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The Art of Quitting

I must admit, I’ve hit a writer’s rut over these last few weeks. As I publicly admitted to some colleagues on a writer’s forum, my writing lately seems to be in grayscale. No life, no color,...

Existing Material – No Need to Reinvent the Wheel

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series The 7 Steps to Planning a Nonfiction Book Making Use of Existing Material Do you have to start from ground zero, staring at a blank piece of paper (or screen)? Probably...

Format and Genre: Who Are You, Where Do You Go?

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series The 7 Steps to Planning a Nonfiction Book Once upon a time … and they all lived happily ever after. The end. OK, fiction writing isn’t quite as formulaic as that,...

Topic and Message

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series The 7 Steps to Planning a Nonfiction Book     So here we are…step ONE. (drum roll please…) Okay, cheezy sound effects over. On to the topic at...

Getting Technical

It’s Wednesday, so time for another nonfiction genre discussion. For this week, we’re going to look at technical writing. If you’re anything like me, the term “technical writing”...
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