to your career as an author. And if you uncover your style of marketing, then ultimately you will sell more books.

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Writing Tips

5 Tips to Get Writing Now

Last October 2009, Cheryl Liquori and I got video taped for GuruTube.net. I had a great time! I have to admit, though, I was nervous. I was going to have a video clip on the same site as Guy Kawasaki and MC Hammer! (Our videos will be posted in a few weeks.)

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Writing Tips

Don’t get an MFA

Don’t get an MFA. Just write. All an MFA does is prove to yourself that you are committed to your writing. That’s the ultimate experience you want, right? You don’t need an MFA, all those expenses for that. Just write.

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Author Career

A Writer Talks Business

It’s really hard for me to write about myself. I’m almost always writing how-to posts, sharing tips and tricks about writing, and sharing what I know about other people and their cool resources. What is the hardest for me is to reveal a weakness, share a foible, admit a fault.

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Creativity Tools and Tips

Rewards and Consequences and Shiny Toys

I want a new writing toy. But I haven’t been writing fiction regularly. So I set up a reward for myself. If I can write regular and turn in two Neochapters to my writing group on time, then and only then do I get to order the new Neo, well, after I turn in my old one and get the $25 rebate. Woot!

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book marketing / Book Promotion

From Book to Bestseller: What it Takes to Crack the List (and why you might not want to)

In the past 15 months, we’ve had 10 books on the bestseller list. When I say “bestseller” I mean major lists: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, et al. Still, even after numerous books and a variety of lists, the “list” itself still confounded me, so I decided to do a little research to find out what it really takes to hit a list.

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