Learn how to take your work to the next level with this informative guide on the craft, business, and lifestyle of writing With warmth and humor, Paulette Perhach welcomes you into the writer’s life as someone who has once been on the outside looking in. Like a freshman orientation for writers, this book includes an in-depth exploration of all the elements of being a writer—from your writing practice to your reading practice, from your writing craft to the all-important and often-overlooked business of writing. In Welcome to the Writer’s Life, you will learn how to tap into the powers of crowdsourcing and social media to grow your writing career. Perhach also unpacks the latest research on success, gamification, and lifestyle design, demonstrating how you can use these findings to further improve your writing projects. Complete with exercises, tools, checklists, infographics, and behind-the-scenes tips from working writers of all types, this book offers everything you need to jump-start a successful writing life.

Build your author empire and become the AUTHORity in your niche. When it's done right, becoming a published author lends you credibility and establishes you as an expert. Writing and publishing a book to represent your brand opens doors to new opportunities and expansion for your business. In Authorpreneur, Shanda Trofe not only guides you through the process of creating a high-quality book that sets you up for long-term success, but also how to build your author empire with your book as the foundation, to gain credibility and become an authority in your area of expertise. You'll also learn how to: - Write your non-fiction book in seven easy-to-follow steps - Structure your content in a way that ultimately turns your readers into clients - Develop your brand, find your target audience, and create a tribe of devoted fans - Build your author platform and grow your list so you have a warm audience in which to market your books, products and services - Ways to repurpose and expand on your content to create companion products and offers such as online courses, speaking engagements, workshops, mentoring and coaching programs, and much more - The best ways to promote your book, products, and services to set yourself up for long-lasting success as an authorpreneur! *Updated and expanded second edition.

" ... includes the business models of writing non-fiction, the details of how to research, write and edit your book, as well as publishing, product creation and marketing."--Cover.

Are You Afraid of the Dark Rum? is a tongue in cheek cocktail book for the former '90s kid and those just discovering how cool old-school Nickelodeon and Delia's once were. With recipes for alcoholic versions of childhood favorites like Ecto-Cooler and Mondo as well as creative pop-culture inspired originals like the Rum and Stimpy and Semi-Warmed Kind of Cider, this is a perfectly giftable mix of humor, nostalgia, and tasty recipes.

How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days Fourth Edition Ideal for consultants, workshop leaders, speakers, or freelance writers, who want to write a solid first draft of a non-fiction book - in 60 days Want to write a non-fiction book? Learn how to take your book from inspiration to completion in days, not years. Do you have a book just waiting to come out? Are you procrastinating because you think it will take you years to write? This book will show you how to write a comprehensive first draft - a draft you can send to an agent or publisher or one you can edit and self-publish - in 60 days. Written by successful freelance writer, author, and writing instructor Paul Lima, How To Write A Non-fiction Book In 60 Days takes you, step-by-step, from your book idea to a detailed chapter-by-chapter outline, to a solid first draft - in 60 days. In addition, 60 Days includes two bonus chapters: one on constructing effective sentences and paragraphs and one on self-publishing using print on demand (POD) and e-book distributors that get your book in all major online retailers, at no cost to you*. "This readable little book tells you everything you need to know to write your nonfiction book. Paul Lima's insights and recommendations can easily save you months, maybe years, of frustration. If you want to write a nonfiction book you owe it to yourself to read this book." - Tony Levelle, freelance writer

How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days Fourth Edition Ideal for consultants, workshop leaders, speakers, or freelance writers, who want to write a solid first draft of a non-fiction book - in 60 days Want to write a non-fiction book? Learn how to take your book from inspiration to completion in days, not years. Do you have a book just waiting to come out? Are you procrastinating because you think it will take you years to write? This book will show you how to write a comprehensive first draft - a draft you can send to an agent or publisher or one you can edit and self-publish - in 60 days. Written by successful freelance writer, author, and writing instructor Paul Lima, How To Write A Non-fiction Book In 60 Days takes you, step-by-step, from your book idea to a detailed chapter-by-chapter outline, to a solid first draft - in 60 days. In addition, 60 Days includes two bonus chapters: one on constructing effective sentences and paragraphs and one on self-publishing using print on demand (POD) and e-book distributors that get your book in all major online retailers, at no cost to you*.

Jack Hart, master writing coach and former managing editor of the Oregonian, has guided several Pulitzer Prize–winning narratives to publication. Since its publication in 2011, his book Storycraft has become the definitive guide to crafting narrative nonfiction. This is the book to read to learn the art of storytelling as embodied in the work of writers such as David Grann, Mary Roach, Tracy Kidder, and John McPhee. In this new edition, Hart has expanded the book’s range to delve into podcasting and has incorporated new insights from recent research into storytelling and the brain. He has also added dozens of new examples that illustrate effective narrative nonfiction. This edition of Storycraft is also paired with Wordcraft, a new incarnation of Hart’s earlier book A Writer’s Coach, now also available from Chicago.