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Impact with Story
You don’t have to be a speaker or coach already to really make an impact with your story. Plenty of people are sharing how they overcame a challenge in their personal or professional lives and are helping others. You might initially think that you have to be a business owner to write a book and impact a lot of people, but the truth is that all it takes is a big dream and small goals
Writing with Joy
Those bumps in the road aren’t nearly as exciting to talk about as the smooth path and the beautiful scenery. But they ARE necessary. They are part of your story. We tend to get in our heads about the challenges we go through, wondering how to share them and if readers really want to know about them. We certainly don’t want readers to feel worse after reading our book than they did before! Here’s a
The Real Purpose of Your Book
Do you ever think about why you’re writing a book in the first place? Honestly, it should be one of the first things you do! But let’s step back and look at the big why: impact.
Copyright Questions
As a publisher, I get a lot of questions about how written work is protected from theft. We copyright our books–the proper way–to make sure that our authors’ retain rights to their work. You might have seen the little C in a circle beside titles on various documents or on the copyright page of a book. That’s a good thing! But it’s definitely not the whole story. Check out this video to get some of
Social Media Best Practices
This is a hot topic for us at ACP right now, as we’re launching more and more authors and helping them get their books out to the world. What we’ve found is that, even though many of our authors already have an online presence, they need a little help working their book into it. So if you don’t have an online presence yet, it can be doubly confusing and frustrating! I interviewed my colleague Kelli
Tips for Writing Children’s Books
If I had a dollar for every person who told me they want to write a children’s book … It’s a pretty popular genre, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Yes, the books are shorter, but that means that you have to choose your words and your message more carefully to make the impact and keep the littles reading! Learn more about how to captivate your audience and write a great kids’ book in this
Long Story Short
Do you ever catch yourself saying “long story short,” making sure your audience knows that you know it’s a long story but you’re doing the best you can to sum it up? Maybe you should write a book … The problem with thinking that you can just luxuriously take all the pages you need to tell that story instead of keeping it short is that you need to consider a few things to keep the
How to Expertly Utilize Vulnerability in Your Writing
I absolutely love that we talk about “vulnerability” so much today, but we need to address how it’s used in our writing. It’s not airing your dirty laundry or a full-on gripe fest about what happened. It’s not about complaining, shaming, or blaming, but rather about owning our truth. It’s about opening up, being raw and real, and connecting on a deeper level. In this month’s blog, I share some of my favorite tips for
How to Decide if a Group Book is Right for You
Anthologies–group books–have become really popular over the past couple years. You might be looking for one to join or have been invited to one already! Of course, you have to decide if you want to do it, but that decision shouldn’t just be based on the dollar amount to participate (and no, it’s not unreasonable for an anthology leader to ask you to pay to join). There are several things to consider before signing the
When Should You Launch Your Book
If you’re dreaming of the day you have your book in your hands, then you may have an entire image in your head . . . the season, what you’re wearing, who is there. But before you dig too deep into this daydream, there are some things you have to consider about when the right time is to launch YOUR specific book! It’s different for everyone.
Impact with Story
You don’t have to be a speaker or coach already to really make an impact with your story. Plenty of people are sharing how they overcame a challenge in their personal or professional lives and are helping others. You might initially think that you have to be a business owner to write a book and impact a lot of people, but the truth is that all it takes is a big dream and small goals
Writing with Joy
Those bumps in the road aren’t nearly as exciting to talk about as the smooth path and the beautiful scenery. But they ARE necessary. They are part of your story. We tend to get in our heads about the challenges we go through, wondering how to share them and if readers really want to know about them. We certainly don’t want readers to feel worse after reading our book than they did before! Here’s a
The Real Purpose of Your Book
Do you ever think about why you’re writing a book in the first place? Honestly, it should be one of the first things you do! But let’s step back and look at the big why: impact.
Copyright Questions
As a publisher, I get a lot of questions about how written work is protected from theft. We copyright our books–the proper way–to make sure that our authors’ retain rights to their work. You might have seen the little C in a circle beside titles on various documents or on the copyright page of a book. That’s a good thing! But it’s definitely not the whole story. Check out this video to get some of
Social Media Best Practices
This is a hot topic for us at ACP right now, as we’re launching more and more authors and helping them get their books out to the world. What we’ve found is that, even though many of our authors already have an online presence, they need a little help working their book into it. So if you don’t have an online presence yet, it can be doubly confusing and frustrating! I interviewed my colleague Kelli
Tips for Writing Children’s Books
If I had a dollar for every person who told me they want to write a children’s book … It’s a pretty popular genre, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Yes, the books are shorter, but that means that you have to choose your words and your message more carefully to make the impact and keep the littles reading! Learn more about how to captivate your audience and write a great kids’ book in this
Long Story Short
Do you ever catch yourself saying “long story short,” making sure your audience knows that you know it’s a long story but you’re doing the best you can to sum it up? Maybe you should write a book … The problem with thinking that you can just luxuriously take all the pages you need to tell that story instead of keeping it short is that you need to consider a few things to keep the
How to Expertly Utilize Vulnerability in Your Writing
I absolutely love that we talk about “vulnerability” so much today, but we need to address how it’s used in our writing. It’s not airing your dirty laundry or a full-on gripe fest about what happened. It’s not about complaining, shaming, or blaming, but rather about owning our truth. It’s about opening up, being raw and real, and connecting on a deeper level. In this month’s blog, I share some of my favorite tips for
How to Decide if a Group Book is Right for You
Anthologies–group books–have become really popular over the past couple years. You might be looking for one to join or have been invited to one already! Of course, you have to decide if you want to do it, but that decision shouldn’t just be based on the dollar amount to participate (and no, it’s not unreasonable for an anthology leader to ask you to pay to join). There are several things to consider before signing the
When Should You Launch Your Book
If you’re dreaming of the day you have your book in your hands, then you may have an entire image in your head . . . the season, what you’re wearing, who is there. But before you dig too deep into this daydream, there are some things you have to consider about when the right time is to launch YOUR specific book! It’s different for everyone.