Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Synopsis Michele was a successful thirty-two-year-old school principal and married mother of two, when she woke up one morning and could no longer hear. Doctors could offer no explanation. She spent three frustrating and desperate years searching to make sense of the medical mystery, but doctors told her there was little […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Silver Synopsis DIANE DEWEY, surrendered in a German orphanage at age one, was adopted and raised by loving parents near Philadelphia, who withheld information about her origins, seemingly to protect her. Then the axis shifted. When Diane’s Swiss biological father contacted her by letter after forty-six years, her sense of truth […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Silver Synopsis Most software projects have dreadful quality! Quality code requires more than good intentions and wishful thinking. This book clearly explains the fundamental laws and practices that you need, but probably didn’t learn in school. No matter what your role or experience level, Timeless Laws will change your view of […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Bronze Synopsis A guide for developing, refining, and improving your commercial real estate leasing skills. In the real estate industry, excellent leasing professionals are treasured (and highly compensated) for the value they can add to properties. Those looking for success cultivate practical leasing skills along with the fine art of fostering relationships. […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Synopsis They’re supposedly the “failure to launch” generation, content living at home, “influencing” on instagram, and taking a parental handout. Millennials are compared to their Baby Boomer parents and the strong economic power of previous generations, criticized for generational immaturity and told they aren’t achieving the success of their parents because […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Silver Synopsis Silent Spring – Deadly Autumn of the Vietnam War is not politically correct or idealistic. It is not just another book about Agent Orange or the Vietnam War; it is the “silver bullet” which cuts through the complexity of the circumstances and pesticides used during the Vietnam War—highly toxic […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Silver Synopsis Stress and our overloaded brains are two of the underlying causes creating conflict, tension, and drama in the workplace. They also result in poor decision making and less-than-optimal thinking by leaders. Daily juggling of data, reports, email, meetings, decisions, and way too much information has leaders operating in “mind […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Synopsis Carol Anderson is raised in a fundamentalist Christian home in the ’60s, at a time when being gay is in opposition to all social and religious mores and against the law in most states. Fearing the rejection of her parents, with whom she shares a loving relationship, she hides the […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Synopsis Learn. Love. Lead. An embattled son becomes a patriarch. An untested employee becomes a CEO. A husband becomes a caregiver. A student becomes a teacher, and ultimately a student. Spike Yoh’s life story paints a vivid picture of the profound and very human forces that shape leadership. From a troubled […]
Nonfiction Book Award Status: Gold Synopsis Do you know your MCTs from your LCTs? How about sterols from stanols? What’s the difference between glucose and dextrose? Or probiotics and prebiotics? Why do we need calcium? What additive is number 330? How safe is acesulfame K? If you find yourself confused by food labels and ads for […]
If you’re looking for data about an industry or you want to follow current trends, following are some resources to use. Trendwatching.com – Provides monthly reports on a wide variety of consumer trends. Wikipedia – The user-generated online encyclopedia may provide some details and stats for specific industries or keyword phrases. Beware, since this is […]
Get Your Words’ Worth by Brian Jud
Two concepts determine your relative success in answering questions during a television or radio performance: preparation and flexibility. In most cases you will not know the questions you will be asked during the interview. But if you understand your topic and know beforehand what you want to get across to the audience, you will be […]
How to Write Sales Copy for the Back of Your Nonfiction Book
If you’re working on your first book, you will inevitably have to sit down and write the sales copy that appears on the back of your book (also known as “jacket” copy). For authors who haven’t had to do this before, it can feel like a bit of a challenge. You have a very limited […]
Author Name: Wendy D. Steele Book Title: Let Me Get My Coffee! Then We’ll Talk Business: And The Lessons I Learned As An Entrepreneur Synopsis Let Me Get My Coffee! Then We’ll Talk Business is a self-help/memoir based on how I grew my company BluePrint Resumes & Consulting to multiple locations throughout the U.S. and […]
If you’re looking for data about an industry or you want to follow current trends, following are some resources to use. Trendwatching.com – Provides monthly reports on a wide variety of consumer trends. Wikipedia – The user-generated online encyclopedia may provide some details and stats for specific industries or keyword phrases. Beware, since this is […]
Get Your Words’ Worth by Brian Jud
Two concepts determine your relative success in answering questions during a television or radio performance: preparation and flexibility. In most cases you will not know the questions you will be asked during the interview. But if you understand your topic and know beforehand what you want to get across to the audience, you will be […]
How to Write Sales Copy for the Back of Your Nonfiction Book
If you’re working on your first book, you will inevitably have to sit down and write the sales copy that appears on the back of your book (also known as “jacket” copy). For authors who haven’t had to do this before, it can feel like a bit of a challenge. You have a very limited […]
New Benefits for NFAA Members: Media Leads, Content Archives, Partner Discounts
We have been hard at work developing new benefits for our Authority and VIP members: View Content by Topic Members have always had access to archived teleseminar recordings, weekly homework tips, and our exclusive templates, checklists, and other content. Now we’ve made it easier than ever to find the help you need because we’re now […]
How to Cite Sources in Your Manuscript
Nonfiction authors know the importance of citing sources in their work. But sometimes it can get confusing figuring out how to correctly quote and give credit to your sources within your text without losing your flow of thought. Fair Use Under Fair Use law, you can reprint a small amount of text as long as […]
What has been most surprising about being an author?
This month we asked nonfiction authors to answer this question: What has been most surprising about being an author? Here’s what they had to say: Dr. Jo Lukins I had not anticipated the personal learning through the process of writing my book. I had fully expected to be immersed in the content of the book, […]
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