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3 Must-Haves for Staying Centered as An Author
Let’s face it. Sometimes writing can be a lonely hobby (or task as the case may be). We somehow become impassioned with a topic or subject. Then we pour our heart and soul into it because we might well burst if we did otherwise. But doing so often means we aren’t out and about in…
Read More3 Important Reasons to Keep History Alive
We live in a day and age where we are constantly poked and prodded to “upgrade” our lives by getting this new gadget or purchasing this new program. As well, even in our book writing endeavors, we sometimes believe that we will create a bigger impact if we focus our writing on promoting this new…
Read More3 Key Steps to Identifying & Maintaining Your Book Vision
Are you writing what you need to write? Deciding to write a book is both daunting and exciting. While the thought of scooping together 30,000-50,000+ words in a document can be downright scary, your topic is [hopefully] one you’re passionate about and your message is one you’re looking forward to sharing with your target audience.…
Read More3 Things to Remember About Exposing Yourself Through Writing
Share yourself to drive your story! Writing an autobiography is not everyone’s cup of tea, nor is an autobiography always the best format for sharing your message of inspiration, motivation, education, and encouragement with your readers. When it is, however, knowing how to approach the issue of exposing yourself (and others) throughout the scope of…
Read MoreThe Scope & Process of Step 1: Review
The book writing review process consists of a free consultation to determine how I can best help as your book writing coach. First we will discuss the type of book you’re writing: Autobiography? Self-help? Biography? Memoir? Business promotion piece? 2. Next we will discuss why you are writing a book: Generate profit? Inspire? Motivate? Educate?…
Read More4 Simple Secrets to Enhancing Your Book Content
As book writers, generating content for our readers is what we do. Creating valuable content, however, is key to positively impacting and inspiring our readers. Typing words to fill blank space is easy, be it for a manuscript, newsletter, blog, or website template. But choosing which words to use for any or all of these…
Read MoreHandle Criticism in 3 Powerful Ways
How do you handle criticism? It can be very disheartening to pour your time, energy, and soul into writing a book only to have to handle criticism from your readers. If you haven’t had to handle criticism for sharing yourself through writing a book, that’s happy. But trust me, you will at some point be…
Read More3 Ways You Can Help Others Grow By Sharing Yourself
What you know helps others grow! Sharing ourselves through writing a book can be challenging. It can also be awkward at times. And because of that, we sometimes forget how valuable it is to share ourselves when completing the writing process. I wrote another blog on how to handle self-exposure and truth-telling, but the topic…
Read MoreThe Scope & Process of Step 5: Polish
Your manuscript is done. And you have everything organized and arranged the way you like best. But now what? Next in the process of becoming a published author is the polishing phase. And this means I give your completed draft thorough review and edit. I will be looking for things like inconsistent tone, grammatical errors,…
Read MoreThe Scope & Process of Step 4: Organize
Once we have gotten your outline fleshed out into readable content, we will then focus on organizing everything. This may sound confusing, but it’s really quite simple. We will review the things you have written and I will guide you in deciding what scenes, dialog, sections, and chapters should go where. Do you think it…
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