Novelists (fiction writers) follow a different path to publication
than nonfiction authors.
You'll also want to know that the book addresses novelists more
than nonfiction authors.
While many fiction authors believe they have a much harder time
than nonfiction authors blogging or sharing information of interest to potential book fans, this isn't necessarily so.
Not exact matches
Among 8th graders, 65 percent could analyze details and draw conclusions from two reading passages — they did better at
nonfiction than fiction — but just 52 percent could identify the
author's main purpose in writing the piece.
Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award - winning
author of more
than thirty books for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, works of historical fiction and
nonfiction.
> Map out your writing empire, including all the things you love to do > Start setting up and implementing the systems and structures you need to support your empire (including an
author website, if you don't already have one) > Overhaul your writing life so you're aligned with and set up for the success you want to create > Get your
nonfiction eBook written and published (at least one, but possibly more
than one, if you're up for it) > Grow your following > Sell more books
Francesca Lia Block is the bestselling
author of more
than twenty - five books of stories,
nonfiction, and fiction, including the Weetzie Bat books, her series of magical - realism novels.
If you're a
nonfiction author, I can't think of a better person to offer publishing advice
than Stephanie Chandler of the
Nonfiction Authors Association's.
As an indie
author of nine titles, a mix of fiction and
nonfiction, and as one who has shepherded more
than thirty other books to publication, I've been around the block a few times.
We represent more
than 50
authors who write romance, women's fiction, science fiction / fantasy, thrillers, young adult and middle grade fiction as well as select
nonfiction titles.
Livia commented, ``... what I still struggle with, is the observation that blogging, etc, still seems more naturally suited to
nonfiction authors than fiction
authors.
What I notice in your post, and what I still struggle with, is the observation that blogging, etc, still seems more naturally suited to
nonfiction authors than fiction
authors.
I based the series on the more
than 500 interviews I've conducted with successfully - published
nonfiction authors.
I am a national award - winning newspaper editor with more
than 25 years experience, and a traditionally published
author of both
nonfiction and fiction books.
Jennifer Lawler is the
author or coauthor of more
than 30
nonfiction books as well as 16 romances under various pen names.
He has successfully represented a wide range of fiction and
nonfiction projects to more
than 40 different publishers that have generated in excess of $ 20 Million for their
authors.
I'm thinking of asking Warren Graham to join the more
than 500 published
authors and others who have written
nonfiction books that have successfully built their personal brands.
It is more challenging
than ever to successfully pitch a
nonfiction book; publishers expect
authors to come to the table with a platform — an existing audience — as well as a marketing plan for the book.
Despite writing more
than 30 books of fiction and
nonfiction,
author Julia Cameron is best known for one: The...
Despite writing more
than 30 books of fiction and
nonfiction,
author Julia Cameron is best known for one: The Artist's Way, the iconic bestseller that guided millions of readers to improved creativity.
There are not many fiction
authors I love more
than Lorrie Moore, but her latest offering is an unexpected collection of
nonfiction essays and criticism that have appeared in an array of publications over the past three decades.
Having seen the buying of false reviews and sock - puppetry play out its ugly pageant on Amazon's stage last year, some of us are less surprised
than we might have been by the news that some
nonfiction business - book
authors have been buying their way onto bestseller lists.
(If fiction, I mean the
author's honesty, not the characters»; and I mean fiction more
than nonfiction because unpolished truth actually feels harder to come by in a memoir.)
And perhaps non-narrative
nonfiction could be seen as having a different purpose
than genre fiction does — to inform primarily, rather
than to entertain primarily — so
nonfiction authors might then publish eBooks with other
than purely commercial goals.
You've decided to publish your novel or
nonfiction book independently, and that makes you more
than just the
author — you're also the project manager.
Stacey Aaronson, founder of The Book Doctor Is In, provides the key elements to set you on the right path in writing a top - notch
nonfiction book, so you can avoid the common pitfalls most aspiring writers fall into, allowing you to have a smoother, more focused, and more enjoyable writing experience
than you ever thought possible — resulting in a book that shines as it deserves to, reflects well on you as an
author, and that your target audience will appreciate, embrace, and want to share with others.
Lee Gutkind, recognized by Vanity Fair as «the Godfather behind creative
nonfiction,» is the
author and editor of more
than 25 books and founder and editor of Creative
Nonfiction, the first and largest literary magazine to publish narrative
nonfiction exclusively.
Bios for novelists are more personal
than those for
nonfiction authors, which focus more on subject knowledge and credentials.
With regard to
nonfiction, what the web has done is ensured that being a successful non-fiction
author (one worth paying for) will mean having to offer more
than what's freely available on the web — authoritative content, yes, but in a distinctive voice, with a creative slant.
Fiona has designed more
than 150 books for
authors and publishers since 1995, including novels, children's books,
nonfiction books and coffee table books.
Probably no surprise there for those inside the industry, but some
authors keep pitching
nonfiction books as if it were 2007, rather
than 2014.
There is no one cookie cutter approach, because the way that I'm going to approach something with a
nonfiction author writing a business help book is going to be much different
than the fiction
author, or even the fiction
author in one genre versus another or marketing a children's book — very challenging, because you're not exactly allowed to go out and collect email addresses of children.
It can be a little misleading if you mistakenly interpret the above as the median earnings mix for individual
authors, because the majority of those print sales for both traditionally published
authors and indie
authors are
nonfiction — generally written by a different set of
authors than their fiction counterparts who make the majority of ebook and audiobook earnings in each category.
The
author of more
than three dozen fiction and
nonfiction books, Mosley gained famed through his Easy Rawlins mysteries, including «Devil in a Blue Dress,» which was made into a motion picture starring Denzel Washington.