Tips for a first-time book author
Posted in the Category of The Corporate Blogging Book
Seems like it took forever to close the deal with Penguin Portfolio to write a book about corporate blogging. Although my wonderful agent, Elizabeth Wales, tells me that two months from start to finish is fast. So... sigh of relief.
Now comes the hard part: writing the book! I've been conferring with colleagues, friends and recently-published authors. And I've come up with a few tips to get organized and get the ball rolling. Here they
Seems like it took forever to close the deal with Penguin Portfolio to write a book about corporate blogging. Although my wonderful agent, Elizabeth Wales, tells me that two months from start to finish is fast. So... sigh of relief.
Now comes the hard part: writing the book! I've been conferring with colleagues, friends and recently-published authors. And I've come up with a few tips to get organized and get the ball rolling. Here they are:
1. Speak the book into a tape recorder for 30 minutes every day for two weeks. Then get it transcribed and you'll have the beginnings of a manuscript (courtesy of Seth Godin).
2. Create a hanging folder for every chapter. Dump into each folder scribbled notes, previously published articles, clippings of articles from newspapers and magazines; print-outs of blog posts, etc.
3. Set up my first draft in Word…
