A winning nonfiction title is clear, not clever. It gives a stranger enough information to understand what kind of book she’s looking at and why she might care. That sounds simple. It isn’t. You have three seconds Most people will only ever see your book as a tiny thumbnail on Amazon. Usually on a phone. Usually while scrolling past dozens … Read More
How Long Should a Nonfiction Book Be? Shorter Than You Think
A focused nonfiction book that solves one problem for one group of people can be around 25,000 words — about 110 printed pages. That’s long enough to deliver a real result. It’s short enough for a busy woman to finish. For the kind of focused practical nonfiction I recommend to most first-time authors, you don’t need 65,000 words. The … Read More
Writing a Christian Book After 50: Your Experience Is a Starting Point
You’re not too late. You’re finally qualified. A book after fifty starts with the same decisions every nonfiction author has to make: who it’s for, what it promises, and how you’ll finish the manuscript. The difference is you’ve got decades of material to draw on — and the judgment to know which parts matter. You don’t have to squeeze everything … Read More
Can You Use ChatGPT to Write a Book?
Yes, you can use ChatGPT to help write a book. And yes, Amazon allows it. But there’s an important distinction. If AI generates the actual text, images or translations in your book, Amazon KDP currently requires you to disclose that to Amazon when you publish. If you create the content yourself and use AI to brainstorm, refine, edit, error-check or … Read More
How to Turn Your Life Story Into a Christian Book
To write a Christian book about your life, the secret is: don’t write your whole life. Find the turning point that changed you, and build the book around what that experience can offer someone else. Your entire life may matter deeply. But your entire life does not necessarily belong in one book. Why life-story books stall Almost every woman who … Read More