Meet Chris Banks! - An adventurer at heart, a lover of Italian beverages, and, most importantly, the founder of ProWritingAid, the AI editing assistant for creative writers.

• Chris’ personal writing journey
• What are writing skills?
• ProWritingAid and how it improves your writing
• The merger of business writing and creative writing
• Benefits of automated writing tools and editors
• Looking into the future: How will AI for writers develop?
• The two key features to use to save time
• Adapting your writing style to your target group
• Comprehensiveness vs. readability
• Layering multiple reading experiences in one book

Website: https://prowritingaid.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-banks-b4017b1/

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Book Marketing: How to get publicity for your nonfiction book?

Halima Khatun is the award-winning author of romantic comedy novels, including The Secret Diary of an Arranged Marriage.

She’s a former broadcast journalist, working for ITV and the BBC and runs her own PR consultancy.

Today we're talking about her nonfiction book, Priceless Publicity: How to get money-can't-buy media coverage for your business.

From broadcasting to the dark side: PR

• Infusing the best of trad publishing into self publishing
• What stops authors from entertaining PR strategies
• The broader spectrum of publicity media
• Researching the best media for your book
• How to maximise long term value of PR and publicity
• Is it more difficult to get PR for a self published book?
• The ONE thing you need to have to get PR
• When is it too late to get publicity for your book?
• The best way to pitch your book to media
• Preparing for an interview

Website and free guide:
HalimaKhatun.co.uk

Books:
The Secret Diary of an Arranged Marriage
Priceless Publicity: How to get money-can't-buy media coverage for your business

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If you ever worried, your nonfiction book will be too boring, this episode is for you!

My guest today has constantly been on the British comedy scene for nearly 40 years. He was also lead singer with the world’s first Jewish heavy metal band Guns’n’Moses. Yep, you guessed it - my guest today is Dave Cohen.

Comedian, broadcaster, BBC TV writer, 8 times BAFTA winner for his Horrible Histories songs – Dave is one of the most respected teachers of comedy writing in the UK. He has written several books packed with fun and tips for writing great comedy including 'The Complete Comedy Writer', 'Build A Script' and 'Ready, Steady, Joke!'

In 2021 he published his first novel Stand Up, Barry Goldman - the first book in the Barry Goldman trilogy. Book Two – Barry Goldman: The Wilderness Years – is out now and the final book in the trilogy will be published in November 2025.

His latest non-fiction book How To Write A Funny Novel will be out in September 2024.

• How Dave got into comedy
• The power of expressing yourself through words
• The digital revolution
• Why you shouldn’t publish your first book
• The hidden story any nonfiction book should tell
• The key to any great writing (especially comedy and nonfiction)
• How to write to build trust in your authority
• Keys to bringing comedy to nonfiction
• Digging into embarrassment and mistakes
• The trial and error strategy to know what’s funny
• Why it's really hard to get comedy - and how to eventually get it right

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Join the waitlist to be notified when PUBLISHED AUTHORITY, our 12-month nonfiction author coaching programme reopens for enrolment: https://publishedauthority.com/

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Website: http://davecohen.org.uk
Email: dave@davecohen.org.uk
Books (Amazon): https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Dave-Cohen/author/B00GZOB02C

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Also mentioned: John Yorke’s book ‘Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Woods-Stories-Work-Tell/dp/0141978104

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