By Quentin J. Schultze I have written over a dozen nonfiction books and am working on a few more. I also lead workshops on writing faith-related nonfiction books for publication. Earlier I posted tips 1-5. Here are five more of the tips that I cover in my workshops. I hope you find them helpful. #6 [...]
By Quentin J. Schultze I have written over a dozen nonfiction books and am working on a few more. I also lead workshops on writing faith-related nonfiction books for publication. Here are a few of the tips that I cover in workshops. #1 Engage Your Readers as Listeners Read your writing out loud to “readers.” [...]
Faith + Experience + Skill = Book That might seem like a strange equation, but writing is always an act of faith. Faith nurtures our desire to serve readers. Faith directs our writing. Faith convinces us that we can write an entire, publishable book. Faith gives us perspective, sound ideas, concrete illustrations, and a passion [...]
“Everybody needs approval, but nobody needs it more than authors: approval of editorial alterations of manuscripts; approval of cover art and copy; approval over reprint, book-club, and foreign licenses; approval of titles, ad texts, and more.”1 I work with quite a few aspiring book authors and I find that many are easily hurt by criticism [...]