"Nice Authors Finish Last" is for new and established writers seeking personal and financial success. Each chapter contains tried-and-true advice and do-it-yourself assignments for how to establish your goals, sell more books, navigate the editing process, and market yourself to stand out from the pack. This book is packed with creative advice and personal stories, including gutsy ideas that you won't hear anywhere else.
Learn from Natalie Buske Thomas' 25+ years in the arts and entertainment industry. Natalie is an oil painter, a singer/songwriter, and the author of over a dozen books. Her friendly conversational style of writing makes learning about authorship a delight! Analyze the difference between editing and proofreading, discover how to deal with critics, avoid common errors that authors make, dare to try Natalie's gutsy ideas for how to sell more books, learn how to set clear goals--and reach them, and much more.
"Nice Authors Finish Last" Chapter List
1. Define Success: Set your goals
2. Target Market: Who wants your books?
3. Profiling: Learn about your readers
4. Do What You Love: Enjoy selling books
5. Gutsy Self-Promotion: Sell more books
6. A Good Product: Improve your books
7. Dealing with Critics: Learn when to listen
8. The Writing Process: How to write
9. Become an Expert: Write professionally
10. The Last Word: Succeed!
Chapters six and eight cover writing methods to help you write your book.
Chapters two through five cover marketing tips to help you sell your book.
Chapters one, seven, nine and ten help you succeed as an author and as a person.
Learn from Natalie Buske Thomas' 25+ years in the arts and entertainment industry. Natalie is an oil painter, a singer/songwriter, and the author of over a dozen books. Her friendly conversational style of writing makes learning about authorship a delight! Analyze the difference between editing and proofreading, discover how to deal with critics, avoid common errors that authors make, dare to try Natalie's gutsy ideas for how to sell more books, learn how to set clear goals--and reach them, and much more.
"Nice Authors Finish Last" Chapter List
1. Define Success: Set your goals
2. Target Market: Who wants your books?
3. Profiling: Learn about your readers
4. Do What You Love: Enjoy selling books
5. Gutsy Self-Promotion: Sell more books
6. A Good Product: Improve your books
7. Dealing with Critics: Learn when to listen
8. The Writing Process: How to write
9. Become an Expert: Write professionally
10. The Last Word: Succeed!
Chapters six and eight cover writing methods to help you write your book.
Chapters two through five cover marketing tips to help you sell your book.
Chapters one, seven, nine and ten help you succeed as an author and as a person.
