Organizing Your How-to or Self-Help Book for Maximum Impact
While there is an overwhelming amount of unsalable personal testimonies or memoirs, the author submitting this kind of book could easily remedy that problem by revising their book and forming it into a how-to or self-help book based on principles they learned by overcoming the difficulties in their life.
What Exactly Does a Nonfiction Content Editor Do?—My Process
One day in preparation to train a new editor, I wrote down my process for editing a nonfiction manuscript. If you want to know what to expect when working with me as an author, or if you are an aspiring editor interested in my process, here it is. Check it out. See what you think.
10 Ways to Make Rejection Work for You
Many times we overcome the fear of rejection and walk right in with our ideas, but what we don’t get rid of is the residue of rejection on the way out—the bitterness or low self-worth that is left over from the rejection. Handling rejection properly is the difference between being jaded, cynical, apathetic, and desperate and being confident, present, and amazingly successful. Here are ten ways I think you can filter out the negative residue of rejection and find yourself coming out on top.