How to: Make Your Book More Marketable

Some ideas to consider for making your book more appealing to agents and editors:    Expand your niche.  Sometimes agents and editors like a book but don’t think the primary audience for it is big enough.  You can expand your niche by adding secondary audiences.  A book for straight parents of gay teens can also…

What do you bring to the table?

One of my favorite bloggers, Cal Newport, writes about how to succeed at college.  And yes, I’ve been out of college for donkey’s years, so what am I doing reading his blog?  I’m getting really good information on things like hard focus and how to excel.  A case in point: his recent blog post — which…

Doing the work

In the course of any given day, I have lots of conversations with lots of writers.  A consistent theme in the past few months has revolved around “doing the work.”  In fact, it’s become kind of a sign-off mantra with a friend of mine: “Okay, I’m off to Do The Work.”  It can be hard to stay focused and…