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The Elusive Logline

August 23, 2021 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

At a recent PRESS session, an author was trying to hammer their book description down into a proper logline. This can be more challenging than it might seem, especially because a book description and a logline differ in a subtle but fundamental way. A book description is just that: it describes, to a greater or […]

Filed Under: Blog, Publish Wisely, Writing Tagged With: find your fans, marketing

Selling Your Book In Person: Keep It Simple and Friendly

April 11, 2021 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

As vaccination rates are rising and folks are preparing again for in-person large-scale festivals, conventions, conferences, and symposia, I am starting to hear questions about how to sell books at a book table at one of these events. There are several important things to consider, but here’s one question from a person who just discovered […]

Filed Under: Blog, Creative Entrepreneurship Tagged With: book festival, convention prep, writers conference

What do you want from me?

March 31, 2021 by Nic Nelson 1 Comment

I’m thrilled to be one of the speakers at BookFest 2021, coming up in April 17-18, and Black Chateau Enterprises has asked me an interesting question. I have some ideas, but I thought I’d turn to you for your input. Their question to me is: “Do you have something free to offer BookFest attendees and […]

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Academic Self-Editing: Quick Tips for Discussion Posts and Brief Essays

February 28, 2021 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

Most of my academic clients come to me for help with big things: a final paper, a thesis, a dissertation. But undergraduate and grad students, and even doctoral candidates, must deal with at least ten minor writing assignments for each big scary writing assignment that comes along. Those minor assignments (things like online discussion posts […]

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Helpful Questions for Beta Readers

February 18, 2021 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

I had a great time at Life, The Universe, and Everything last weekend, my first time speaking at this conference! (My first time attending it at all, in fact!) I am very impressed. Definitely coming back next year as an attendee if they don’t want me to teach anything or participate on a panel. My […]

Filed Under: Editing, Publish Wisely

Building Credibility in Nonfiction

November 13, 2020 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

When a reader is simply told to believe something, rather than shown evidence, they will be less willing to accept it. The reader’s trust, if they extend it to you, will be thin and brittle if it is only based on your own plain claims about yourself. Even in nonfiction, the old fiction author’s adage […]

Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: nonfiction, ShowDontTell, writing craft

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