I really enjoy writing, and I've been looking at some ways to make extra money. I was recently contacted by a 9real life international!) publisher to write a book for them, after they read some of my online writing. Unfortunately, the deal fell through as the book they were planning to put together was moved to a different department. However, it made me think that my writing can't be ALL bad, if it impressed a publishing company enough to think about commissioning me.
So I thought I might write an e-book. However, I don't really have any skills that I would feel comfortable pretending to be an expert on. These are some of the things I've done:
3 year English & Creative Writing course. Fairly good knowledge of English criticism and how to discuss books. Thought I could turn this into:
How to talk about books: A guide for an English Student
How to write a short story (or play / radio show etc. The problem with this is there's a mountain of brilliant advice already out there - for free)
Webdesign (I'm a freelancer designer, and write standards-compliant code. However, I've never done formal training, and I don't think my knowledge competes with that of many other designers writing books and online articles)
Some kind of nutrition / foods guide (I have always been interested in food and diet, and explored many different ones. I think it would be interesting to share what I've learned... maybe do a coverage of all different diets and their plusses/minuses. But there's ten million diet books/blogs/articles etc. out there already!)
I wrote my dissertation on 'Gonzo Journalism' but I doubt any normal person wants to read about that
