The 12-Hour Author: Everything You Need to Know to Get Published and Become a Successful Writer

Noah Charney

doi:10.5771/9781538187319

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Edition: 1/2025
Copyright Year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-8730-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-8731-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 190
Product Type: Monograph

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
Part I: On Publishing No access Pages 1 - 2
1. No Editor Wants to Read Your Full Book . . . Yet No access
2. 1. What Should an Agent Do for Me If I Have One? No access
  2. How Does an Agent Work? No access
  3. How Do Advances Work? No access
  4. How Can I Get an Agent? No access
  5. What Can I Do Without an Agent? No access
3. 1. Traditional Publishing No access
  2. Self-Publishing No access
  3. Hybrid Publishing No access
  4. To Whom Do I Submit My Book? No access
1. Lite Book Proposal No access
2. 1. Everything You Need to Know to Get Published and Become a Successful Writer No access
3. Part One: On Publishing No access
4. Part Two: On Writing Well No access
5. Academic Book Proposal Template No access
6. Image-Heavy Book Proposals No access
7. Edited Collections No access
8. Translation Book Proposals No access
9. Trade Nonfiction Proposals No access
1. Contracts No access
2. 1. Your Editor No access
  2. The Fiddly Bits: Image Rights, Citations, Fair Use, and More No access
  3. And Then You’re Published No access
1. Truffles, Goat Cheese, and XXX in Istria, Croatia’s Forgotten Coast No access
2. What Makes for a Good Article? No access
3. How Not to Scare Them Off: Letter Template for Pitching Articles and Chasing Editors No access
4. The Prince and the Looted Statues No access
5. In the Beginning was the Word: Inside the Collection of the Forthcoming Museum of the Bible No access
6. The Hacker’s Code: How Computer Programs are Decoding Mysterious Manuscripts No access
7. 1. Your First Three Articles: A Shortcut No access
8. Getting Paid (Finally) No access
Part II: On Writing Well (Enough) No access Pages 91 - 92
1. Research and Writing in the Age of AI No access
2. Article Writing Tips: Great Openings No access
3. Structuring Articles No access
4. 1. Cicero on How to Write No access
5. Outline versus Drifting No access
6. 1. Anecdotes Versus Theories No access
7. Conclusion No access
1. Big Rule 1: Make Your Reader Feel Smart No access
2. Big Rule 2: Simplicity and Clarity No access
3. ABAB Story Structure No access
4. Story Mapping No access
5. Character Mapping No access
6. Story Structures No access
7. 1. The Teaser (Minutes 1–3) No access
  2. The Trouble (Minutes 3–8) No access
  3. The Muddle (Minutes 8–13) No access
  4. The Triumph/Failure (Minutes 13–18) No access
  5. The Kicker (Minutes 19–21) No access
1. Character Sheet No access
2. Don’ts and Dos No access
3. Don’t No access
4. Do No access
1. Nonfiction Openings No access
2. Fiction Openings No access
1. Sales Expectations No access
2. Organic Marketing No access
3. Split Testing Social Media Ads No access
4. Getting Reviewed and Interviewed No access
5. Paid Reviews No access
6. Becoming an Amazon Bestseller No access
7. Landing Pages and Promotional Videos No access
8. Publicity versus Marketing No access
9. Book Events and Tours No access
10. Inside Book Tours: Analysis of an Endangered Species No access
1. Portion Out Your Work and Time No access
2. Designate Your Workspace No access
3. Check Checklists No access
4. Control Your Email No access
1. 1. Day 1 No access
  2. Day 2 No access
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  5. Day 5 No access
  6. Day 6 No access
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  10. Day 10 No access
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  12. Day 12 No access
1. 1. Week 3 No access
  2. Week 4 No access
  3. Week 5 No access
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  5. Week 7 No access
  6. Week 8 No access
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  8. Week 10 No access
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  10. Week 12 No access
2. 1. Month 4 No access
  2. Months 5–9 No access
  3. Month 10 No access
  4. Month 11 No access
  5. Month 12 No access
3. If You Need Assistance No access
1. Chapter 1 No access
2. Chapter 3 No access
Index No access Pages 187 - 188
About the Author No access Pages 189 - 190