If your manuscript remains unfinished because you donāt have enough time to write, you arenāt alone. āLack of timeā is the reason most-often mentioned by those who say they want to write a book but havenāt achieved this goal. However, time isnāt you problem. Your problem involves priorities and attention. You believe some activities are more important than writing and…
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Branding seems like an activity best suited to companies, like Nike, Audi, Best Buy, Rolex, or Amazon. Books and words brand nonfiction authors, right? And they do so in an authentic and organic manner. In fact, authors do need brands, but most writers donāt think about brandingāor donāt want to think about it. Those writers who do bother to brand…
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Writing a book is like exercising. At some point, if you truly want to become an authorāor get in shape for authorshipāyou have to follow Nikeās advice and āJust do it.ā You have to stop finding excuses and start a book manuscript. Then you have to keep writing until you reach your goalāfinish your manuscript. Then you pick a new…
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I used to be a dedicated journaler. I have stacks of my old diaries dating back to high school…or maybe even middle school. Then, in my 30s, I stopped keeping a hand-written journal and switched to the computer. Later, I stopped journaling altogether. I felt I could better use that time. Computer Journaling First, let me explain why I switched…
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Too often we fail to acknowledge our own accomplishments. In the process, we lose sight of how much we have done or how far we have come. Recently I decided to write a post that listed some facts about my writing career. I found it an interesting exercise. It did, indeed, offer me a chance to look back over my…
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