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Blog postBeat the Isolation Blues & Get Writing Your Pitch! Part One:
We hear it all the time – ‘I have a great book pitch, if only I had time…’ Well, the time is here. In fact, there has never been a more opportune time to get your book pitch on paper. There is this big idea out there that we all need to leave COVID-19-isolation better than we entered – we should be fitter, smarter, banana-bread making experts by the pandemic’s end.
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Blog postThere’s a new kid on the street… It’s Publishing 3.0 Independent or self-publishing content usually starts with a book, and some refer to Publishing 3.0 as a simple way to describe pure self-publishing. That means you just create your own book, sell it direct to your market and by-pass all the middle men and women, and use only self publishing platforms such as your own website and shopping cart systems. However, I argue that there’s lot more to it than that. For years, traditional publisher
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Blog postI was loving the people watching experiences of traveling on the London Underground last night. My first time back in this city for a few years, and nothing much had changed aside from the prevalence of smart phones being such a big distraction. There were still people putting on makeup, looking bored, reading a newspaper, […]
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Blog postWe were driving through long country roads – my four friends and I – and it was the end of a fun reunion girls weekend. The topics of conversation strayed to Sex and how much we may or may not be having, some of us partnered up and some of us single, and the answered […]
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Blog postThe authors we work with are non-fiction specialists, and the majority of whom speak professionally or conduct training as part of their business. For them, books are part of their marketing collateral. In some cases they act as an extended business card, and for others, a giveaway or product to sell. What ever reason you have for writing a book, it’s essential to know that we as authors can better support each other. It’s easy for us to help ourselves by helping each other achieve highe
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Blog postIs your generosity sending you broke because your friends and family don’t know what you do, or don’t appreciate the commercial value of your expertise?
You know ‘stuff’, right? You’ve worked hard to get ahead, and now master of your own destiny as an expert at what you do. You get asked a lot about things you do and what you know, but often your friends or family are resistant to paying your fee for some of the following reasons:
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Blog postFor all parents who have been through that final stage of pregnancy and the birth of a child, you know that sometimes it’s a matter of things not always going to plan. Then finally, jubilation at the arrival of that new life, and the pain and anguish of the delivery are soon forgotten – well somewhat forgotten! […]
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Blog postOver the weekend, I got busy with a colleague’s book and we worked out a strategy for her to rise up from number 1-gazillienth to being a Number 1 Best-Seller on Amazon. ‘Wow! That’s no mean feat,’ I hear you say. Well for those of you who are familiar with the Amazon beast, you know that it does take a bit of taming. Some serious thought went into this project – not least due to the fact that the book has been out for a couple of years already, so we’d missed the magic 90-day window.
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Blog postAs an author not thinking about who your reader is, can be a major issue. This is not only Author-ship 101, it’s Marketing 101.
Up until only a decade or so ago, in terms of author marketing, it was OK to focus on going wide … targeting the general market. For example – women aged 25-45, who live in suburbia and work full time. Now, it’s a much better idea to niche down to really understand who exactly your reader(s) is likely to be. F
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Blog postWHY BOOKS ARE LIKE BABIES … I’ve often drawn a comparison to writing books as being like having a baby – you have no idea what it’s going to look like; whether you’ll end up going through the whole nine months and then under or over time at the end, or if the birthing process is going to be 52 minutes or 52 hours (my first born took that long to get here – he’s still a lover of slow and sleepy). The dramas you have as a parent after yo
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Blog postAs an author, you need more than just your own press to tell the world how great you are, or worthwhile your books are. You need to gather indisputable evidence that you’re great at what you do, and that you have bona fide fans, or an ability to back up your claims. But how to get this and what forms of Social Proof are available to you? Here’s how to get good social proof as an author, expert and leader in your field.
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Blog postOne of the biggest and most frustrating issues I hear about from all this new-style form of publishing as an indie author is around the issue of recording and then transcribing your words into a book. The growing use of great software that enables you to simply record your voice accurately, and have your text turned into a book, without editing in many instances, is the thing of nightmares for most serious writers and publishers. Regar
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Blog postDo you sometimes have those moments where you look at the person you’ve been dating for a while and wonder ‘is this ever going to work out?’ I bet you do, and it’s probably for such a wide range of reasons. Nothing is ever the same as before – the things you stress about, fight […]
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Blog postWhen Some Things Work Better…and Better as We Age! Let’s talk about TOUCH for a minute. Ever wondered if our bodies change much over time? Well we only have to glance in the mirror to see they do. But aside from appearance, let’s explore how they feel. I did a post some time ago around […]
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Blog postSome of our best thoughts come when we’re doing mundane things don’t they? I was busy just shampooing my hair today, loving the fragrance and feel of the new brand I just started using, when the concept of happiness and all it’s critical components bounced into my mind. I reflected on the simply fact that […]
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Blog postLorraine is single, after leaving Bryce 18 months ago. They’d been married for nearly 25 years, and most of that time they’d been more or less happy, discounting the many times he ignored her but happily commented on the way someone else’s wife had made herself look good lately, or joking about getting one over […]
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Blog postOne of the most challenging things about aging…. well actually there are just so many, how can we really start with just one? Everyone I talk to who is either over 50 or about to hit that magic number is in one of two camps. Either they’re terrified, because suddenly ‘middle age’ is reached and […]
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Blog postI write for both singles and couples, and this is one area I get called on a lot to have conversations about… so, I’m putting it out there at the start of this blog that this is not an issue affecting mostly men, or mostly women, or only singles, or only couples. It’s perhaps one […]
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Blog postA few months ago, I announced that I was releasing a new book…The book – simply titled, “That Sex Book” quickly took on a life of its own, and the main purpose for it (Igniting Conversations) was quickly and happily realised – conversations flowed; Like a torrent at times. For those who aren’t already aware […]
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Blog postI was listening to the radio the other morning and the subject of establishing trust was being discussed on air. Callers were invited in to say whether they thought it was good or bad to expect their partners to want free access to their social media accounts. The general consensus was that if you have […]
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Books By Dixie Maria Carlton
From Idea to Author-ity: Write, Publish, and Promote a Non-Fiction Book to Market Your Business
Aug 19, 2014
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