by Steve Spillman | Aug 10, 2022 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
Is this your year? Is this the year you will become a published author? That’s what I want for you. This year (at least until we’re done) I’m going to begin at the beginning of the writer’s process and take you through to a finished book with...
by Steve Spillman | Jun 2, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
If you’ve been writing your book through the steps in this series, ‘How to Write a Book in 30 Days’, the chapters in your manuscript should be fleshed out and researched, each one of them complete in expressing its own complete sub-idea within the ‘big...
by Steve Spillman | Feb 13, 2014 | blog, How to write a book in 30 days |
Now that you’ve got your PostIt notes or index cards arranged in a logical progression, like stepping stones leading down the path you want to take the reader, it’s time to put those ‘stepping stones into an outline. An outline is basically arranging your ‘stepping...
by Steve Spillman | Dec 15, 2013 | blog, Goals, Marketing |
I communicate with a lot of authors and soon-to-be authors each week. We talk through strategies and ideas on how best to share their work with readers, we talk about the state of the publishing industry, Christian publishing in particular, and how technology has...
by Steve Spillman | Jul 16, 2013 | blog, self-publishing |
Bonus Mistake #11: It’s ‘Foreword’ not ‘Forward’ You’ve read through this e-book. Congratulations! As a prize, here’s a bonus tip for you: This mistake I didn’t list in Ten Biggest Mistakes Self-Published Authors Make, but it’s a...
by Steve Spillman | Jul 9, 2013 | blog, self-publishing |
Mistake #10: I’m an Author! My Student Days are over! I imagine you put a lot of research into writing your book. I know I did. I spent more time reading than I did writing. At almost every turn in my writing, I had to stop, research the topic, find a fact or confirm...
by Steve Spillman | Jul 2, 2013 | blog, self-publishing |
Mistake #9: I’m a Star! My Fans will Come to Me! Now that you’ve finished writing your book, now that it’s published, your job as an author is over, right? Now it’s time for you to sit back and enjoy the success your book will have among the masses and the...
by Steve Spillman | Jun 25, 2013 | blog, self-publishing |
Mistake #8:Â Publishers are All Crooks! I Can Represent Myself! Which brings up my next point: yes, it can seem that publishers are all crooks. Publishers are in business, and the point of business is to make a profit. And, concerning your book, your publisher is...
by Steve Spillman | Jun 18, 2013 | blog, self-publishing |
Mistake #7: I Don’t Need Distribution, I’ve Got Amazon! Okay, I just said that ‘you alone are responsible for your success.’ I get that. I started in this business as an author. Now I’m a publisher: I know better than most, the limits of ‘distribution.’ First,...
