Author Nina Amir was asked what has changed since the first edition of her book, How to Blog a Book, which is about writing a book and building a platform at the same time. Nina noted that Google is constantly changing its algorithms and requirements about indexing content. Consequently, the amount of content that needs to be written for every blog post to be perceived as valuable by Google has increased to 800+ words. Google's increased word count standard has made blogging two or three times a week, a previous best practice, impracticable for many authors. Agents and publishers used to look favorably upon books with a large percentage of content that had already been published in a blog, because the content was proven. Now, however, agents and publishers view such content as having proven a concept, versus being suitable for a book; instead, they now want less than 50% of book content to have been published previously in a blog. Nina explained that she draws inspiration for her books from her own experiences and struggles, often asking herself what's of interest to her that's also of interest to others. Nina's current project is a book about writing for change. The book is intended to inspire other writers whose purpose is to create change on any level (e.g., personal, spiritual, organizational, etc.) and give them insight into the publishing industry. As explained in her forthcoming book, the first step to creating change is understanding it, i.e., what it takes, who you need to be to lead a movement, etc. Nina has three blogs: 1. writenonfictionnow.com: inspires writers to make a positive and meaningful difference with their words 2. howtoblogabook.com: about being a good blogger and making money blogging 3. “As the spirit moves me” on ninaamir.com: personal and spiritual growth
