Book Promotion: Out of the Box and Onto the Bulletin Board
Bring Your Book to Life Graduate and author of The Compliment Quotient: Boost Your Spirits, Spark Your Relationships and Uplift the World, Monica Strobel just sent out a newsletter offering a new free...
View ArticleYour Book is a Hot Date
You’ve probably already heard me say, “Schedule your book-writing appointments in your calendar for very specific times and keep these times sacred.” Think of it as a hot date or a meeting with the...
View ArticleInspired to Write: How to Keep the Juices Flowing
While preparing to teach Inspired to Write tomorrow, I’ve been thinking about the importance of support in keeping our writing juices flowing. It seems to me a challenge all writers struggle with. I...
View ArticleThe Winner Is…
Here are the final posts from our November month of writing support. Thank you to everyone for your inspiring shares and congratulations on your progress this month. And the winner of a free...
View ArticleI Really Shouldn’t Be Blogging Today
Tomorrow is newsletter day. And so, if you subscribe to both my blog and newsletter, you’ll get two e-mails from me in less than 24 hours. So I shouldn’t be blogging. And I apologize. At the same...
View ArticleWrite a Book? What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
During a consultation with a newly enrolled Bring Your Book to Life participant, Ariel shyly admitted that she was a bit afraid I might give her a hard time for not getting started on the course...
View ArticleFinding Your Writing Voice: Head vs. Heart
“Lead with your heart but use your head. The purpose of your head is to figure out the best way to give your heart’s message.” – Dr. Katie Eastman Many questions come up when you’re writing a book: -...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Book Launch Party
I just returned from a trip to NY for the book launch party of The Creativity Cure by my clients Drs. Carrie and Alton Barron. The party had all the right ingredients: - Free copies of a most fresh and...
View ArticleWriting a Book and Got Stuck? 5 Cures
I just got an e-mail from a Bring Your Book to Life Program participant who’s a little stuck. Thought I’d share a few ideas–three related to book outlines: 1. Go Deeper in Your Book Outline: Sometimes...
View ArticleWhich Book to Write? 5 Steps to Decide
Too many book ideas? It’s been a recent theme with clients this summer. Here are 5 Steps to help you decide which book to write…first. 1. What’s your big vision? Look at your long term vision for your...
View ArticleManifesting Money: It’s Easier than You Think
Stephanie called me yesterday to share this story and the magic of it blew me away. Stephanie and I had talked earlier in the week because she felt drawn to my Bring Your Book to Life Program as a...
View ArticleWhen You’re Sad You Make a Rainbow–and Other Writing Secrets
My five-year-old told me yesterday, “When You’re Sad, You Make a Rainbow.” I didn’t quite get it until he pointed to his frown. My son knows one of the secrets of good writing–let your mind wander....
View ArticleNo excuses in NJ: Lessons in Commitment from Hurricane Sandy
The subject of this afternoon’s e-mail from Maria Palmer: “No excuses in NJ.” The content: “Hi Lisa, Even with the power out, I’m still writing. Maria” Yes, she’s wearing a miner’s hat! Maria did not...
View ArticleSecond Annual NoWriMoMo
In helping hundreds of nonfiction authors with their books, I’ve come to the conclusion that 97% of aspiring authors need consistent motivation and support to get their book completed—two things that...
View ArticleGratitude–A Powerful Way to “Write in the Zone”
In the 5-Step system I formulated for Writing in the Zone, I suggest you end your writing time with giving thanks and feeling grateful for your writing session—the inspiration, the flow, the pages...
View ArticleLessons Learned in 2012
This post is inspired by Rusty Shelton’s Lessons Learned in 2012. I learn awesome lessons from my clients every day–lessons about staying with one’s vision, surrounding oneself with supportive people,...
View ArticleJoin me on the Feel Good Spaces Blog Tour
When I attended Book Expo America last year, the highlight for me was “BEA Bloggers” the day before BEA officially began. I discovered just how much publishers LOVE bloggers because bloggers can be a...
View ArticleMake it a TEDx Weekend in Providence
It’s been said that, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” What you can know, is that if your 2013 is starting to look mighty similar to your 2012 — and your 2011 — not much is going to change without...
View ArticleTap into Creativity: An Interview with Dylan Klempner
I love my work as a book writing and publishing coach. Inevitably I meet people who are up to such interesting things–so I’m always learning from them. Sometimes, what they have to teach is...
View ArticleHappy Spilled Milk Day?
There’s Earth Day, Grandparents Day, National Pancake Day—but did you know that today happens to be National Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day? What does this have to do with writing a book? Spilled...
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