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Create the Write Gift for the Holiday Season

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What is the one gift you as a writer want this holiday season? If you could have anything at all that relates to your writing and publishing career, what would it be? I challenge you to take a moment…or more than a moment (take at least 5 or 10 minutes) to get a really clear picture of what it is…
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Move Your Big Writing and Promotion Rocks in 2011

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With the New Year fast approaching, it’s time to consider the writing projects and platform building you didn’t finish in 2010 and make them a priority for 2011.What projects have remained on your to-do list all year long, part of the year, or even just this past month? It’s time to make them top priority. Consider them your “big rocks.”…
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Good Things Do Come to Those Who Wait!

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I sent out my first nonfiction book proposal around 10 years ago (maybe more). That was the first time I heard mention of “author’s platform. ” I’ve been working away at my author’s platform every since that time and have sent out at least four proposals and written an unpublished novel in the meantime. Of course, like many writers, while…
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What's Your Story and Why Do You Need to Write It?

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It’s my belief that everyone has a story to tell. Some people feel it’s their purpose in life to tell their story. However, you can’t just tell your story–or write it–because you feel it’s your purpose. Your story has to teach someone something, change someone in some way, or inspire someone to take some sort of action. In other words,…
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Writing for Change: From Passion to Publication (Part 2)

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When you feel compelled to create change in the world, your writing–and your writing success–flows out of that purpose and out of your passion for your work. Some of the most successful nonfiction authors are change agents following their purpose and passion down the road to publication as they try to create change on some level. If you see yourself…
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Creating Change: From Passion to Publication (Part 1)

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I most love to read and to edit books and articles produced by writers with a desire to create change in the world on some level. Most of them feel a deep sense of personal purpose–call it soul purpose. Writing a book or even a series of articles helps them fulfill that purpose. Their passion fuels them as they take…
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What's Your Payoff for Not Writing? (Part 3)

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Yesterday I published part two in my series on payoffs for not writing. (You can read part one here.) Today I conclude the series with part three, which discusses how to create new payoffs for actually writing. What I called “positive” and “negative” payoffs in my previous posts all constituted ways to avoid something that might be achieved by writing….
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What's Your Payoff for Not Writing (part 2)

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Last week I wrote about payoffs for not writing. In part 1, I covered what I call “negative payoffs.” Today, let’s look at positive payoffs—the positive outcomes you avoid when you don’t write. These, believe it or not, do constitute payoffs for not writing. Once again answer the question, “What is my payoff for not writing? What do I ‘earn’…
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Do You Need a Writing Accountability Partner?

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Sometimes when we find ourselves not meeting our writing goals, it can help to have an “accountability partner.” This can be a writing friend or a coach with whom you check in on a regular basis concerning your short and long term goals. I have always found that being accountable to someone makes me get my work done. I’ve never…
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Change the World One Book at a Time: How to Make a Positive and Meaningful Difference with Your Words, will teach those who want to write for change how to produce books that serve as potent tools for transformation.

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