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10 Reasons To Blog A Book Rather Than Write It
Los Gatos, CA
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
With the recent flurry of blogs turned into books, aspiring writers might want to consider blogging their books into existence. Lots of good reasons exist for doing so—only one of which involves being discovered by an agent or publisher and landing a big advance.
According to Nina Amir, author of the forthcoming book Don't Write That Book…Yet! 9 Ways to Make Sure Your Nonfiction Book Succeeds (Before You Actually Write It), aspiring writers who want to begin blogging a book should consider the following 10 reason for doing so:
1. You can publish as you write
2. You get exposure and build "platform"
3. It can give you expert status
4. Your writing gets read
5. To test market your idea
6. For the daily writing commitment
7. To get feedback on your writing
8. To make sure you complete your manuscript
9. You and your blog might get discovered!
10. To show what you've got…but not all you've got
Amir created a blog, called How to Blog a Book (www.howtoblogabook.com), as a way to demonstrate the ease with which a writer can blog a nonfiction book. Fiction writers can use many of the same principles to blog novels as well; however, my expertise lies in writing, editing and publishing nonfiction books.
The posts in the blog offer readers information on how they can write their own book via a blog. By reading the blog, you can follow Amir along as she blog her own book–a book about how to blog a book. The posts offer information based on her knowledge as a freelance nonfiction book editor, writing coach and publishing mentor. She also write 4 other blogs and an internet column.
In How to Blog a Book, Amir recommends that nonfiction writers who choose to blog a book go through what she calls the proposal process to evaluate their blogged book idea. This is outlined in her blog, as are a variety of other necessary tools and tips for blogging.
Amir is a seasoned journalist, nonfiction editor, author, consultant, and writing coach and publishing mentor with more than 30 years of experience in the publishing field as well as the founder of Write Nonfiction in November, a blog and writing challenge. Currently, she also serves as the national Jewish Issue Examiner.
Amir holds a BA in magazine journalism from Syracuse University's S.I Newhouse School of Public Communication with a concentration in psychology. An award winning journalist, she has edited or written for more than 45 local, national and international magazines, newspapers, e-zines, and newsletters on a full-time or freelance basis producing hundreds of articles. Her essays have been published in five anthologies and can be found in numerous e-zines and Internet article directories.
She also has a proven track record as a book editor; one of Amir's client's books (Enlightened Leadership) was self-published and then purchased and re-released verbatim by Simon & Schuster (Fireside) and another (Radical Forgiveness) won the 1998 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Award (Inspirational category), received a contract from William Morrow but remained self-published and went on to sell over 115,000 copies; recently Radical Forgiveness was purchased by Sounds True. Another of her client's books (Finding Heaven Here) recently was purchased by O-Books, a fast-growing British publisher. She also edits and consults on book proposals; her client's nonfiction book proposals are regularly accepted by literary agents.
You can find more information about her and links to all her blogs at www.copywrightcommunications.com.
According to Nina Amir, author of the forthcoming book Don't Write That Book…Yet! 9 Ways to Make Sure Your Nonfiction Book Succeeds (Before You Actually Write It), aspiring writers who want to begin blogging a book should consider the following 10 reason for doing so:
1. You can publish as you write
2. You get exposure and build "platform"
3. It can give you expert status
4. Your writing gets read
5. To test market your idea
6. For the daily writing commitment
7. To get feedback on your writing
8. To make sure you complete your manuscript
9. You and your blog might get discovered!
10. To show what you've got…but not all you've got
Amir created a blog, called How to Blog a Book (www.howtoblogabook.com), as a way to demonstrate the ease with which a writer can blog a nonfiction book. Fiction writers can use many of the same principles to blog novels as well; however, my expertise lies in writing, editing and publishing nonfiction books.
The posts in the blog offer readers information on how they can write their own book via a blog. By reading the blog, you can follow Amir along as she blog her own book–a book about how to blog a book. The posts offer information based on her knowledge as a freelance nonfiction book editor, writing coach and publishing mentor. She also write 4 other blogs and an internet column.
In How to Blog a Book, Amir recommends that nonfiction writers who choose to blog a book go through what she calls the proposal process to evaluate their blogged book idea. This is outlined in her blog, as are a variety of other necessary tools and tips for blogging.
Amir is a seasoned journalist, nonfiction editor, author, consultant, and writing coach and publishing mentor with more than 30 years of experience in the publishing field as well as the founder of Write Nonfiction in November, a blog and writing challenge. Currently, she also serves as the national Jewish Issue Examiner.
Amir holds a BA in magazine journalism from Syracuse University's S.I Newhouse School of Public Communication with a concentration in psychology. An award winning journalist, she has edited or written for more than 45 local, national and international magazines, newspapers, e-zines, and newsletters on a full-time or freelance basis producing hundreds of articles. Her essays have been published in five anthologies and can be found in numerous e-zines and Internet article directories.
She also has a proven track record as a book editor; one of Amir's client's books (Enlightened Leadership) was self-published and then purchased and re-released verbatim by Simon & Schuster (Fireside) and another (Radical Forgiveness) won the 1998 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Award (Inspirational category), received a contract from William Morrow but remained self-published and went on to sell over 115,000 copies; recently Radical Forgiveness was purchased by Sounds True. Another of her client's books (Finding Heaven Here) recently was purchased by O-Books, a fast-growing British publisher. She also edits and consults on book proposals; her client's nonfiction book proposals are regularly accepted by literary agents.
You can find more information about her and links to all her blogs at www.copywrightcommunications.com.
Nina Amir
President
CopyWright Communications
Los Gatos, CA
408-353-1943
