I'm writing a book - any tips?
Hey all! I am writing a book!
After years of building my own freelance business, I started doing free consulting sessions for writers / freelancers. I shared the lessons I've learned, and got amazing feedback that the tips were working for people. One person even said my advice helped them earn thousands of dollars from using a tip to close a client.
So I'm putting it into a book: The 50 Laws of Freelancing.
I've been a writer for years, but this is my first book. Any advice to share on the process?
I've been following the process laid out in Write Your Book On The Side and always looking for more advice and ideas :)
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Hi Stefan, have you reached out to @arvidkahl? He just launched his book
Yup we're connected on Twitter :)
🙌 And I am also writing about this very thing right now, so expect an article on the whole process quite soon :D
Ooh, can't wait :)
Great title :)
Do you have a set of early reviewers lined up?
If not, I volunteer.
Thanks! I have a few early reviewers, but would love to add you to the list. I think I have my DMs open here, but if not, let's connect on Twitter https://twitter.com/stefanpalios
You've got twitter, I've got email.
Someday IH will have DMs :)
I'm writing Building Your Mouseless Development Environment right now: https://themouseless.dev/
It's my first book too, so nothing battle tested in there. Just misc thoughts. I'm writing for my blog for years, but I think writing a book is quite different.
Then, there is the formatting. I think I will follow more or less what the most successful book in the domain I write in do, and adapt it to my own liking.
By the way, I can't stop speaking about it, but I'm reading On Writing Well and I like it a lot.
Thank you for sharing what you're up to! How do you plan to promote the book once it's live?
For now I focus on the marketing during the writing. I need to have some followers when it goes out.
Right now most of the traffic to the landing page comes from my blog. My goal is to bring people together around the Mouseless idea, and then expand the community when the book is out. So the book is not the end, but a way to create something bigger.
I'm learning as I go on the marketing side of thing, and it's the goal too.
Feel you there! I like the blogging as lead gen idea too
I'm writing Start With A Side-Project and the method I use to progress is a 3-step cycle:
Every new day (with a fresh mind and a hot cup of coffee ☕) read what you previously wrote and edit more if needed.
Thank you very much! Really like the framework laid out here :)
I'm also considering writing a book! But since I haven't, I don't have any advice lol However, I'm learning about writing from David Perrell on Twitter, and looking at this cheatsheet for launching content products.
Thank you! The cheatsheet is interesting. I'd not seen it before, so I appreciate you sharing it :) and good luck with your writing!
this is another good one to check out: https://writeusefulbooks.com/
Not writing a book now but my most recent writeup was 265 pages long.
There are lots of good points that have been covered already. To me, the most important rule is to show up everyday. Even on days when your morale is incredibly low.
Good luck!
Thank you kindly! And wow - good job on a 265 page writeup.
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I am working constantly to remind myself to chill the eff out haha. I've set a couple very modest goals and have forced myself to be ecstatic if / when they are hit!
Thanks for the tips here :)
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