Preface: Before You Start

Introduction: Step by Step

Part 1: The Stairway to Earth

1: Right Message

2: Right Argument

3: Right Differentiation

4: Right Content

5: Right Organization

6: Right Craft

7: Right Game Plan

8: Right Work Program

Part 2: The Road to Publication

9:  Retool

10: Research

11: Write

12: Edit and Beautify

13: Frame

14: Bounce and Bounce Back

Afterword: After You Finish

Suggested Reading

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

Info for book reviewers: Stairway to Earth: How to Write a Serious Book, published October 2011 by Birchard Books (Amherst, New Hampshire). ISBN 978-0-9835381-0-3. 140 pages, 6″ X 9″, self-help/writing/publishing, $14.95. For a FAQ about the book, click here. To download the cover image, click here. To download images of Bill Birchard, click here.

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