Successful authors have courage. If you want to succeed as a nonfiction author, develop the willingness to move through your fear and toward your goals and dreams of successful authorship and a career as a writer. Become courageous. To develop courage, master your psychology, which is one of the six Pillars of High Performance. Fear usually begins in the mind….
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Today, Penny Sansevieri (@Bookgal), CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc. and a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert, offers book marketing strategies for reluctant marketers. If you are an authors who prefers to write rather than promote your books, read on to learn how to create a marketing strategy that works for you…
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Writing success requires physical and mental energy. That’s why high performers in every industry, including the writing and publishing industry, focus their attention on how to generate the energy necessary to succeed. They want to master their physiology, which is one of the six Pillars of High Performance. Just like a power plant, you have the ability to generate energy…
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Today Kathleen Gage (@KathleenGage), an internationally recognized Internet marketing advisor, offers advice about how to help your book reach Amazon #1 bestseller status in a category or even in more than one category by optimizing your Author Central page. Many authors believe the most important thing they can do to hit #1 in various categories on Amazon is write a…
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Do you ever wonder if you are making the right decision, feel confused about what to write next, or find yourself unsure about your writing career? If so, you lack clarity. Clarity helps you achieve your writing potential and purpose and write more easily and effectively. Lack of clarity leaves you questioning and wondering in all areas of your life,…
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Successful nonfiction writers master six key areas known as the Pillars of High Performance. By doing so, you achieve heightened and sustained levels of energy, clarity, courage, productivity, and influence, all of which affect your ability to become a high-performing nonfiction writer. The six Pillars of High Performance are: Physiology Psychology Productivity Persuasion Presence Purpose Let’s take a quick look…
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The majority of aspiring authors dream of becoming novelists. Fiction has an allure. It seems artistic, creative and fun. Yet, nonfiction accounts for approximately half of all trade books published. And nonfiction provides opportunities for aspiring authors to explore interesting topics and, more imporatant, to make a positive and meaningful difference with their words. As long as you can write…
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Many people think the term “high performance” applies only to machines, like cars. However, high performance applies to people like you—writers—as well. The most successful people in any industry are high performers. Writers, also, need to become a high-performers if they want to succeed. You may not have been born with high performance characteristics. However, you can learn to increase…
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Many writers and authors are solo entrepreneurs. They run their writing business alone. If you are the only person who works on your articles, essays, query letters, book proposals and blog posts, you know what this means. You write, edit, and proof your own work before you hit the “Publish” or “Send” button. Allowing your eyes to be the only…
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