Whether you are planning to hire production and publishing services, do-it-yourself (i.e. self-publish), engage a PR company, or work towards acceptance through main-stream publishing; the following information can prove very helpful in your journey.
So, what’s your story? Have you always dreamed of writing a book, perhaps sharing about a particular time in your life, or about things you’ve learned that you are passionate to pass onto others? Are you a business owner with a particular area of expertise?
Depending on how you are wired, you might be like many writers that feel they just ‘have to’ put pen to paper… they have something inside of them that just needs to ‘get out’ – and this can apply to non-fiction, as well as fiction.
You have a close-to-final manuscript, now what? I remember that feeling when I wrote and compiled Hearts Linked by Courage! I had so many questions. This week I’m going to share with you some of what I learned, providing you with a few key steps to take you from your final manuscript to a published book to help enlighten the publishing or self-publishing path.
What’s most important is that you select a process that is helpful to ‘you’, productive and as enjoyable as possible. Yes, I tend to be a bit of idealist. That said, I’ve had a lot of practice and successful experience finding the joy in the journey – although some days better wording would be ‘creating the joy’!
If this is something you’ve always wanted to do, the great thing is that it is quite attainable these days. But how and where do you to start? Here are some tips: 1) If you haven’t begun writing yet, try creating your preface first, outlining the intention of your message. Also, chunk your tasks into bite-size pieces, considering chapter titles and content, and build from there. 2) Know what your goals are for your book and 3) Hire a good editor, someone that ‘gets you and your message’.
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