By Elaine L. Orr
I’m going to do something I don’t usually do in a blog anymore, which is publicize a free book.
Let’s assume you would like to write some fiction or nonfiction. The issue is whether you can add that to your plate, or if next year would be better. There’s always next year, right? Next year always comes, but not with more than 24 hours in each day.
Sharing What I’ve Learned
That’s why I wrote Writing When Time is Scarce and Getting the Work Published. It’s free for a few days, and the Kindle version is only 99 cents in all countries. If you don’t read this post right away, it’s still a bargain for you. The paperback is also inexpensive because I didn’t write this book to make money. I wrote it to share what I learned in a way that may help other writers.
If you think you have, “no time,” you may be able to rethink your activities and pare down some responsibilities or hobbies. Perhaps this book will help you get a better sense of time involved in writing blogs or books (or anything else). Then you can figure out what to cut or reprioritize.
The Most Basic Point
One thing is definite. If you allocate a certain time of the day or given day to writing, you are more likely to make progress. If you let those most close to you know you plan to write a few hours per week, you can more easily designate time to do so.
What you don’t want is to reach a certain age and say, “If only I’d started earlier.”
This book will help you figure out it’s not about turning your life upside down. It could be about two more hours per week. If you can find it, I can show you how to go from rough draft to published author — whether you do all the work yourself or work with a publisher. Check out the chapters:
1. Thinking Through the Writing Option
2 Setting Aside Time & Resources to Write
3 The Publishing Environment
4 Options for Types of Writing
5. Feedback and Proofing
6 Types of Publishers and Questions for Them
7. If You Do Decide to Self-Publish
8 Preparing to Publish: Ebook Formatting
9. Paperbacks with Amazon KDP
10. Paperbacks with Barnes and Noble and Ingram Spark
11. Online Tools To Create Book Covers
12. Business Basics of Retail Accounts
13. How Retail Sales Sites Differ
14. Loading Ebooks to Online Retailers
15. Producing Audiobooks
16. Selling What You Write
17. BONUS CHAPTER! Articles, Short Stories, and Blogs: Brief Can be Mighty
Why should you read a book I’ve written?
For years I wrote in bits and pieces because I had busy jobs. Most of those early products will never see daylight, but they did teach me a lot about writing. I kept reading books on writing, taking classes and…writing. Finally, I was ready to publish — and put out 25 book in 7 years (I’m now up to 31.).
Your path may be different, but the route doesn’t start until you make the time to write.
Ready, set, write!
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