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Booklife, Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer

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non fiction

Booklife

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Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer

The world has changed, and with it the craft of writing. In addition to the difficulties of putting pen to paper, authors must now contend with a slew of new media. This has forever altered the relationship between writers and their readers, their publishers, and their work. In an era when authors are expected to do more and more to promote their own work, Booklife steers readers through the bewildering options: -What should authors avoid doing on the Internet? -How does the new paradigm affect authors, readers, and the fundamentals of book publication?<BR

Cover; Other Books by this Author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Are You Ready to Embrace a Booklife?; How to use this Book; Sampling it; Following the Structure; Re-Imagining the Book; What this Book is Not; Further Resources: booklifenow.com and booklife.com; I. Public Booklife; Chapter 1: Building Your Booklife; The Pillars of Your Public Booklife; Creating and Managing Goals; Mapping Your Future: Think Strategically not Tactically; Approaches to Planning; Change Management; Mission Statements; Benefits"How am i Possibly Going to Keep up With All of This?!"The Discovery Process; Being Yourself; Exploring Your Strengths and Weaknesses; Improving Your Abilities; Choosing Your Platforms; Facebook; Myspace; Twitter; Youtube; Other Platforms; Public Platform Example: The Blog; Creating A Blog; Temperament: Should You Release Your Inner Evil Monkey?; The Tension Between Ego and Information; Modeling and Content Development; Effective Approaches; Ineffective Approaches; Enhancements; Managing Your Involvement; Levels of Involvement; Follow Through = Personal IntegrityA Personal Space the Size of a Postage Stamp?Chapter 2: Communicating Your Booklife; Networking; How Do You Network?; Rules for Communication; Overcoming Fear of Contact; Managing Contacts; Dealing with Editors and Publicists; A Covenant of Mutual Respect; When Things go Wrong; Making Assumptions, and what You can do About it; Understanding Creative PR; Universal Elements; The Lifecycle of a Book; Rules of Engagement; PR Opportunities; Blurbs; Conferences and Conventions; Readings; Guest Blogging; Interviews; Reviews; Writing Your Backstory; PR Tools; Artifacts; Information Retrieval; ObjectsSamplesLeveraging Your Ideas; Lost in the Crowd?; Successful Example: "the Situation"; Creating a PR Plan; Your High-Level Plan; Your Detailed Plan; Five Minimum Elements for Success; Chapter 3: Maintaining Your Booklife; Transparency; Branding; Personal; Public; Managing Perception; The Importance of Persistence; Paying it Forward/Community; Against Trends; Positive Survival Strategies; Multi-Purposing the Public for the Private; Using Personification; Booklife Gut-Check: Toward Peace of Mind; The Search for Balance; Your Health; Positive Choices; Avoiding the NegativeMultitasking and FragmentationWhite Noise and Dark; Managing Open Channels; Tolerance for Channels; II. Private Booklife; Chapter 1: Living Your Booklife; The Pillars of Your Private Booklife; Reasons to Write; Attitude and Creativity; Finding Inspiration; Acknowledging the Passion; Strategies; Being Receptive; The Subjectivity of Taste; Mastery as Uncertainty; The Tactics of Prose; Room to Think; Recognizing the Nature of Distraction; The Other You; Relinquishing all Fetishes; Writing and Revision; Testing Your Work; Poking the Structure with a Stick; Interrogating Your Characters; Resources