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My name is Katherine. I am 17 years old and attend high school in Ferndale, Washington. One of the requirements for me to be able to graduate is complete a senior culminating project, and I chose to write a book. One of my learning goals includes finding out exactly what it takes to get a book published. I was wondering if you could help me to get the answers I am looking for.
Boy, you asked a big question! Just about everything I’ve written on my blog and various websites are geared toward answering your question. Many of my teleseminars also talk about what it takes to get published, especially the one I did with Terry Whalin at www.askaboutpublishing.com.
So I suggest you poke around my sites, especially this blog. Also, get the Author Success Plan. That 5-part minicourse is packed with insider’s tips on publishing and being a successful author gleaned from my 30+ years in publishing. It answers your question and shows you where to start: With the A-B-C’s of becoming a successful author.
Basically, it boils down to: Read More→
I’m so excited about this week’s PCW teleseminar …
I’ve been working secretly on something for some time, and on this week’s Publishing Coach Weekly teleseminar, you’re going to be the first to know about it, before anyone else!
(Don’t worry, this won’t cost you anything, and you ARE going to love it!)
Here’s a hint: It has to do with my goal for you–to become a successful author.
On this teleseminar, I talk about what that means, AND tell you about this exciting Thing that you will be the FIRST to know about. (It’s not even up on my site or anything yet!)
A few weeks ago, I interviewed Charlene Baumbich about being a successful author. (If you haven’t heard that yet, you might want to do so at www.publishingcoachweekly.com/teleseminarreplays.html.) But I myself have a lot to say about this topic, and I can’t wait to share it with you!
If you have any question at all about what it takes to become a successful author, please ask it here.
The call-in details can be found on that page, or if you don’t have any question for now, just go here to get call-in details or listen to the replay.
Testing Your Book Idea, Finding a Market, More (Publishing Coach Weekly Coaching Call)
Posted by: Diane | Comments (0)Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific is your opportunity to get your question answered about writing, publishing, or promoting a book on the next Publishing Coach Weekly teleseminar.
Each Publishing Coach Weekly teleseminar is held at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific, for 30-45 minutes. Here you can ask your question, before or during the call. You can also get your Action/Resource Guide the day of the call. (Replays available within 48 hours at www.publishingcoachweekly.com/teleseminarreplays.html.)
The questions I plan to answer include:
- “Are there any ways to test the idea(s) one would have for a book? No sense working hard on a manuscript if it wouldn’t have market appeal.”-Barb
- “What are some good strategies for determining market interest as well as gaps in the existing book market?”–Lynne
- “If you were to write a book, how would you rank the most important things to spend time and money on? (Topic would sell or not, market, title, cover, content, etc.–not marketing, website, etc.–just the book…)”–Johnny
Plus I’ll tell you what I think is the most important quality you need to become a successful author.
It’s all here.
