On Friday I explained the 5-Step process I used to take my second book from concept to publication in less than 7 days of contiguous personal effort and without using a ghost-writer.
If you missed that then click here for the full article.
However, to quickly recap the first four steps…
- Mind-map the table of contents and add extra ‘levels’ for sub-headings.
- Talk through the mind-map and record it all as MP3 audio
- Send the MP3 audio off for transcription.
- Choose a title and outsource cover design
If you know your subject matter well — and as a business owner I’m sure you do — then all of the above can be done very quickly. Looking back, I mind-mapped the structure (Step 1) and did the audio recording (Step 2) in less than 8 hours.
Steps 3 and 4 were mostly me finding other people to do the design (on www.Elance.com and similar sites) and coming up with a catchy title, and a friend suggested the ‘Dynamite’ theme – so I can’t take full credit for that!
So by the end of the first four steps you’ll have a typed transcription of your audio recording — which you may have quickly edited to cut out any major mistakes you made in the audio — but for the most part that transcription will be fairly ‘rough’.
And this bring us onto the mysterious “Step 5″.
5) Get a book “coach”
I consider myself very self-motivated. When I’m working on various projects (like any of my DVD training programmes) I generally find I can get them done without much issue.
However, with books it’s different. The first book I ever wrote sat, unfinished, collecting dust on my hard drive… for more than two years!! It was only when I enroled the services of an external mentor or what I’ll call my ‘book coach’ that I finally got the thing finished, done and dusted, published, and on the virtual shelves of Amazon.com.
I made sure my second book was different. Almost right from the start I enroled a book coach to act as a sounding board, to provide instant feedback, and to basically helped me stay the course and make sure I got the book completed on schedule.
My first book took 3 years.
My second book took less than 40 hours. That’s the consolidated time I personally spent on it, from initial concept to publication. Partly because of the audio recording and transcribing process I explained in steps 1 to 4.
But also, very much because of the ongoing support of my book coach. My coach was a godsend in getting the book, written and published, super fast. (Now I know why so many famous sports professionals have coaches!)
DO YOU WANT TO BE PUBLISHED… SUPER FAST?
If you’re wanting to become a published author, sooner rather than later, my team can help.
Alexa — the lady who acted as my book coach — now works for me full time.
Along with my other team members who do all the graphic design, typography and typesetting (laying out the book visually) and all the other aspects that are involved in becoming a published author… we can do it all for you. All you have to do is tell us you’re writing (or about to start writing a book) and my team will kick into gear and help you every step of the way.
And if you don’t even want to write the book, that’s an option too… we can even get the book ghostwritten the book for you, if you prefer. It’s up to you. The service is totally bespoke, and tailored to suit how much help you need getting the book out of your head and into print.
-> Click here to send us your initial enquiry <- In your email tell us a bit about your project... then one of my book team will be in touch to discuss your idea in a bit more detail.
Good luck becoming a published author,
Ed.
P.S. If you’re not an author yet, but want to be — I hope this article and the previous one have given you some great ideas and a maybe some motivation too?!
Leave a comment below this article – I’d love to know what you think and will answer any questions you have (or direct you to Alexa if they’re questions more suited for her to answer.)
