According to statistics, 90% of bloggers aspire to become a published author. Out of that 97% do not finish writing what they begin.
If you have written a novel, congratulate yourself, sit back and bask in the glory. You persisted in chasing your dream while the others were busy being busy. You have become a member of that rare 3% who succeeds in completing their novel.
April A-Z Challenge this time might change this statistic I guess. The percentage of people who are going to emerge as winners are surely going to be very high. People who persist for a whole month, writing every day for a month.
Blogchatter is going to guide the A-Zers registered with them to publish their eBook using their A-Z posts, get it reviewed and market it as well.
A book is born through hours and hours of dedication. There is no short cut.
As Hemingway said, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
In this era, publishing has become easy with the advent of many self-publishing platforms like Amazon, CreateSpace, Kobo etc, authors are able to find a platform for their stories easily. Get a detailed insight into the various online platforms available here.
Many of the bloggers I know are publishing eBooks based on their A-Z challenge.
Anmol Rawat is planning to terrorize his readers with an A-Z anthology of Horror stories.
Tina Basu is about to make her readers drool with an eBook of desserts.
Paresh Godhwani is writing an A-Z memoir about Travel in the Local Train.
Dr. Amrita Basu is publishing an eBook about the A-Z of fruits.
Vinodini Iyer is publishing a collection of A-Z letters to her son filled with wisdom to face life in its many facets.
Deepa Malhotra Gandhi’s eBook is filled with A-Z parental wisdom.
Mayuri’s eBook is a collection of her favorite Indian sweets with an associated memory or incident from her life.
Roma Gupta Sinha is writing a heartwarming love story.
Upasna is writing the A-Z about minimalism.
Many of these bloggers are already published authors. This time they are taking the e-route via Blogchatter.
If you wish to read these posts before they are taken down, rush to their blogs.
Though my initial intent was to convert my A-Z posts into an eBook, I realized these posts were bringing organic traffic to my blog as my theme was A-Z essentials of writing a Novel, which is a much-searched topic online. Hence these posts will remain on my blog.
As this month is proving, the distance to getting published can be just a month.
During this A-Z April Challenge, I am exploring the A-Z journey of writing a Novel with examples from Literature.
The Letter of the day is Y
Linking this post to Blogging from A-Z
Thank you so much for including me in your list, Preethi. It feels really nice.
ReplyDeleteI am in the 97% who don't finish what they start. I hope to change that soon :)
Thanks for the mention love❤ Hopefully I shall be able to publish the novella as my second ebook, if all goes well 🙈😊
ReplyDeleteIt's a special feeling when one of your mentor mentions you among the top bloggers of the country. It give assurance that I am doing a good job. Thank you Preethi. Hopefully everyone will convert it in to an E-book.
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you so much Preethi :)
ReplyDelete2 Posts left! I would have asked you to read after I finish compiling and editing, but I know, this time you can't! :p
I honestly don't know how.. And with the deadline being next week, I don't know if I can manage with the duty schedule I have
ReplyDeleteaww thank you so much Preethi, I am hoping to make the dessert recipe soon enough, before i loose all steam!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I found your blog before the challenge ended! I do plan to publish a book on my A-Z theme (journaling), but will elaborate more and reorganize.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading through your other April posts!
Journaling: Y is for Yearly Word
That's an interesting idea. I've seen books--movies--from blogs. Why not AtoZ?
ReplyDeleteA few of my readers asked if I'm going to turn my AtoZ into an ebook. I still don't know whether this is a good idea...
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Thanks a ton Preethi for the kind mention- and when its coming from a Veteran, its a Six. I hope to get the things in time. Need to plan.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that all the published books will help readers on the various theme about writing. Preethi! I am saving your themes that will help in my personal and self-growth.
ReplyDeleteI would like to convert my A to Z posts into an e-book but don't have much idea how to go about it. Will look out for guidance. Thanks for this post.
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Thanks Preethi
ReplyDeleteSo kind of you to mention me .I loved the A to wisdom about writing through your books.Thanks for helping
M glad I came across this post. Though I commenced reading from the letter Y, I'm gonna start from the start. Thanks for the tips, gonna help me greatly. Cheers!
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