When you feel confident in your writing ability, you know you can accomplish whatever you put your mind to doing—including starting a blog, submitting an article to a magazine, or completing a full-length book. However, low confidence levels can prevent you from trying to create even a semblance of that success. There’s an easy way to raise your writing confidence…
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Amazon can be an excellent tool for researching the self-help category as you decide on your book’s topic or angle. But you don’t want to waste time there. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains how to effectively do self-help category and topic research using the Amazon search engine so you create a unique book your readers will find easily. Amazon accounts…
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Not everyone learns…or reads…the same way. That’s why you have to consider your readers’ learning styles when you write a book—especially if it is a self-help book. Today Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains how you can focus on your readers’ learning preferences as you write or edit. Self-help books are powerful tools. According to NPD Group, U.S. sales of self-help books…
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I know you love writing, but I bet you have days when you just don’t feel like writing, and so you don’t. After all, all writers have off days, right? Or maybe you keep telling yourself you’ll write but find reasons not to do so. Most writers procrastinate sometimes, right? Off days and procrastination might be facts of life for…
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The majority of wannabe writers struggle to become authors because they don’t write daily. If they simply got in the habit of writing 1,000 words per day, these aspiring writers would transform themselves into real writers and published authors. Today, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Marc Guberti (@MarcGuberti) provides insight into the power of meeting that daily…
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Becoming an expert writer is a prerequisite to achieving success as an author. But how do you become a proficient nonfiction writer? Today, C.S. Lakin (@CSLakin) describes that process and offers tools and strategies to help you achieve your nonfiction writing goals. Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 best seller, Outliers, centers on the premise that, regardless of a person’s pursuit, it takes…
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You are the only reason you don’t write consistently. Period. Plain and simple, if you want to write consistently, you must get out of your way. I know this sounds harsh, but it’s time for some tough love from your favorite Author Coach…moi. Ready? Here it comes… Stop Blaming You can blame lack of time, life getting in the way,…
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