Summary: Why not write a book in retirement?<br> In this episode, my guest was John Grantham. I usually conduct my interviews via Skype, but John and I did a face to face interview on a ship. I met John on a Celebrity Cruise that my husband and I enjoyed, where he was the cruise director.<br> John’s an interesting guy…In the past, he was a stunt man appearing on shows such as Days of our lives, Get Shorty, and Will and Grace just to name a few.<br> Now, on top of being a cruise director, he wrote a book called The World’s Hardest Music Trivia. John was doing music trivia on his ship and he came up with the idea to write a book about it. The book is not just a trivia book, but has a lot of fun behind the scenes information on music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.<br> No story is undeserving of being told…<br> This interview is full of information on how to write a book. We go over the following tips:<br> <br> * Determine your story. Remember it is the story that sells not only factual information.<br> * What is your platform that is going to attract publishers and readers?<br> * Should you self-publish or go out and solicit a publisher?<br> * How to get an agent<br> * How to write the book it self!<br> * Be passionate and bring your love of your subject to the reader<br> <br> All though actually getting a book published can be difficult, John says to be patient and be persistent. It takes time and you may get a lot of “No’s” before you get one yes.<br> Where to buy John’s Book:<br> <a href="http://www.nautiluspublishing.com/nautilus-store/the-worlds-hardest-music-trivia-by-john-grantham-3/">Nautilus Publishing Company</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Hardest-Music-Trivia-History/dp/1936946858/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478808607&sr=1-1">Amazon</a><br> Contact information: Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theworldshardestmusictrivia/">https://www.facebook.com/theworldshardestmusictrivia/</a><br> Other links and sites we mention in our interview:<br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Riding-Blue-Moth-Bill-Hancock/dp/1596701048/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478809744&sr=8-1&keywords=riding+the+blue+moth">Bill Hancock- Riding with the Blue Moth</a><br> <a href="http://www.writersmarket.com/">The writer’s market place</a><br> <a href="http://www.celebritycruises.com/">Celebrity Cruises</a><br> This post on Retirement Lifestyle first appeared on<br> <br>
