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Writing to Heal, Inspire, and Create Your Legacy: From Expressive Writing to Crafting Your Memoir

Stephanie Chandler — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:14:49 +0000

As a life-long journal keeper, I’ve experienced the healing power of writing first-hand. After losing my husband to suicide in 2010, journaling was a powerful way to process the complex feelings I was experiencing. I continue to turn to my journal to sort through all kinds of emotions and challenges, and I’m not alone in […]

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How to Write a Commercially Viable Memoir – Webinar Replay

Stephanie Chandler — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 22:49:53 +0000

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Initial Thoughts on ChatGPT and Other AI Writing Tools by Carla King

Caitlin Segura — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:30:46 +0000

Recently, I experimented using various AI writing tools to see whether they could save me time by doing things like drafting a blog post and other time-consuming tasks. My experiment entailed using ChatGPT, SudoWrite, QuickWrite, and Jasper to do tedious tasks like researching, creating an outline, helping me brainstorm, and providing introductory material. I wasn’t […]

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How to Write a Compelling Memoir by Cristen Iris

Guest Post — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:00:57 +0000

Cristen Iris is this week’s featured interview on the podcast, find the details here. Aspiring authors unsure of what to write first are often told to “write what you know.” Memoir is, therefore, a gateway genre for many. That answers the What should I write about? question, but leaves the would-be writer without answers to […]

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Muse Boards – A Time-Saving Writing Tool by Jill Hedgecock

Guest Post — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:00:29 +0000

Jill Hedgecock is this week’s featured podcast interview, see the details and access instructions for tomorrow here. Let’s face it, writing a book can be a slow process. Often, it is the culmination of many months or, more often than not, years of hard work. Keeping details straight through multiple drafts can be an enormous […]

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7 Tools to Help Nonfiction Authors Organize Their Ideas Before Starting to Write a Book by Roger C. Parker

Guest Post — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:00:38 +0000

What’s your favorite writing tool to help you organize your book ideas before starting to write? How’s it working for you? Your choice of tool to organize your ideas into a table of contents for your book plays an important role in your book’s success. Choose the right tool and your book almost “writes itself.” […]

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Tricks of the Trade: 8 Screenwriting Techniques to Add Punch to Your Prose by Lynda McDaniel

Guest Post — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:13:02 +0000

Just because you’re writing nonfiction doesn’t mean your writing has to be dry and academic. In fact, because it’s nonfiction, you need to make it even more interesting. Wake up those readers who’ve been lulled into a corporatespeak stupor. Shake up those readers who’ve grown jaded by a glut of proposals and white papers. They’ll […]

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How to Keep Track of Everything You Write by Roger C. Parker

Guest Post — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:00:40 +0000

How to Keep Track of Everything You Write – Except for Writing Your Books and Client Projects “Why should you worry about printed saving copies of everything you write—like blog posts, lead generators, and newsletters, for example?” After all, my wife continued, “Isn’t your computer is backed up in several places? It turns out, they […]

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4 Ways to Organize the Content Structure of Your Nonfiction Book by Roger C. Parker

Guest Post — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:00:50 +0000

There’s something very comfortable about the typical hierarchical structure of nonfiction books, i.e. sections, chapters, and topics within each chapter. But, as Peggy Lee used to sing, “Is That All There Is?” Let’s step back for the moment, and explore ways to organize the content and structure of your nonfiction book. Alphabetical formats There are […]

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10 Pro Writing Tools to Build a Brilliant Book by Lynda McDaniel

Guest Post — Tue, 11 May 2021 11:00:12 +0000

Readers today expect more. Weaned on fast-paced TV, special-effect movies, and sensational social media, they’ve come to expect all media to wow them. That means boring books laden with facts and figures just don’t cut it anymore. As an author today, you need to write a book that gets readers to 1) notice and buy […]

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