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  • Business Books For Writers Series
    • The Writer’s Business Plan
    • Meeting the Writer’s Deadline
      • Links for Meeting the Writer’s Deadline
    • Completing The Writer’s To-Do-List
      • Links for Completing The Writer’s To-Do List
    • Money-Making Business Models For Writers
    • The Profitable Writer
      • Links for The Profitable Writer
    • Social Media Marketing for Writers
      • Links From A Writer’s Introduction to Social Media Marketing
    • Building the Writer’s Network
    • Book Updates and Corrections
  • The Writing Entrepreneur Blog
  • The Writing Entrepreneur
  • Resources
    • Associations
    • Book Corrections
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Networking

Business Books for Writers are limited to 30,000 words for a reason. Writers must write so the books are designed to be read on the weekend. If you want to learn more about a networking topic discussed in this book, check the books listed below.
 (Also, check out the Business Books for Writers blog for articles on networking for writers.)


Networking for Authors: How to Make Friends, Sell More Books and Grow a Publishing Network from Scratch, by Dan Parsons.

Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated, by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Paz. I highly recommend this book.

Networking in Person and Online: A Freelancer’s Survival Guide Short Book. By Kristine Kathryn Rusch. A very different take on networking but worth reading.

Networking for writers: A fun way to sell more books.

Books on Active Listening

The Art of Active Listening: How to Listen Effectively in 10 Simple Steps to Improve Relationships and Increase Productivity, by Richard Banks. 
(Communication Skills Training Series) Paperback – October 6, 2021

Books on public speaking

How to Talk to Anyone: Communicate with Confidence and Charisma, Using Charm, Banter and Better Small Talk (How to Master Your Communication Skills, Become … of Influence, and Read People Like a Book.) by Lucas Bailey.

Books on Improving your social skills

Improve Your Social Skills, by Daniel Wendler. 

Books on Empathy
Empathy: Why it Matters and How to Get It, by Roman Krznari, Penguin Random House Publishing, 2014

Productivity

Meeting the Writer's DeadlineMeeting the Writer’s Deadline by Tonya D. Price

Missing your Indie publishing goals? Losing money by delivering work late to sub-contractors? Struggling to write more than one book per year? Spend a weekend with “Meeting the Writer’s Deadline” and learn to deliver your work on time.

“Meeting the Writer’s Deadline” teaches you how to:
•Juggle writing, marketing, and production deadlines to grow your writing business
•Free your Creative Mind and finish on time
•Avoid procrastination and reduce deadline stress
•Forecast costs to stay within budget
•Develop a post-project process for future success

Be a writing entrepreneur – and reap the business benefits that come with meeting your deadlines.

 

Productivity for Creative People: How to Get Creative Work Done in an “Always on” World by Mark McGuinness

Unlike Meeting the Writer’s Deadline which helps you create a process for completing your work on time, this book covers a lot of issues that creatives must deal with it as they try to get their work done.

 

 

 

 

 

Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series) by [99U]

Manage Your Day-To-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus & Sharpen Your Creative Mind, Jocelyn K. Glei (Editor)

This book is a collection of essays that will give make you think about your bad habits and how to change them. Prepare to have your ah-ha moments as you read these thought-provoking articles.

 

Social Media for Writers

The recommended books for Social Media will be added when Book 6, Social Media Marketing for Writers, is released in May, 2021.

Recommendations from the Business Books For Writers Community

The Anti-procrastination Habit by S. J. Scott,

Habit Stacking by S. J. Scott

The Successful Author Mindset by Joanna Penn

The Art of Twitter by Daniel Parson

The 30-day Productivity Plan by Damon Zahariades

Contact Business Books For Writers

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