Writing News for July 2016

Experimental Writer Dennis Cooper’s Blog Pulled by Google
Novelist/poet/performance artist/ blogger Dennis Cooper’s work is definitely not for everyone, and it’s not meant to be. Almost a decade and a half of original work, including a gif novel-in-progress, might be lost forever.
http://www.craveonline.com.au/culture/1011245-experimental-writer-dennis-coopers-blog-pulled-google

How Sydney author Liane Moriarty sold six million books and inspired an HBO series
She's sold six million books about the darker side of suburban life. So why is Liane Moriarty the most successful Australian author you've never heard of?
http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/how-sydney-author-liane-moriarty-sold-six-million-books-and-inspired-an-hbo-series-20160701-gpw7ul.html

Warner Bros. to Host 2 Breakfast Receptions at Hogwarts
Harry Potter fans of all ages are invited to watch dawn break over the Hogwarts castle model while enjoying an exclusive breakfast reception. The iconic castle took a team of 40 people seven months to build from scratch with over 300 fibre optic lights installed to simulate lanterns and torches.
https://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/breakfastathogwarts

'Eat, Pray, Love' Author Elizabeth Gilbert Splits From Husband José Nunes
Gilbert announced the news in a Facebook post on Friday, writing, "I am separating from the man whom many of you know as "Felipe" — the man whom I fell in love with at the end of the Eat, Pray, Love journey. He has been my dear companion for over 12 years, and they have been wonderful years. Our split is very amicable. Our reasons are very personal.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/elizabeth-gilbert-separates-josé-nunes_us_5776d10ae4b0a629c1aa05e6

Yet Another Kindle Unlimited Scam – Prawns!
Many innocent self-published authors, and especially those publishing non-fiction, were caught up in the attempts by Amazon to rid Kindle Unlimited of scammers who were using a weakness in the way Amazon pays for an ebook read in Kindle Unlimited.
http://www.justpublishingadvice.com/yet-another-kindle-unlimited-scam-prawns/

Author Michael Herr Has Died
Author and war correspondent Michael Herr had died at the age of 76.
Herr is best known for his 1977 memoir Dispatches, as well as co-writing the screenplay for Full Metal Jacket.
http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/author-michael-herr-has-died/121784

Nook pulls out of UK
Nook is pulling out of the UK and transferring its UK customers to Sainsbury's.
The e-reader and tablet company owned by American bookselling chain Barnes & Noble told customers it would stop trading in the UK, effective as of 15th March 2016, via a notice posted on its website
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/nook-pulls-out-uk-323820

Simon & Schuster launches Salaam Reads imprint for Muslim children
A glaring lack of diversity in children's books has led Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers to launch an imprint centering on Muslim characters and stories, The New York Times reports.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/608364/simon--schuster-launches-salaam-reads-imprint-muslim-children

Crime writer in court over a thwarted bank robbery that was exactly the same as the plot of one of his novels 
The wordsmith, who was struggling financially, broke into a branch of Sparkasse bank before it closed in his native Leipzig in eastern Germany.
Wearing a mask, he yelled at customers to lie on the floor and pointed an alarm gun at staff, demanding they fetch him money.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3704492/Crime-writer-court-thwarted-bank-robbery-exactly-plot-one-novels.html

World's 'smallest hard drive' means every book written can now be stored on a stamp
When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press he changed the world.
Now a team of scientists in the Netherlands has taken this to the ultimate extreme. Through the manipulation of single atoms they have made the world's smallest hard drive. It is so dense the technology could store all the world's books on device the size of a postage stamp.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/worlds-smallest-atomscale-hard-drive-means-every-book-written-can-now-be-stored-on-a-stamp-20160719-gq8o0l.html

A Fast Way to Market Your Ebook

Being an ebook writer is a great way to earn income from writing.

For me, writing ebooks also provides me with the kind of writing I want to do.

I much prefer to sit and write one ebook after another than to do short freelance projects that I have to send to editors in the hope that they'll publish it.

Don't get me wrong though, freelance writing, if done correctly, can provide a lucrative income.

But I prefer to sit and do longer projects, like ebooks , and enjoy the passive income they bring that can go on for years.

But ebooks need to be marketed in order to get them in front of as many people as possible.

Online marketing is a huge topic because there are so many ways to do it.

I find that the fastest way to do it is through article marketing.

This is one of the marketing methods that I've used for years and even though it's not as effective as it used to be before the Google Slap, it still works. And because I'm a writer, writing articles is easy to do.

What I do is, once my ebook is written, I write 3 to 5 short directory articles that relate to the subject of my ebook.

Then I publish them on EzineArticles.com one at a time, every 2 or 3 days.

And there are 3 things I do to make sure that my articles get read and re-published.

A New Market For Your Ebooks

As many of you already know, I co-authored the ebook The Wealthy Writer with Nick Daws and it's published by The Self Development Network.

Up until now The Self Development Network have only sold ebooks that they publish themselves.

But now they are opening their doors to self published authors who may be interested in selling their own ebooks through The Self Development Network.

This is great news because not only is it a new market for ebook authors, but also because The Self Development Network has a whole army of thousands of affiliate marketers who can promote your ebooks to their own customers.

Not only that, but you can join as an affiliate yourself and start marketing their existing catalogue of ebooks right now.

If you're interested in selling your ebooks through this new channel, here's three things I suggest you do first:

Look at the Ebooks They Already Sell. This is for two reasons. First so that you don't offer them one that they already have. Second so that you get a feel for the type of products they're looking for and the existing categories such as self help and writing ebooks.

Find a Hungry Market. Having people who are already looking for an ebook like yours is more important than the ebook itself. If you want to propose an ebook - or a series of ebooks - to them, it's better to already know that there's already a large, existing market.

Write Ebooks Quickly and Offer Bonus Reports. To earn a full-time income from writing ebooks it's important to be able to write them quickly. It is possible to write an ebook in 7 days and a short bonus report in just 2 hours, which you can learn about at http://cheritonhousepublishing.com/books/7day.html. Writing ebooks produces passive income, so you need to be able to write several a year or at least one a month.

If you are interested in writing ebooks for The Self Development Network, ask for more information from affiliate@kaleidoscopehq.com.

And read more about writing and selling ebooks in my new article "Four Things That Will Make Readers Want to Buy Your Ebook Instantly."

Latest Writing Courses

Today I have a list of the latest writing courses available from The Writers Digest University and also a few courses for screenwriters too.

Take a few minutes to browse the list and choose one that will get you writing today.

Free Audio Download - The Power of Concentration

Today I uploaded a link to a new audio download.

I already offer the free PDF ebook of The Power of Concentration by Theron Q. Dumont.

And now I'm offering the free audio version too.

You can find the free ebook at http://cheritonhousepublishing.com/free-ebooks.html.

And you can now find the audio version of The Power of Concentration at http://cheritonhousepublishing.com/podcasts.html#concentration.

Both can be downloaded straight to your computer, phone or other device.

The Power of Concentration is remarkable book that not only tells you about how being able to have razor-sharp focus (concentration) can change your life for the better, but also it gives you practical exercises so you can increase your own power of concentration.

If you haven't looked at this book yet, you should.

It won't cost you anything and it could help you to write more and earn more money.

Happy reading and listening.

You Won't Make Money From Writing If You Don't Get On With It

One of the questions I get asked the most is how do I earn money from writing?

And I keep giving the same answer.

I write.

You see that's the big secret about a writing income. You have to actually do the writing. Not just once or twice. But all the time. Every day.

But there are some people who don't have a clue where to start. And so they don't.

There are others who have a multitude of excuses as to why they can't earn money from writing - no time (always the favourite), have kids, have a job, far too busy already, don't have any spare time to write, and on and on it goes.

I say, go tell your excuses to Stephen Hawkingand see how much sympathy HE has for you. He writes books all the time despite his inability to move. So what's your excuse for not writing?

How and Where to Start

Asking the right questions can help you get started because it helps to know what you want so that you can figure out how to get it.

So if you're not writing enough, or your not writing at all, ask yourself these 3 questions: