How to Turn Any Ebook into an Audiobook
I’m a huge fan of audiobooks. I spend two hours a day commuting to and from my day job, and audiobooks allow me to turn that otherwise wasted transit time into productive reading time. I try to cycle between a fiction book, a book on business, and a book on writer’s craft. Unfortunately, not every…
4 Tips for Getting the Most Out of An Online Summit
Online live-streaming technology continues to improve. As a result, more and more online summits are taking place, including summits focused on the world of writing and publishing. In June of 2016 alone, both Chandler Bolt’s Self-Publishing Summit and Jesse Krieger’s Book, Branding and Business Building Summit brought together dozens of writing and publishing experts. If you…
Joanna Wiebe on Copy Hacking – The Writing Coach 025
Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In episode 25 of The Writing Coach, I speak with copywriter and author Joanna Wiebe. Joanna is the brilliant mind behind Copy Hackers,…
Using Kindle Percentages to Help Revise Your Manuscript
This week I created an ebook version of my current work-in-progress to send to Beta readers. While reviewing the ebook in Kindle, I noticed the percent reading down in the corner of the page. This led to a realization regarding how I can use those percentages to aid in the revision of my book, and…
8 Simple Ways to Beef Up a Lean Manuscript (Without Adding Filler or Fluff)
You’ve completed the first draft of your novel and it has come in at around 50K words. But you were shooting for 80K. Now what? How do you beef up a lean manuscript? Where do you find 30,000 more words without just adding filler or fluff? Despair not my friend! Here’s 8 simple methods for…
How to Pivot with Jenny Blake – The Writing Coach 022
Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In episode 22 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author Jenny Blake. Jenny is a speaker, career coach, author and business strategist…
It depends…
There are a lot of “rules” when it comes to good writing. As a writing coach, I get asked questions about these rules a lot. “Should I cut my book’s prologue?” “Should I always avoid adverbs?” “Should all my sentences be in active voice?” “Should I never edit while drafting?” Here is the reality folks:…
What Writers Can Learn from the ‘Full House’ Revival
Last night Netflix launched the Full House revival, Fuller House. My wife, my three daughters, and I sat down to binge watch as many episodes as we could, and we had an absolute blast. It appears, however, the critics did not enjoy the show nearly as much as my family did. The critical consensus is…
Sinus Infection Blues, or How NOT to be a Productive Writer
I’ve done virtually no work for the last four days. I’ve had to postpone calls with clients, none of the manuscripts I’m working on have moved forward, and I haven’t yet started to create the webinar I am supposed to host three days from now. Most of the last four days were spent in bed…
An Introduction to Social Media Marketing for Authors
As an author, you already know that social media needs to be a vital component of your book marketing strategy. But you’re confused about how exactly you’re supposed to use Facebook and Twitter (let alone Pinterest and Snapchap) to sell your books and build an audience. Am I right? If so, I’d like to invite…
