One question I ask aspiring writers is “What is holding you back from taking the next step?” This question is important. Not just for writing, producing, promoting and marketing a book, but for any area of your life. What is holding you back? What is keeping you from taking that next step toward your goal […]
It’s Done! Now What?
Finally, your first or maybe fifth book is done. All that work, concentration and discipline over, done! For a time we feel exhilaration, relief and pride. But only for a while. Maybe it will be weeks, days or merely hours but inevitably, we’ll hear that voice, “Now what?” Recently I completed a non-fiction book I […]
What is the Single Most Critical Attribute for a Writer?
The most important attribute for a writer? If we were to ask this question to those who have never written a word but claim they will write a book one day, I’d wager they’d answer that the most important thing writers must have is that innate skill of how to write—good writers are born knowing how to write, right? Some may claim creativity as the most […]
The Rules of Writing – There Are No Rules
“John, I know you were a Marine, therefore you love rules. The rule you need to remember here is that there are no rules.” My husband is a psychologist and told me about this simple piece of advice from the head nurse of an inpatient psychiatric unit where he was working as an intern. That […]