Develop Your Concept Around A Compelling Book Idea

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Behind every successful nonfiction book lies a compelling idea that engages readers, motivates change, or imparts valuable knowledge. The process of developing your book concept is a creative and strategic endeavor that requires careful thought and planning. In a previous post, I discussed how to choose your book’s topic and niche. Here I’ll discuss the next step which is developing your book’s topic into a compelling narrative that appeals to your audience. Identify the core of your idea At the heart of every great nonfiction book is a central idea that needs to be expanded to create a satisfying result for the reader. To begin the process of developing your topic, consider what the core message is that you want to convey. It could revolve…

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Why now is the ideal time to write your book

“I’m bored!” I keep hearing from friends and relatives who are holed up indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Honestly! I’ve only been bored in two situations in my life. One was being stuck in a dead-end job I couldn’t wait to leave. The other is every time I’ve been stuck in traffic that was barely moving. Never bored at home At home, I have more than enough projects to occupy my attention for a lifetime—at least what time I have left. There’s always housework and yard work, two never-ending projects. I ALWAYS have papers everywhere that need sorting, filing, and tossing! How about every closet, drawer, and storage unit in the house that haven’t been sorted and cleaned out for years? Not to mention the books, DVDs, and infinite programs on…

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Book Review – Read Books All Day & Get Paid for It: The Business of Book Coaching by Jennie Nash

Who wouldn’t want to read books all day and get paid for it? I know I do. And as a book coach, I do just that. Although I’d like to do more of it.  So I sought out this book to build my book coaching business as I was impressed by the author, Jennie Nash’s, website. Not only is she a book coach, but she has a successful intensive book coach training program and lots of other activities going on. I found Read Books All Day & Get Paid For It to be a small book with a big punch! It has just about everything you ever wanted to know about book coaching and didn’t know where to find it.  All about book coaching The topics Jennie…

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Book Review – Backwards Book Launch: Reverse Engineer Your Book and Unlock Its Hidden 6-Figure Potential by Michelle Kulp

As a book coach, copyeditor, ghostwriter, and bestselling author, I’ve bought and read dozens of books about how to write, publish, and market books. Writing is my strong suit, marketing not so much. Some of these books are published merely to promote the author’s other books or products, and some don’t really have all that much content. Michelle Kulp clarifies that her book teaches WHAT to do, not HOW to do it. So that set me up for knowing what I was getting. And I got a lot!  Michelle’s credentials Since she has helped over 150 authors with their book launches and many have become #1 bestselling authors, Michelle is the real deal! She’s someone readers can feel confident they could learn from and turn…

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Why I’m a fan of ebooks

With an ebook, you start with your idea, check the competition, write your short ebook of 30-50 pages, have it edited, and upload it to Amazon and other booksellers. You can do this all for only several hundred dollars (mostly for the editing) and in a short amount of time. 

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