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Does anyone else around here write them or want to try?
I'm working on my third one right now.
This is all just my own experience so far, not meant to be any objective statements:
I find them much easier to write than fiction.
They sell better, too. What is that saying.... With fiction, you're selling people your dream. But with nonfiction, you're selling them their dream.
I think they're not as satisfying (to write), though. Or maybe they're just satisfying in a different way.
With the first two anyway, I've been done with what I had to say after about 100 pages. So I stop there and don't bother trying to pad it.
I think even in paperback, that length is just fine for a guide. But if it was much shorter, it would look like a pamphlet rather than a book, which would not be as much fun at all. I really like holding my own physical books with my own fake names on the covers.
Yet, 100 pages is short enough that I can see the end before I even start. I'm motivated because I know for sure that I can and will finish it and it won't take all that long.
I didn't realize self-publishing would be so much fun. It is. It, too, is very motivating because I know for sure, before I even start, that it will go out there. Also, I can do everything just how I want. Whoopie! Well, ya can't have everything. A big publisher would probably think my sales were hilarious but I don't really care. I'm old and crabby and like to do things my own way.
Anybody have anything to share about how-to books?
I'm working on my third one right now.
This is all just my own experience so far, not meant to be any objective statements:
I find them much easier to write than fiction.
They sell better, too. What is that saying.... With fiction, you're selling people your dream. But with nonfiction, you're selling them their dream.
I think they're not as satisfying (to write), though. Or maybe they're just satisfying in a different way.
With the first two anyway, I've been done with what I had to say after about 100 pages. So I stop there and don't bother trying to pad it.
I think even in paperback, that length is just fine for a guide. But if it was much shorter, it would look like a pamphlet rather than a book, which would not be as much fun at all. I really like holding my own physical books with my own fake names on the covers.
Yet, 100 pages is short enough that I can see the end before I even start. I'm motivated because I know for sure that I can and will finish it and it won't take all that long.
I didn't realize self-publishing would be so much fun. It is. It, too, is very motivating because I know for sure, before I even start, that it will go out there. Also, I can do everything just how I want. Whoopie! Well, ya can't have everything. A big publisher would probably think my sales were hilarious but I don't really care. I'm old and crabby and like to do things my own way.
Anybody have anything to share about how-to books?
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