Would you take advice from someone young, opinionated and angry?
You’d better, because James Altucher has come up with 33 Unusual Tips to Being a Better Writer.

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/03/33-unusual-tips-to-being-a-better-writer/

When you’ve taken his suggestions seriously you can move on to the next stage, getting the book published.

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/05/why-and-how-i-self-published-a-book/

A zillion people out there are would-be writers. Altucher tells them why they should go the self publishing route. I’ve tried it and it works.  But it’s rather like finding a cure to a chronic disease: the medicine might have some effect at first but it doesn’t solve the problem long term. In the same way, it’s easy to get a book on Amazon and Kindle. You don’t need an agent, an editor or a pesky publisher who keep saying ‘not for us’. But when you’ve done it…. what next? It’s just not the same as having a pile of best-sellers in the window of Waterstones or Barnes and Noble. Your book is there online for a million readers, but somehow…. they haven’t found it yet.

If you’re happy following this theme you might like to read my piece on the much-viewed blog Huffington Post. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/judy-jackson/wanna-be-a-kindle-millionaire_b_1104833.html

I was assured it goes out to over 4 million readers. I think I’d get more response if I called up a dozen friends and asked them to read it!