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Self-Publish Non-Fiction Books

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5 contributions to Self-Publish Non-Fiction Books
Starting Out
I'm in the early stages of creating a non-fiction book. My goal is to provide historical achievements by African Americans that usually get overlooked. My problem is the format which I want to use. I want to have several short chapters with several different figures. I don't want to write a biography on them, just their contribution to history, I want the motivate the audience into digging deeper on figures they may have never been exposed to. My question is, would the best format be more like a story or more like a history book because that will dictate what information I seek out and how i should form it. I've only written college essays, so I still don't understand how a book and an essay are different/same. Are citations written the same? The format written the same?
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Yna Davis
Shawn Clement
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Abby Lawrence
New comment 18h ago
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@Yna Davis Thank you so much Yna. That is a great idea for starting a chapter. I have three book ideas right now. 1. Is providing short chapters on great accomplishments of the African American community, I don't like Black History Month because it has become entrenched in about a dozen names while allowing so many other achievements to be forgotten. I want to provide introductions to several individuals that people aren't normally acquainted with. There are so many that this idea may have to be two books in itself (with a lot more in the future), 2. The second book covers the Colored units in American History because it shows how all history is black history. It shows the obstacles they needed to overcome and the motivation to fighting for a nation that wasn't always supporting. 3. The third book covers the achievements of women in the World Wars. It is going to cover women from different nations because women's suffrage was global. World War 1 Death Battalions to World War 2 Night Witches. Some of greatest snipers in World War 2 were women and greatly feared.
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@Abby Lawrence Thank you so much for your guidance Abby.
Happy New Year Everyone!
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Shawn Clement
Kevin Hall
Deborah Lawson-martin
New comment 4d ago
Happy New Year Everyone!
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Happy New Year. Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas as well.
Announcement: Join me live on January 9, 2025
Happy New Year, everyone! To help kick off 2025 on a productive note, I'll be hosting live writing sprints on January 9, 2025. Join me starting at 12:00pm CST for two 25-minute writing/work sprints with a 5-minute break in between. The Zoom registration link is here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/-ShI7J9rTsOibXAVhCMNuQ I hope to see you there!
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Shawn Clement
Elissa Graeser
Eric Reid
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Lisa Johnson
New comment 2h ago
Announcement: Join me live on January 9, 2025
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I'm new to the site, can you explain what a 'sprint' is?
Introductions
Greetings to all, my name is Shawn. I'm 57 years old and live in Jacksonville Florida. i served 22 years in the Army followed by a short stint as a property manager for single soldier barracks and a stint as a security guard. I'm divorced and live with my younger sister who needs a caretaker following a dozen strokes over the past two years. I went back to school and earned my history degree last June (2024) since I won't be leaving the house to work I figure that I could do research and writing from home. My focus is to discover the vast achievements of marginalized people and write those experiences. I hate 'Black History Month'' because it has dissolved into recognizing a dozen names in history when there is so much more that has earned being memorialized and not forgotten. Anyway, no real hobbies anymore though I spent the past 18 months teaching myself how to cook and history reading. So, I look forward to interacting with everyone.
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Angela Jones
Shawn Clement
Yna Davis
K J
Deborah Lawson-martin
New comment 19d ago
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@Angela Jones Thank you Angela. I'm already using citations as if it were an essay. Great minds think alike, I'm just trying to keep up. :D
About me
Hello. I'm known as Kj. My husband and I started writing during COVID. We write from the heart and from our experience. We are looking forward to publishing our first book very soon. We have plans for several other books: some already written, some in the process, and some in the early development. We hope to continue this through our retirement. We like fishing, supporting our community and enjoying life.
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Shawn Clement
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Yna Davis
Deborah Lawson-martin
New comment 19d ago
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Hello KJ, my name is Shawn. It is an honor to meet you and your husband.
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Shawn Clement
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Raised in Florida, Served 22 years in the United States Army Military Intelligence branch, attended SNHU, and graduated with a BA in History June 2024

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