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
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!
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working away at my author’s platform every since that time and have sent out at least four proposals and written an unpublished novel in the meantime.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?
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)
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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