Don’t put it off any more. Take your dream off the shelf. If you wait, you can be this time next year without making your dream of writing a successful book come true.

It’s easy to assume that a star wouldn’t possibly be interested in being in a low-budget film, but remember that even stars are not busy all the time. If the project is interesting enough they’d rather do it, even for a low salary, rather than sitting around doing nothing.

Maybe you have just submitted a manuscript to a publisher. How can you prepare for rejection?

Be­fore you type the first word, it is crit­i­cal that you think about the pro­ject in its en­tire­ty – in­clud­ing a plan for mar­ket­ing and pro­mo­tion and a bud­get as well. Here are a few ques­tions you want to ask your­self in this pro­cess:

How would you de­scribe your au­thor-​pub­lish­er re­la­tion­ship? You may pick up on con­ver­sa­tion­al nu­ances, for ex­am­ple, or miss them. Even bet­ter, you may be an au­thor who re­al­ly lis­tens. Like me, you may try to help your pub­lish­er as much as pos­si­ble. Pro­fes­sion­al­ism usu­al­ly gets good re­sults, but not al­ways.

You don’t have to become a hermit or trade in your life anymore to write a saleable book. Use the cumulative effect and get your book written in record time. Here are some easy tips from a fellow weekend writer to help you in your journey.