How to Write a Great Book and Get It Published

by Tom Evans

Now it is easier than ever to publish a book - especially with great sites like Smashwords - it makes sense to write a great book. This free guide from author, poet & mentor, Tom Evans, has loads of useful tips to take you into the Written & Published section of the population.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

Nook

Published August 3, 2009

About the author

I am an author, meditation guide and temporal alchemist. After publishing 15 books non-fiction books, I've just published my 1st novel, Soulwaves which is a potential future history of planet Earth and humanity. I have now written the prequel/sequel to this novel in the form of 12 short stories and tall tales.

I love exploring how the mind works (or doesn't) and reading the esoteric with the aim of making it exoteric.

Currently exploring how to bend time and space, how to tune into future memories and how authors can channel their future self who knows the words they have yet to write (or something like that !!)

Reviews

[Allison Renner · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is more aimed towards the publishing and money side of writing, than the actual "telling a story" aspect. Some of the sentences were pretty ridiculous: "…a twelve chapter book will take 6 to 12 days of your time to write. You will need to find this time or engage a ghost writer." REALLY? The author plugs his own site a lot, which is fine, except it made the book less complete, because you have to go to his site and/or pay him to get further information (though it could more than likely be found on your own). On the about the author page, it was said that "He… has been called, by others, both a wizard and alchemist." Just a little ridiculous, no? That being said, it's a very short read, and there are a few good checklists of things you need for a query or if you're self-publishing, but overall, you could find that information elsewhere.

[Donna Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good book. short and to the point.

[Sherry · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a fast read (it's less than 50 pages). In some aspects there was good information - especially regarding self-publishing - but in other aspects the information wasn't really information at all, but just plain old common sense. I felt this was more an advertisement for the author's business and website than an actual "how to" book.