The Editing House introduces the award-winning My Guide series of self-help, wellness and how-to books designed to improve lives. Current titles in the series include:
My Guide: How to Write a Novel
They say everyone has book in them – but just how good will that book be? This comprehensive guide is packed with information explaining how to improve all aspects of their novel and produce a page-turner …
My Guide: How to Write a Self-Help Book Fast
With so many professional, experienced coaches, therapists and trainers, there is an increasing demand to establish themselves as experts and authority figures in their field. What better way to do it than writing a self-help book! Highly recommended so they can become the very best writers they can be and express themselves in the best possible way. This is a much-needed comprehensive guide on the art of writing a self-help book for anyone serious about their success in their careers. A bargain in comparison to expensive seminars, this book has everything under one cover, in the comfort of your own home or office.
My Guide: Grammar Rules!
Everyone thinks they can write a book and this has led to an increasing number of errors in publications, particularly with the rise of ebooks. We feel this is no excuse to let standards slip. Full of first-hand knowledge and tips, follow our instructions and you won’t go wrong. No prior knowledge base is taken for granted and it is no light treatment of its subject. Chapters move logically and quickly to cover the nuts and bolts in a user-friendly manner.
My Guide: Market & Sell Books
Never before have so many people launched into the world of writing and publishing, but often they have little or no knowledge of how to market and sell their work effectively and keep their work in the marketplace … This is a much-needed comprehensive guide for anyone serious about success as an author.
My Guide: Tame Your Inner Monster
Without the skills to handle life’s challenges and tame your inner stress monster, you end up stressed out. One of the biggest threats to modern life, we all feel under pressure at times and many of us have forgotten what it feels like to relax as we bounce from one crisis to another. This guide is packed with ways to calm your stress monster so you don’t become one of many who cost the UK alone £10 billion a year, as a shocking 44% of the population suffers from stress.
My Guide: Manage Chronic Pain
Long-term pain blights many lives, with over 10 million people in the UK suffering from the pain of arthritis alone. It is a growing problem, costing billions in pain-relieving drugs every year. Pain management techniques are highly effective if you know how to unlock their potential ...
My Guide: Overcome Insomnia
According to the NHS figures, a third of people in the UK suffer from insomnia at some point in their lives, which can cause distress and difficulties coping with daily life. This qualified author shares the techniques she used to overcome two decades of insomnia and sleep soundly no matter what challenges life brings.
My Guide: Manage Fibromyalgia/CFS
Fibromyalgia affects approximately 3% of the population in the Western World, and in many cases is a debilitating condition for which there is currently no cure. Yet, the author has been able to overcome her symptoms completely and live a healthy, active life. The shorter version of this book published under another title was downloaded in several countries within days of its release.
My Guide: Understanding Your Human Smoothie
Based on the workings of Karl Jung, this fun guide will help readers to navigate their way around key relationships. They will learn how to recognise and handle different personalities they come across in life, so they can get along with everyone they encounter in diverse environments.
How to Write a Novel
Discover how to write a novel
My Guide: How to Write a Novel is packed with content, including how to: conduct your research, develop subplots, settings and scenes, create an atmosphere, craft believable characters, plan and construct your novel, and write dialogue. It also addresses format and layout issues, as well as the basic rules of, dare we say it, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Written by an editor and coach, My Guide: How to Write a Novel includes lots of coaching tips to keep you motivated. This book will give you the expert help you need as it guides you through the writing process, providing you with all the key aspects, skills and techniques to enable you to create and develop your own writing style, so that you can have a manuscript you can be proud of. Each chapter contains exercises at the end to get you thinking in the right manner and to enable you to practise your skills. It can even help if you have already finished your novel but don’t know where to go next.
If you are worried your work isn’t good enough or you have written your heart out but know that in reality it lacks zing, this guide will give you the information you need so you can be confident you have made the right decisions. Finally, it shows you:
- What to look for when checking your work
- How to engage a proofreader or editor
- How to compile a submission and covering letter
- The various publishing options available to you
Get steps ahead of less-organised or disciplined writers with this comprehensive 340-page compendium determining the difference between writing any novel and a great novel.
Mindset
Everything we do and feel is as a result of our thoughts.
Our mindset affects every area of our lives and often this means we are being governed by our fears. Fear of the unknown, fear of failure, fear of rejection. For many of us, the only way we would actually write a book is if someone could guarantee its success.
What this means is that you could be holding yourself back from doing something that you desire. But with a little coaching you can develop the mindset of an author and turn your dream into reality.
Overwhelm
People often have so many ideas for stories that they simply don’t know where to start and which book to write. They may even start the first few pages, only to discard them because the confusion is too great. Despite dozens of ideas, they become paralysed before they have even really begun. Another aspect of this is a lack of confidence. If you have confidence in your abilities, you will be less likely to feel overwhelmed by the task ahead.
It’s a very simple equation – more confidence equals less overwhelm. By following a simple process, you will find it easier to gain clarity and the confidence to be able to formulate a compelling story.
Strategy
People may know what they want to write about and they can see their characters in their mind, but they simply don’t have a plan of how to write a novel. Like most things in life, if we don’t have a plan or a path to follow, most of us will fail.
By having a focused, structured approach to writing, and by following a simple plan, you will find it much easier to begin, enrich and complete your novel.
“I can’t praise highly enough this excellent and long-overdue asset for new and aspiring authors. It is indeed the perfect vehicle to present and promote their work and to access help and advice. I commend the team at The Writers’ House UK/The Editing House for their outstanding work and wholeheartedly recommend its use to all.”
Brendan Martin, author of The Way to Valhalla
“For all those budding writers out there, here is the book that acts as a helping hand, guiding you through the pitfalls and joys that getting your book published can present. It is witty, warm and authoritative, and offers structured and supportive activities to help your thinking, creating and doing. Whether you read it from cover to cover or dip in when you need to, it deserves a place on your bookshelf or Kindle.”
Dr Julie Leoni
“Very readable. Can tell from the Index alone that this book is more professional and comprehensive than any others available on the market.”
Carla Leach, CAL-EDITS
“Even as a published and successful author already, I still learnt things from this guide.”
Maggie McCullough, Author of Jubilee Lane
“An excellent and informative read. This is just the help I needed and I will start writing immediately!”
D. G. M. Trusler, Chester
Write a Self-Help Book Fast
Learn the essential skills for writing great self-help and how-to books FAST!
Write a self-help book people will want to read, maximise learning and retention, and do it all in just a few weeks by following a simple but effective process.
Gain an understanding of:
- Structuring your book
- Creating compelling, catchy titles, subtitles and chapter headings
- Writing in clear, concise language
- Adapting your writing to the different learning styles
- Using metaphors, examples and stories to increase understanding
- Securing copyright permissions for quotations and images
- Editing and proofreading your manuscript
- Publishing options and processes
Become a thought leader and an expert in your niche by writing a book publishers and readers will love…
Grammar Rules!
If your spelling and punctuation let you down, then you need to learn or brush up on your grammar.
Are you:
- Tense about using tenses?
- Hyperventilating at hyphens?
- Elliptical about ellipses?
- In a coma about commas?
Market and Sell Books
For all of your book marketing needs!
Who says you can’t sell ice to Eskimos?
Writing a book is just the beginning of the story to becoming a successful author … But why struggle when you can watch book sales rise with this complete book marketing course under one cover, giving essential strategies for generating sales?
Social media and the internet have brought a new dimension to book promotion, its use potentially meaning the difference between success and failure.
“I am happy to recommend this book to all my authors.”
Tony Morkel, Sable Publishing House
“Your book will not sell itself. This guide will teach you how to promote it successfully.”
Darren Cockle, Unknown Celebrity