Comments on: Publishing and Writing for Speakers http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/01/19/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/ "...a new favorite blog for professional excellence in public speaking, speech-writing, and executive communications." - The Register, May 24, 2008 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:07:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: scott hammond http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/01/19/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-94858 scott hammond Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:53:06 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-94858 Ian, Great recap...you leave me wishing I could have been present. Thanks for taking the time and effort to leave a trail to follow...best, Scott Hammond, BecomeaBetterFather.com Ian,
Great recap…you leave me wishing I could have been present. Thanks for taking the time and effort to leave a trail to follow…best, Scott Hammond, BecomeaBetterFather.com

]]> By: Jan Harness http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/01/19/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-94695 Jan Harness Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:11:50 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-94695 Thank you for the great info! I'm one of the writers using my blog as a starting point for a book -- or, as a book. For me, it's a matter of "smaller is better." The idea of writing a whole book -- while keeping up with my writing for clients -- is overwhelming. But, I can write one page a day for a blog! Thanks again -- your update is very much appreciated. Thank you for the great info! I’m one of the writers using my blog as a starting point for a book — or, as a book. For me, it’s a matter of “smaller is better.” The idea of writing a whole book — while keeping up with my writing for clients — is overwhelming. But, I can write one page a day for a blog!
Thanks again — your update is very much appreciated.

]]> By: Six Minutes http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/01/19/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-92996 Six Minutes Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:05:10 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-92996 <strong>Public Speaking Blogosphere: Week in Review [2008-01-26]...</strong> It is time again to review the past week here at Six Minutes and throughout the public speaking blogosphere. As always, there is a wide range of great advice for speakers. This week also features a series of articles on speech analysis, reflections on ... Public Speaking Blogosphere: Week in Review [2008-01-26]…

It is time again to review the past week here at Six Minutes and throughout the public speaking blogosphere.
As always, there is a wide range of great advice for speakers.
This week also features a series of articles on speech analysis, reflections on …

]]> By: Pat Mayfield http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/01/19/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-92281 Pat Mayfield Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:21:37 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-92281 Thanks, Ian for the blog...I really wanted to make the meeting, but actually was editing the final...final version of a book that had to get to the publisher...I appreciate your comments...Truly, Pat Thanks, Ian for the blog…I really wanted to make the meeting, but actually was editing the final…final version of a book that had to get to the publisher…I appreciate your comments…Truly, Pat

]]> By: Patricia Fripp http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/01/19/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-92160 Patricia Fripp Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:09:23 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-92160 As always Ian, you comments make me feel as if I were at the meeting. Thanks for such a great service to your readers. Your pa Fripp...see you at Fripp and Fripp 19 Feb! As always Ian, you comments make me feel as if I were at the meeting. Thanks for such a great service to your readers. Your pa Fripp…see you at Fripp and Fripp 19 Feb!

]]> By: TJ Walker tjwalker.com http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/01/19/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-92053 TJ Walker tjwalker.com Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:14:34 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-92053 The awful truths on publishing were right on target. Publishing is still an important part of many speakers' platforms, but it is rarely a profit center. TJ Walker tjwalker.com The awful truths on publishing were right on target. Publishing is still an important part of many speakers’ platforms, but it is rarely a profit center. TJ Walker tjwalker.com

]]> By: Terri Tate http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/01/19/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-91953 Terri Tate Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:51:49 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-91953 Thanks, Ian. I had a conflict with the January NSA meeting and am delighted to get your summary. I have a 400 page memoir in the closet and have written a solo show, but need a boost to get things out there. Your info helped. I've found that writing with others helps me. We connect in person or by phone, do a short check-in, pick a topic, hang up if by phone and write for a while, then call back and read what we've written. It helps with discipline for me. Thanks, Ian. I had a conflict with the January NSA meeting and am delighted to get your summary. I have a 400 page memoir in the closet and have written a solo show, but need a boost to get things out there. Your info helped. I’ve found that writing with others helps me. We connect in person or by phone, do a short check-in, pick a topic, hang up if by phone and write for a while, then call back and read what we’ve written. It helps with discipline for me.

]]> By: Joan Price http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2008/01/19/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-91952 Joan Price Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:45:17 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/publishing-and-writing-for-speakers/#comment-91952 I also attended this marvelous seminar, and I enjoyed the reminders of what the panel told us. I am the author of five books that were published via the conventional route, and I'm seriously weighing the alternatives for my next book. As the speakers told us, there are some good reasons for signing with a publisher -- getting paid to write the book (i.e.the advance) is the main one, and distribution is another. But the advantages to self-publishing are many, and today's technology has made it less expensive than it used to be. I also wish the panel had discussed blogging, but that topic probably deserves a whole day. Joan Price Author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty (Seal Press, 2006, http://www.joanprice.com/BetterThanExpected.htm) Author of The Anytime, Anywhere Exercise Book: 300+ quick and easy exercises you can do whenever you want! (http://www.joanprice.com/books/aaeb.htm) Join us -- we're talking about ageless sexuality at http://www.betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com I also attended this marvelous seminar, and I enjoyed the reminders of what the panel told us. I am the author of five books that were published via the conventional route, and I’m seriously weighing the alternatives for my next book.

As the speakers told us, there are some good reasons for signing with a publisher — getting paid to write the book (i.e.the advance) is the main one, and distribution is another. But the advantages to self-publishing are many, and today’s technology has made it less expensive than it used to be.

I also wish the panel had discussed blogging, but that topic probably deserves a whole day.

Joan Price
Author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex After Sixty (Seal Press, 2006, http://www.joanprice.com/BetterThanExpected.htm)
Author of The Anytime, Anywhere Exercise Book: 300+ quick and easy exercises you can do whenever you want! (http://www.joanprice.com/books/aaeb.htm)
Join us — we’re talking about ageless sexuality at http://www.betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com

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