Writing your book is the easy part

Did you know that more than 80% of people rate the idea of writing a book as one of their top dreams? And it's surprising easy to do once you know how to - in fact just about everyone I ever met who wrote thier first book went on to write another one because it really was so much easier than they would have thought before starting on their journey to become an author.

Once you've written it there is a whole lot of things you need to do in order to become a published author and I'm going to dedicate this blog to helping make it much easier for you the reader and would-be author to get started, get published and get some money/recognition/work from having done so.

So - step one, get an editor. I don't mean an editor who does brochures and marketing material, I mean an editor who knows books. No matter how good you think you are at writing and checking your material an editor will actually help you to groom your book, ensuring it is ready for your market, and you'll find they will also re-create a lot of your words to make it as reader-friendly as possible.

Investing in a good editor is critical - and don't be surprised if it takes more than one or two good looks at before your book is finished. Re-writes are a necessary evil for authors, but worth doing and doing well.

More on that next time...
Happy writing