If you’ve ever wondered what actually happens when working with a ghostwriter—what you’re paying for, who owns the words when it’s done, why some quotes should make you run—I just did the most thorough breakdown of that process I’ve ever put on record. Andy Sanders…
I spent the last three months hanging out with the good folks at Indie Author Training, talking about one of my favorite things: how to write nonfiction that people actually can’t put down. When I pitched IAT’s training host Karen Guyler about doing a webinar…
Welcome to How to Cowrite Nonfiction, with Matty Dalrymple and Michael La Ronn! Before I cowrote my first book with a friend, I assumed that writing half the book meant doing half the work. Boy, was I wrong. I had so many misconceptions about what it would…
Last week, I ran a webinar for Indie Author Training called What’s Your Book’s Job? Writing Nonfiction as a Tool to Grow Your Business. (You can watch that replay for free here.) It’s part of an ongoing series of webinars I’m doing for them, specifically…
When you’re writing nonfiction, your book is making a promise. It has a job to do. And when I say your book has a job to do, I want to be really clear about what I mean. I’m not saying you have to write some…
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how to outline your nonfiction book. Today, I want to go deeper into the idea of mind-mapping, because it’s legit one of my favorite parts of the writing process. I guess I just love sticky notes. :) (Rainbow…
A lot of people come to me knowing they want help with their book, but not always knowing what kind of help they actually need. They know the book matters. They know they have something worth saying. They know what kinds of doors this book…
Or, how to always have a story idea at your fingertips so you never have to face the blank page alone again. This post was originally published as a series about finding stories on Substack. You sit down to write a newsletter or social media…
My husband and I are pretty handy. We’ve replaced our garbage disposal and multiple alternators. We built a Murphy bed. And, that first COVID summer, we tackled our biggest project yet: remodeling our back patio so we could have friends over safely outdoors. We taught…
I’m helping a book coaching client outline her nonfiction book this week (we’re smack in the middle of the Story Map Intensive part of the book coaching engagement), so my mind is buzzing with ways to organize a book. I’ll be doing a deep dive…
Want to learn how to write fast? Like, write 2000 words an hour fast? This article will teach you how. And if you want to go deeper, check out my Dictation for Thought Leaders course. It’s short, efficient, and will get you rolling on learning…
“I can’t tell you which direction to turn, or where you’ll find success. But I can tell you that your path will require pivots and quick thinking, and a lot of grace and adaptability. It will be messy and incomprehensible and incredibly rewarding. Some days…