More and more I have been told lately that I should write a book. Seeing that people enjoy hearing my stories of adventures I’ve been on and reading the personal compliments and feedback on blog posts I have written, I decided that it is time to take everyone’s suggestion and make something of it…
More and more I have been told lately that I should write a book. Seeing that people enjoy hearing my stories of adventures I’ve been on and reading the personal compliments and feedback on blog posts I have written, I decided that it is time to take everyone’s suggestion and make something of it. I also know that writing a book is a great source of passive income for years to come if it is done well and, quite frankly, I could use more income – especially right now.
As my recent creativity surges have become more and more frequent (just when I am trying to learn other skills to put into practice to help my income) I keep getting pulled back to my blog, compelled to write. I’ll work on a post for hours sometimes just to get out everything that I have to say about the subject I am writing on. Maybe you’ve noticed the length of my blog posts! ;) I don’t want to leave anything out and I often do not notice the time. Before long I have to stop myself so that I can get some sleep and be able to function because the next day is a workday and I have a tendancy to get migraines now from a lack of sleep. I just can’t burn the candle at both ends like I used to in college.
I’ve been contemplating on what exactly I would write to constitute an entire book and knew that I would want to somehow tie in short stories of my adventures along with lessons that I have learned. It needs to be something entertaining and educational. So with the inspirational title that just came to me moments ago, which I will keep a secret until the book is complete, I now have a focus to tie everything I want to accomplish together for my first book ever.
I’ll be using content that I have already written about here because it is a story of my life and lessons learned and that is the format I have been using on this blog - personal accounts and perspectives tied into meaningful lessons I feel are of value to share. As my readers you will continue to see what develops as I go along, however, I will keep some stories solely for the book. So far, the majority of my readers are people that I know or have met personally and with your help I’ll be able to build a bigger audience to make my book and website a success.
Disclaimer to close family members and friends:
I will be sharing personal stories and it could include you. If you do not wish your name to be used for any reason, please let me know and I will give you a pseudo-name to protect your privacy. More than likely on all accounts I will not use last names. For certain stories I will automatically use pseudo-names to “protect the innocent/guilty” depending on your viewpoint. ;)
:) Daddy you're so cute. Of course you're going to be in my book. How can I write a book about me and not have the most important man in my life in it? Yes, you can read it first too.
Sounds like fun, I would like to see the finished product before it is printed. Then I would like a signed copy. If I manage to get into your book, I would like a pseudo name. You can use Dad. Love you. Dad
Good Thankful day,
I saw you have become a member of our Guild site, which in-turn gave me another reason to come over and visit.
I read your post on writing your book, At some point I would like to do the same. Not sure if you are aware of the most common method to write a book these days, so I thought I would just mention it. Audio record your stories and get them transcribed Its real inexpensive to do this part.
The next step is review and edit what you need or want to and send that to an editor. Wash rinse repeat until you have your desired product.
The time saver is to do audio and have them transcribed.
If you knew all this cool, hope to be helpful to someone!
You have a fantastic day!
Brad West ~ onomoney