Even lazy procrastinators can write

Are you too lazy or too much of a procrastinator to write a book or even to start one? The hardest part of writing a book (or any

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How do you find time to write?

Whether you're writing a blog post or a book, you've likely had at least one grumble about how hard it is to "find" time to write. Why is

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Point of view – which one should you use?

Point of view is something that every fiction writer must make a conscious choice about and only some nonfiction writers (these include writers of nonfiction books, blogs, newsletters,

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Publishing my book and audio book by Vie Portland

From Eyes to EarsI’m Vie Portland and I’ve published my book, La Vie Est Belle: Learning to live hopefully ever after, as both a book and an audiobook.

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Clean up your text: Revision, beta readers, editor (25 hours)

Once you finish your messy draft, you need to clean up your text before you send your book to be formatted for publication!These four steps for doing this

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Your messy draft (40 hours)

Writing your messy draft, aka first draft, is by far the most time consuming part of the process. The main challenges you'll face at this stage are in

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You can be an author: The myth of the natural writer

You - right now, today - have what it takes to be an author. If you're not, could this myth be getting in your way?When you hear that

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Do you know enough to write a book?

Would-be authors ask me whether they know enough to write a book all the time. It’s in the top 3 concerns people have about writing a book –

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Quick fix pitfalls for authors

If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ve seen a lot from me about how to make writing easier and how to keep your book from

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5 Reasons You Need to Write a Book

Whether you’ve ever written a book or not, on some level you know you should write (another) one. Books allow you to be more expansive than other information

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