[Nick's Writing Blog] Guest Post: Writing and Publishing My First E-Book!

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Today I'm publishing an article by Larry Nielsen, a buyer of my course The 10-Day E-Book.

Larry wanted to tell his story and reveal how he had turned the advice in the course into a published e-book of his own (the excellent How to Buy Your First Home with Confidence). I hope you enjoy reading his article.

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My journey started around 2008. I was living in an upscale apartment complex in South Florida. I had a top-floor corner unit. I could open the windows and feel the cool breeze blow through. I was sitting on my super comfortable leather couch watching my big flat screen TV. I had an expensive European luxury car parked out front. What a life!

The problem was that the apartment was costing me half of my monthly income in rent alone. The car was another story. There goes another few hundred dollars down the drain each month on car payments, gas, insurance, and repairs. To make things even worse, the money I was paying to the apartment complex wasn't doing anything for me. I mean it was enabling me to live in that place but that's the extent of it. Basically it was lining someone else's pockets and making them a little bit richer each day. Did I mention that I was thousands of dollars in credit card debt? Well, I was.

The day came when I realized that this was not the life I wanted to live anymore. I didn't want to "fake it until I made it". I wanted to own my own home. I wanted that sense of pride, sense of community, and respect that comes with the esteemed title of "home owner".

I started to get my act together. I stopped using my credit cards. I started to pay them all off, little by little. I had to wait until the end of my lease to move out to avoid paying any penalties so I did that. I even sold that money-pit of a car. I had made a decision and I was going to make it happen.

I moved out of that apartment, moved in with a buddy who charged me next to nothing in rent, and started saving all that I could. While I was saving, I started researching the local real estate market. I didn't tell you this yet, but I used to be a Realtor. I wasn't anymore, though, and the real estate market changes, so I was doing my own research. I was talking to people I knew, driving around looking at the different areas and properties for sale, visiting open houses, and using the internet to search for properties for sale.

I wasn't ready to buy anything just yet, but I needed to know where I stood and what the current prices were. I worked with a couple of Realtors, and one mortgage broker, that didn't quite work out. I kept living cheap and saving money until I had enough for a down payment. I was also able to find a Realtor, through a personal referral, who was a hard worker and willing to help me find what I wanted.

It took some time, patience, and a lot of persistence, but I was able to find and purchase a home in a nice area and at a fair price. My preparation, research, and determination, along with my Realtor's help, allowed this to happen in a fairly smooth manner. I was pleased.

After I moved in I started thinking that I would like to share my experience with other first-time home buyers. I thought that my story might be able to help them stay motivated, move forward, and become home owners. I had a lot of great ideas in my head, a story to tell, and a lot of good information to share.

I had no idea how to put what was in my head onto paper, though. I had tried a couple of times. Late at night I would be sitting in front of my computer saying to myself, "I'm going to write an eBook. What's so hard about it?" I opened up my word processor software and began typing. I tried this a few times. I would usually get about a paragraph into it and realize that I had no idea how to write enough to make an entire eBook. Also, I had no idea how to structure my thoughts, to make it easier to write, and easy for readers to read.

I thought I should be able to start writing off the top of my head and keep going until I finished my eBook. When I was not able to do this, I would get a little discouraged and think that maybe an eBook author is just something that I was not meant to be.

This is no joke. One of those nights, I was surfing the Internet and came across Nick Daws' website that offered a program on "How to write and publish your eBook in 10 days or less". At first I thought, "Yeah, right." Still, I read what his site had to say. It really sounded like a good system and, better yet, it sounded like something I could understand and implement. I decided to give it a shot. I purchased his course!

I was amazed at what I found inside. Nick's course breaks down the entire process of writing an eBook. I am talking about all the way from brainstorming for ideas, researching your ideas for relevancy, determining what information your eBook will contain, organizing that information, and writing and self-editing your eBook.

That's not all, either. The way his course is written, it makes the whole thing super easy. Even a beginning writer can understand it and make it work for them. I followed his course to the letter and wrote, edited, and published my very first eBook in just 10 days. Like I said, this is no joke. It really worked for me. I was able to take all of that information in my head, write it down, organize it, and turn it into a structured, published eBook, "How to Buy Your First Home with Confidence"!

After you get your eBook written, Nick shows you how to get it published, how to promote it, and offers you plenty of free resources along the way. I used most of the free resources as well that saved me hundreds of dollars compared to what I would have spent if I had paid for those same services somewhere else.

I can't say enough good things about Nick's 10-Day-eBook Course. It's worth the money and worth your time. I also think it should be mentioned that Nick didn't pay me or offer me any compensation to write this. I just want you to know that if you are thinking of writing an eBook and just don't know where or how to start, you need to take a look at Nick's course.

Here's to health, happiness, eBooks, and home ownership! CHEERS!

Sincerely, Larry Nielsen
Author - "How to Buy Your First Home with Confidence"
Website: http://www.homewithconfidence.com
Blog: http://homewithconfidence.blogspot.com

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Thanks very much to Larry for taking the trouble to write down his story and submit it to me.

I'm touched and delighted by his kind comments about my 10-Day E-Book course, and hope his well-written and informative manual achieves the success (and sales) it deserves. If you have any comments or questions for Larry, please do post them below.

And, of course, if you're about to buy your first home or know someone who is, I highly recommend investing a few dollars in How to Buy Your First Home with Confidence. It could easily save you a few thousand further down the line!