Monday, October 31, 2011

Today is October 31st. Maybe that only means that it's Halloween to you, but to thousands of nonfiction writers it means they have just one day left until the start of the fifth annual Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) challenge.

Why should writers care about WNFIN? Writers, especially nonfiction writers and aspiring authors, should care if they have a nonfiction project they would like to get finished that they have:

• never started
• started and never finished

And they should care if it's their dream to become published nonfiction writers.

Here's why: WNFIN is a challenge that asks nonfiction writers to start and finish a work of nonfiction—an essay, article, book, etc.—in 30 days. However, it's accompanied by a 30-day blog filled with posts written by leading experts on nonfiction writing, publishing and promotion. So, while they write and try to meet their deadline, they learn how to meet their goals and realize their dreams.

By month's end they will have a draft or even a finished product they can self-publish or send off to an agent, editor or publisher. What could be better? And they only have to commit 30 days. Not bad…30 days to meet a goal or realize a dream?

This year, the WNFIN blog will feature posts by these leading experts:

• Mary Knipple, creativity coach
• David Rasch, Ph.D. author of The Blocked Writer's Book of the Dead
• Rochelle Melander, certified professional and author of Write-A-Thon
• Roger Parker, author and writing and publishing coach Linda Joy Myers, founder and president of the National Assoc. of Memoir Writers 
• Katharine Sands, literary agent, and author of Making the Perfect Pitch
• Verna Dreisbach, literary agent
• Mike Larsen, literary agent and author of How to Write a Book Proposal
• Jeff Hermann, literary agent and author of Write the Perfect Book Proposal
• Sue Collier, self-publishing expert and coauthor of The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, 5th Edition 
• Mark Coker, founder and CEO of Smashwords
• Joel Friedlander, book designer, the author of A Self-Publisher's Companion: Expert Advice for Authors Who Want to Publish
• John Kremer, book marketing expert and author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books
• Shane Birley, blog, web development and arts management specialist and co-author of Blogging for Dummies
• Philippa Gamse, web strategist and author of 42 Rules For A Web Presence That Wins
• Dana Lynn Smith, book marketing coach and author of How to Sell More Books on Amazon
• Susan Harrow, media coach, marketing strategist and author of Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul
• Stephanie Chandler, author of The Author's Guide to Building an Online Platform
• V. Michael Santoro, award winning author and content marketing specialist
• Linda Lee, website designer and Wordpress pro
• Kristin Lamb, author of the best-selling book We Are Not Alone--The Writer's Guide to Social Media

Additionally, for the first time this year WNFIN features teleseminars. The first one kicks off the challenge on November 1 at 7:00 PM EDT/4 PM PDT when WNFIN founder, Nina Amir, author of the forthcoming How to Blog a Book, Write, Publish and Promote Your Work One Post at a Time (Writer's Digest Books, april 2012), will interview Roger C. Parker, author of 41 business and how-to books. Parker's membership program, Published & Profitable, helps authors successfully write and publish their own books using his do-it-yourself writing resources like checklists, worksheets, and workbooks. The topic for the first WNFIN teleseminar will be "7 Time-Management Tips for Completing Your Book During November," an appropriate one for all those WNFIN participants trying to meet their November deadline. To register for the call, click here.

You can learn more about Write Nonfiction in November, here, or sign in and participate in Write Nonfiction in November here.

Nina Amir

CopyWright Communications

Los Gatos, CA

408-353-1943