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« Previous EntriesKnow When to Call a Ghostwriter by Dan Poynter
Thursday, September 4th, 2008You do not have to be a writer to be an author.
According to a recent New York Times article, “On any given week, up to a half of the books on any non-fiction best-seller list are written by someone other than the name on the book.” The reason is simple: being an expert, an eyewitness, […]
Writing without Interruption by Dan Poynter
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008Good writing requires concentration. Interruptions often occur when you are deep in thought and producing your best work.
Emergencies such as earthquakes, fire, and flood are interruptions we can accept. We may even weave the unexpected experience into our future work. Telephone calls, visitors and unnecessary questions are interruptions that may make a writer a bit […]
Writing Books @ The Speed of Thought by Dan Poynter
Saturday, July 5th, 2008Books are changing—for the better. There is a New Model for book writing, producing, selling and promoting. Now you can break into print faster, easier and cheaper. One part of this revolutionary change is in book writing.
Gone are the days of manuscript boxes holding boring sheets of paper with double-spaced lines in Courier typeface. Gone […]
Time to Write by Dan Poynter
Saturday, June 7th, 2008How long does it take to write a book? That’s like asking “how much is a car?” It depends on a great many things. According to Brenner Information Group, on the average, it takes 475 hours to write fiction books and 725 hours to write nonfiction. Subscribers to Writer’s Digest magazine spend 12.64 hours writing […]
Stay in One Field . . . And own it. by Dan Poynter
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Once you select your subject. Stick to it; stay in one field. Too many authors and author-publisher-speakers write a book on a subject they know well—aimed at their own (reachable) field. With this formula, the book is a success, and they suddenly think selling books is easy, so they write about a totally different subject. […]
