Course curriculum

  • 1

    January 2021 Webinar

    • New beginnings

    • Document your transformation

    • Anne O'Dwyer's book

    • LCS Method

    • 10 Things I Hate About You movie script

    • Robin Hood books

    • 5 ingredients books

    • A book inspired by another book

    • Deadlines are awesome

    • Have fun with your books

    • Lao Tsu

    • Live for a Century book

    • What should we send you first?

    • What's more important, title or subtitle?

    • How should I create acronyms?

    • Audio file as a free gift

    • Confirmation page
  • 2

    February 4 2021 Webinar

    • List your pains

    • The Magic of Steam update

    • Bullets templates

    • Book Title templates

    • How to do a press release?

    • 'Light' editing

    • Relevant info in the bio

    • Why do bad books sell?

    • Public domain books as starting point?

    • Create a book on a topic that interests you

    • Promotion before or after book launch?
  • 3

    February 25 2021 Webinar

    • Outsourcing and overdelivering

    • Thinking is hard

    • The Pedlar of Swaffham

    • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

    • iBed Lap Desk

    • How to get from zero to income faster

    • Nadine Webb's creations

    • Quotations book

    • WorkFlowy affiliate link

    • Tales of the Tube

    • Should chapters be of similar length?

    • Should I print in B&W or color?

    • Book on job interview or job search?

    • MerchantWords
  • 4

    March 31 2021 Webinar

    • The Magic of Steam

    • Prepare Produce Present

    • Ask for help (feat. What a Way to Live and Make a Living)

    • Some mistakes in a book (Backpackers in India)

    • 260 hours of TV

    • Your book in life-like speech

    • HTML description for your Amazon listing

    • Ideas are all around you

    • Ways to 'create' illustrations ideas

    • Are graphs/charts illustrations?

    • Can I write without an outline?

    • Do I have to specify the size to the illustrator?

    • Footnotes vs bibliography

    • Treat the modules as instruction manuals

    • Can I use Designrr for my book layout?

    • Second chance at life
  • 5

    April 29 2021 Webinar

    • Find faults (feat. Solving the Moment and The King of Copper Mountains)

    • Use pull quotes

    • Robert Morgan's book (proof copies and TinEye)

    • Tool: Smallpdf

    • Robert Morgan's illustrator

    • Cressida Cowell

    • 30-day Otter challenge

    • Otter.ai: Supported languages

    • Get an outsourcer to finish writing

    • Getting a proof copy

    • Petter Nyborg's new book

    • Adding more 'spices' to your book

    • How long can I speak into Otter?

    • What do we expect to get from cover designers?

    • Paperback and Kindle versions: 2 different files

    • How many pages will my book have?
  • 6

    May 27 2021 Webinar

    • That Moura Moment by Dave Thomas

    • Read out loud words you write

    • Writing the foreword/dedication/acknowledgements

    • Quote well-known people in your book

    • Prepare Produce Present by Robert Morgan – illustrations

    • Grammarly

    • Pull quotes templates on Canva

    • Dave Thomas on Otter

    • MS Word's editor vs Grammarly

    • Timestamps in Otter

    • Are there issues with quoting from my survey?

    • Virtual assistant

    • Do we need to lay out the page margins?

    • Creating a cover for a proof copy

    • Track Changes issue

    • Checking internet speed connection: Speedtest.net
  • 7

    June 30 2021 Webinar

    • Robert Morgan's progress

    • Borrowing bullets: examples

    • Pain Be Gone illustrations

    • Banish the Bottleneck book cover

    • The Story of Susie by John McNamara

    • Create mind maps

    • What Tony Buzan says about outsourcing

    • Coggle: Mindmapping software

    • Grammarly vs Scribens

    • Why you shouldn't worry about hiring a 'bad' outsourcer...

    • Worries with outsourcing

    • Kate Bush, UK singer
  • 8

    August 4 2021 Webinar

    • Launching of Banish the Bottleneck

    • We Bought a Zoo

    • Publishing a book series on Amazon

    • Hyphenation feature

    • Grammarly vs Scribens

    • Creating an Audible version

    • Amazon description box upgrade

    • How many illustrations?

    • How to space out illustrations?

    • Mixing photos with drawings?

    • Adding a dedication page