My guest today is Hassan Osman, the author of Write Your Book on the Side: How to Write and Publish Your First Nonfiction Kindle Book While Working a Full-Time Job.

He has published 8 books, 4 of which are Amazon bestsellers, while balancing a demanding full-time job. He is also the podcast host of Writer on the Side. In this episode, Hassan shares helpful writing advice, talks about publishing on Amazon vs. Gumroad, how to get your book to the top of the Amazon bestsellers list, and more.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:41 Hassan shares his background
1:51 Why Hassan wrote a book about writing
3:18 The most important thing about writing a book
4:31 The 3 traits of great books
7:47 How to make time to write while working a full-time job
12:15 How to overcome writer's block
13:29 Why you want to separate writing from editing
16:42 Common mistakes first-time writers make
22:14 Using Amazon reviews as market research
24:18 Different ways you can make money from your book
30:11 Publishing on Amazon
33:37 How to become an Amazon #1 bestseller
37:41 Publishing on Gumroad vs Amazon
41:57 Two books that had a huge influence on Hassan

Learn more about the author:

Twitter: @HassanO
Instagram: @hass.osman
Website: thecouchmanager.com

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