New Consciousness Review Summer 2015 | Page 69

Galleria Products & Services Showcase THE AUTHOR TRAINING MANUAL: Develop Marketable Ideas, Craft Books That Sell, Become the Author Publishers Want, and Self-Publish Effectively D o you have dreams of becoming a successful published author? Are you writing, or do you plan to write, a non-fiction book or novel? Good. Dream big. But build the foundation underneath, with this manual as your guide. Nina Amir, author of How to Blog a Book, asks the hard questions: Do you have a vision of success? What are you willing to sacrifice? Why would someone want to read your book? What is it about? Who is your market? And that’s just the beginning. You’ve got the answers, and Nina’s got the methods to draw them out. With worksheets to fill in, computer programs to help your process, and sample book proposals (with comments from agents), you’ll learn how to set concrete goals, develop an “author attitude,” analyze t HX\