Becoming a Published Writer

There are tons of resources on this subject, so I narrowed my search down to four favorites. I will try and list what makes each one special, so you can check them out and decide for yourself which you would like most.

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The Easy Way To Write

This one has two free newsletters:

Easy Writing Newsletter - a regular blast of FREE writing tips to improve your writing.

Fiction Writing Courses - they're popular, educational and fun, and will help you write.

When you sign up for either, you get a free eBook:
The Easy Way to Write Stories That Sell! (Used to cost $21)

Free help for writers looking to get published - this is awesome!

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NewNovelist - Software that helps you write a novel

This software looks absolutely killer. It's software for writers to help organise ideas and thoughts the way that a writer thinks. It in turn develops a structure for your story. It is made to be as dynamic and flexible as possible, and has been used by several published authors. It makes the experience of writing a novel come alive, working with your ideas as they develop and helping you to keep the story in the right shape. Want to make writing a more dynamic and effortless experience? I know I do.

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Write, Create and Promote a Best-Seller

Now this one is a really strong manual for writing a good story, finding an agent/editor, publishing your book, and advertising/promoting it into being a best-seller. That's a lot of ground covered! A lot of very very important ground for aspiring writers. If you buy this one, you also get Write Here, Write Now, another writing book for free. The whole deal costs $12.95 - I didn't blink about buying this. Here's an overview:

The Actual Writing:

Where to begin writing your book
Plotting and creating your book
Editing and polishing your work to a professional standard
How to make sure your reader is 'hooked' after the first two pages
How to complete your first draft in 30 days
In-depth information about how to self-publish an ebook at no cost to you - and you keep 100% of the profits!

Getting an agent/publisher, selling ebooks, getting your book out there to the public:

Submitting your book to royalty paying publishers
Copyrighting your work
How to attract an editor or an agent
How to get a publisher to turn your ebook into a printed book
How to generate sales - without spending a cent
Finding your target audience
How to increase your sales - and your profits!
How to create an author website that sells
Creating a sales page for your books
How to accept credit card payments from your own website without a merchant account
Accepting alternative payments
How to automate your sales processes
Getting targeted visitors to your site

Finally, Promoting/Advertising your book - perhaps THE most important step for good sales!

How to get your book listed on the best-seller lists
101 places that review books (& ebooks) for free - and how to get them to review yours!
33 sure-fire promotion and marketing tips that cost nothing
Top 10 online writing groups/mailing lists - where other authors hang out
14 places to submit your work for literary awards
11 online bookstores that will sell your ebooks for you
17 ebook directories that will send readers straight to your website
How to get bookstores to accept and sell your books
How to get other webmasters to sell your books
How to keep track of your statistics
Plus a bonus section, filled with heaps of links to the best writer's resources on the 'net

I've never seen anything so expansive offered for such a low price. How cool is that?

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The 5 Little Words That Are GUARANTEED To Turn You Into A Published Novelist…

This one is my secret personal favorite. They boast:

Suppose by just remembering five little words, you could create an entire novel from start to finish in as little as 30 days? A novel readers—and publishers—couldn't put down?

And my curiosity got the best of me. This book is awesome! I was thinking there's no way that five words can really do that, but was I happily surprised! The more expensive package gives you one-on-one help with editing, writing, what-have-you. Amazing! I took the smaller package to see if I liked it - now I think I'll upgrade very soon.

Check it out - this is one of the coolest things ever for aspiring writers out there!