How to Write a Book? How to Publish?

By Celine Healy

Create your own book and have it published all within 12 weeks!

Fantastic book! It was really informative and well set out. Highly recommended for those who need to know EVERY step in writing and self-publishing a book. I now understand aspects of publishing that before were just too confusing!
This book will make writing your own a pure joy.
Anita Saunders.

Celine Healy has written a simple to read, easy to implement guide for those beginning this journey.
If you get just a few pearls of wisdom from within these pages, and there are many, your journey to self-publishing will go much smoother.

You’ll learn everything needed for ebooks and paperbacks: where to get print copies made, what costs are involved, how many pages the book should be and so many other smart tips in between.
The world is waiting to hear from you. Don’t make them wait any longer. Do your homework, read this guide and get started on your next career as a published author.
-Jason Matthews, author of How to Make, Market and Sell Ebooks All for Free.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Celine Healy
• Release date: Jul 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301604050

Celine Healy

Celine Healy found her true Life Path and Purpose by using the techniques described in this, her first book. With professional qualifications in accounting, mass communications, education, counselling, coaching and healing methodologies, Celine has done everything from running an accounting practice, to helping people overcome stress, to mentoring girls and women in business, to opera singing.She wrote, directed and produced her first short film, The Rip-Off, and wrote the songs and sang on the movie track. As head of her own accounting practice, Celine was a finalist in the Telstra Women in Business Awards, and, as a Stress Counselor,was a finalist in the Sydney Business Review Weekly Women in Business Awards. She gave up her accounting practice to follow her true Life Path as an inspirational writer, speaker and stress and mental health specialist.Knowing her unique natural talents and spiritual role on the planet, Celine is now well on the way to living the life she deserves.Celine lives in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia with her two cats, Louis and Truffles, where she practices as a Stress Resolution and Mental Health Specialist, to individuals and corporations. Information about Celine and her books, talks and courses is available on her websites: https://www.stresstosuccess.com.au and http://www.celinehealy.com

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About the Author

Celine Healy, having already self-published two books, was half-way through her third book when she was constantly being asked by people: How can I write my own book? What do I do? Where do I go? How much does it cost? Because Celine has a passion for helping people achieve their goals, and become their best selves, the result is this book. This combined book/workbook forms the basis of her book writing and self-publishing seminars and webinars. You are encouraged to use this book as your own personal workbook and make notes on the available pages, so that your manuscript can evolve rapidly.

Celine has had a chequered background which has filled her experience bank with lots of material for all kinds of projects. Celine wrote, directed and produced her first short film, The Rip-Off, and as a hobby has dabbled in script writing and short stories. As head of her own accounting practice, Celine was a finalist in the Telstra Women in Business Awards. As a counsellor, Celine was a finalist in the Sydney Business Review Weekly Awards. She gave up her accounting practice to follow her true identity, her true Life Path as an inspirational writer, speaker, and performance management strategist for individuals and businesses, helping career women and women in business clarify their true identity, so they can make the contribution they would like.

Celine now lives in the Sothern Highlands area of New South Wales, Australia, a short drive from the bustling metropolis of Sydney, where she practises as a performance management strategist, speaker and career counsellor. Celine's books, seminars, webinars and e-courses are available from her websites.

https://www.howtowriteabook1.com

https://www.helpmefindacareer1.com

Foreword

In this inspiring, easy-to-follow book/workbook, How to Write a Book? How to Publish?

Celine Healy captures the essence of how to write a book and have it published in record time. Hers is a no-nonsense approach to finding only the necessary information you need to be able to create your masterpiece and have it published. This book is about getting on the fast track to having your ideas take shape, mapped out and published, all within a twelve week time period.

This book is so easy to follow even I could use this method. Celine has cut out all of the unnecessary bits of information that you do not need to know, information that tends to cloud the real issues involved in creating and publishing a book. So much hype and mystique enshrines the area of how to write a book and have it published, that most people feel overwhelmed and confused about where to go, what to do and how to start. What are the costs involved? Who is the best editor for me? How much should I pay for a book cover? How do I get my book printed or published? So many things can be confusing for the budding author, because they are not aware of the range of possible options available. However, if you follow the steps in this book, it is all laid out for the reader, from choosing your topic, to clarifying why you want to become an author, to how to choose the number of pages in your book based on the costs of production. Having read this gem of a book/work-book, How to Write a Book? How to Publish? many aspects of the book writing and publishing area that have become clearer.

This book has been designed to be used, written in, carted round from place to place and dog-eared from use. It is highly practical. It is designed for people to take notes as they proceed. I love it!

The most remarkable thing about Celine's book is the unique way she has collated and simplified so many different ideas into one cohesive whole—delivering you, the reader, a complete toolbox for your writing and publication success. Celine shows you how to use this information to your best advantage. She offers concrete, real-world tips on all of the costs involved from idea creation to publication

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to experience becoming a published author in as short a time as possible. If you are ready to make your dream of becoming an author a reality—don't hesitate to read this book. Who knows? Maybe we will even hear about your success firsthand once you've taken the up the challenge of How to Write a Book? How to Publish?

Monica LeLacheur

Artist, Author, Poet

Preface

This book/workbook has been inspired by the numerous people who have asked me, after I have told them that I have written a book, How do I go about writing my own book? Where do I go? What do I do? How much does it cost to self- publish? And so on. The only reason I know where to go, what the shortcuts are, and how much it costs, is that I have done a course on writing and self-publication, and have completed several books since then. Having completed this course, I came to the realisation that, what I had learnt, how the course was delivered, and what I personally needed in a course or webinar, was very different indeed, to what was delivered. I had a different learning style. I realised that others may have had a similar experience to mine. I wanted to be able to deliver a very simple approach to writing and self-publishing a book, in a cost-effective manner. The cost of delivery of the course that I had attended, even though we were a beta testing group, was out of the reach of many people who wanted to be able to achieve 'author status' on a budget. So, hence this combined book/work-book.

In saying this, when I wrote this particular book, I followed the steps that are outlined in the book religiously, so that I knew that the steps could be followed easily, and that if I needed to change the order of the steps, I was able to do so before publication. You can, literally, write your book from this book/workbook. There are pages for you to make notes. There are specific websites to go to in order to hire contractors for your project.

I have even made an audio program for those who are more auditory- (coming soon) and you can purchase this separately from the website attached to this book:

https://www.howtowriteabook1.com

https://www.howtopublish1.com

This book/workbook is primarily for non-fiction writers, for example writing about pets, self- help, motivation, travel, cooking, biographies, history, countries, any topic you can name.

In saying that, if you are a fiction writer, you will still gain benefit as to how to go about setting out each chapter, where to go to hire your contractors, setting up your titles, domain names, website and so on. It does not teach anything about development of your characters, or plot development. However, plot development follows naturally from setting out your chapters.

I do understand that there are perfectionists out there who are so concerned with what others may think of their 'attempt' at writing, that they agonise over every little step