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It does not matter whether you want to write fiction, non-fiction, horror, romance, or science fiction. It does not matter whether you want to write a book of short stories or whether you are getting ready to write the great American novel that will win the Pulitzer next year. Every single book has three things in common–a beginning, a middle, and an end. Too often a wannabe writer will sit down and get paralyzed because they are trying to do everything at once.

In the beginning of a writing project, the only thing that matters is to get started. I tried for years to write a novel. Do you want to know what I tried? First I read a book about learning how to write. That was easy, so I read another book about writing books. And another. This went on for far too long. It was not until I forced myself to actually starting writing that things actually happened. The results were predictable, but wonderful.

Three years after starting, I had finished my novel. I didn’t care if my writing was wonderful or wretched. I only cared that I had done it and it had been fun. But it wasn’t fun until I started to enjoy the process of daily writing. And I could not enjoy that process until I started writing of course!

Committing to writing books is scary. I know because I have been there and I’m still there when I start a new project. The key is to get started. That is all you need to worry about in the beginning. Sit down and make your fingers move. Pencil it in, type it out on a computer, it does not matter how you do it. You just have to start. And once you start, come back every single day if possible and keep going. The most fun I have ever had writing a book is when I realized that the process was getting easier and enjoyable!

You will too. Please give it a try if you’ve been putting it off. Just write something today. Anything at all, but don’t wring your hands forever. Time is finite stuff! Once you make a strong start, you will get better every day.

It’s amazing. I’ve been writing books for years, and selling them online for nearly 15 years, and previously only in print through selling foreign licenses, or printing them myself, advertising them, and selling them either online or in classes I taught.

Now there is a better way. If you have something you want to say, you can put it in print, or sell it online and there is no difficult about doing that. If you don’t know where to start, there are writing coaches that can give you a hand by discussing topics, subjects, and what you are passionate about.

Now you can tell a provider of services what you want to say, and they’ll write it for you. There is a little company we know of that does that for English writers, www.lifeimprovementbooks.com. And another for Spanish writers, www.ipublicidades.com . And they have done work for several authors around the world for several years. They have a team of writers in English, Spanish, and French that can help you tell your story. Many companies exist to help beginning authors, and the ones that help that most are the ones who ‘draw out’ what you want to tell your readers easily.

If you’ve already created a draft of your book, you are more than 50% there. The next step involves editing, proofreading, refining, and creating a proper layout for book printing or putting it online or on Kindle.

With these professional services type of company, the layout of your own book is relatively inexpensive, takes only a few days, and can be delivered ready to print to the printer of your choice. Don’t know which printer to use? Or, only need a few copies, or just one copy of a special book for a friend – not a problem. Don’t know what size to print. Here’s a general rule of thumb: Workbooks for workshops, A4 or 8.5″ x 11″, Executive paperback of technical value 7″ x 10″, Highest Quality Paperback for Self-Help or Fiction 6″x9″, Mass market paperback 5.5″ x 8.5″ or smaller. And yes, you can get just ONE copy printed.

In today’s book publishing industry, if you need a private edition for your family tree and history for 10 members – not a problem. If you are going to teach a private class to 4 students and you need a 500 page manual – not a problem. If you want to sell one book at a time from your website, to a person interested in it in Timbuktu – not a problem.

And if you want your book on Amazon.com for sale – or Amazon Kindle books – also not a problem. The world is changing and the book printing and distribution industry as well. And if you just want one copy for the world to remember you by, just sign it and put it in your time capsule – not a problem.

From writing, to editing, proofing, translating, typesetting, printing books, distributing online, or through Amazon – the world has changed. And the author inside of your that may have been restricted by past technological restrictions has been, at last, set free to share his or her wisdom with the rest of the world, one copy at a time.

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