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Maybe you are thinking about it. Maybe you don’t know it it’s worth it. A book coach can help you save time, frustration, and money down the drain because you will stop book writing, publishing, and promotion mistakes before they start.

Here’s some common mistakes and how you can avoid them.

One. Emerging authors don’t know their book’s purpose. Answer the question why your are writing it? For fame, fortune? To answer a challenge? To brand your business and make money? To entertain?

Two. Emerging authors don’t know what their preferred audience wants. They just have an idea and start writing in a kind of automatic voice. If fiction, who is your audience? Do they mainly want entertainment? If self-help, what benefits will your reader get after they read your book? Where is your audience so you can promote to them? Online?

It’s always best to write the book your audience wants rather than

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Finding something to write about can be frustrating for all writers from time to time.

I have made a list of a few suggestions for those days when the well seems to be running dry…

I hope these ideas may provide some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing again.

Some of these suggestions are based on personal experience and the incredible gift that God gave women of being able to bear children, which makes us uniquely qualified to write about some topics that nobody but mothers can truly understand and utilize as potential article topics.

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Ideas Just For Mothers

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Themes associated pregnancy, labor, post-partum issues, breastfeeding, potty training, motherhood, and similar subjects related to children and parenting in general. Most of our experiences as mothers can be transformed into articles of interest to other mothers and publications that target this specialized market.

Think about how you felt the day you went into labor, what

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Writing poetry can be a phenomenal method for writers to reduce stress in their life.

If you can utilize your personal wisdom and individual insights into life to produce poems about real experiences, you may actually achieve two goals:

The elimination of stress - by putting your feelings into words on paper

The dream of getting published - because your poetry will be heartfelt and thus meaningful to others too

Many renowned poets were motivated to write from their own life experiences.

Your unique perception of every day occurrences can be transformed into practical advice and publishable poetry. Poems can be written about almost any subject you can imagine.

Contrary to common belief, poetry does not necessarily have to rhyme. It can written in various forms, as long as it conveys meaning, produces a picture in the eyes of your readers, stimulates people in some way

Think about the following scenarios in YOUR LIFE:

Consider your latest personal

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Proofreading is a career which many people are looking to get into, but often the knowledge of what to do, when to do it, and especially how to do it is hard to come by. For that reason, there are many things that are important to know in order to succeed, as the career path is not simple at all. It is important to have as much information as possible to put you ahead of others in the game! Here are some tips of proofreading here that will help anyone.

Proofreading may seem simple, but the you must be able to read well and also be able to spot spelling mistakes. Simple mistakes can ruin the copy. There are certain words that are often misspelled. Others are typing errors. Some individuals can flip flop word order or even make really grammatical errors. Here are some other common problems to look for.

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Did you know that your back cover information is, after the cover, the best way to sell more books? And, that most authors, emerging and experienced, miss this opportunity to engage more potential buyers?

Your book’s front cover and sizzling title must impress your buyers in four-eight seconds. If they like it, they will spend ten or so seconds on your back covera great opportunity to convince them that your book is necessary for their success.

Does your back cover pass the test?

Best Solutions to the Biggest Mistakes

1. Mistake: Too many non-powerful words and too busy to have a focus.

Solutions: A back cover of 6 by 9 inches should have fewer than 70 words. Use sound bites; picture and emotional words; benefits, not features; and testimonials to capture your readers’ attention to keep your message focused. Make every word count and be willing to get five-fifteen edits.

2. Mistake: Too much superfluous material

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A clever title is great if it is clear, but a clear title is always preferable. The best? A clear and clever title. A shorter title is better than a longer one. Your reader will spend only four seconds on the cover. While some long titles have succeeded, usually the shorter, the better.

A title is part of your book’s front cover. Busy buyers including
bookstore buyers, wholesalers, distributors and your audiences
buy mainly because of the cover. Dan Poynter, author of Writing
Nonfiction, says, “The package outside sells the product inside.”
Make your cover sizzle.

Start with a working title before you write your chapters. Include
your topic, your subject and use the book’s benefits in your sub
title if possible. Here’s your ten tips for titles that sell:

1. Create impact for your title-check out magizine print and radio ad headlines.

Check out other authors’ titles on the bookstore

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If you are not a successful author yet, incorporate the following 10 Secrets:

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A story that doesn’t challenge the writer won’t challenge the reader either.

Every writing whether it is an article, an essay, a short story, or a novel must challenge the author if it is to challenge the reader, and if it does not do this, then it will be ignored and disregarded.

How must it challenge the writer? It must do so on several levels. First the topic must be one that interests the author. If the author writes without fascination for his or her subject, it will quickly become apparent.

The second challenge is to write in a style that is appropriate to the subject. An informal style is suitable for some kinds of writing and not for other.

Third, the information must be relevant, appropriate, and significant. This is probably the writer’s most challenging aspect of writing.

If the writing does all this for the author, then it will do as much for

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To customize your bio for consideration for a speaking engagement, start with your basic boilerplate bio that covers all the essentials. Remember I don’t care where you went to school or how many years you have been in business. I want to know “what have you done for me lately.” Are you savvy with today’s current “hot button” issues? Convey that in your bio.

Spice it up with names that create resonance. For example, I have spoken at the White House (twice). That always opens doors for me. Have you been involved with some household name recognition project or company? Make sure to mention that in your bio.

What impresses you in someone’s bio? For me it’s always if they have written a book (not self-published -although that is a great way to start.) Give me strong sound bites without the fluff. There are certain compelling phrases the will always generate interest.

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1. No one else will do it for you.

2. No one else knows the stories of you life quite like you do. Do you want them to tell it?

3. This is an opportunity to share knowledge, wisdom and advice to those who would be inspired to
learn from us.

4. When we record something, we remember more.

5. By reflection and recording we are able to gain a deeper appreciation for all the surrounding
happenings that influenced our decisions and experiences.

6. A life examined and recorded is twice precious, first the experience itself and then the memories it
evokes when we read about it later.

7. Everyone has a story to tell. We each have a unique view of history from our own perspective.

8. There is an inner need in each of us to be remembered. To reflect and to see that our lives had
value.

9. We want to be remembered by descendants as a real person

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