Progress report, January 29
Writing my book in six months! And you can too! Just like a lot of you, I have a busy life, a messy house, and other things I could be tending to besides my writing. So here’s my progress report, complete with messy kitchen and makeshift writing space. What I’ve done so far: •Scaffolding (intro [...]
Launching Write Your Book in Six Months—and Doing It Myself Too
I am excited to announce the launch of Write Your Book in Six Months, an exclusive author mentorship program with myself and Linda Joy Myers, President of the National Association of Memoir Writers. Write Your Book in Six Months starts at the end of June, but as a benefit to our readers, followers, and students—and [...]
Scaffolding and the Art of Scene-building
Part of the reason I’m such a structure nazi is because I’m a fan of controlled scenes. I think one of the primary reasons writers get rejected for “bad writing,” which an editor will never generally cop to in a rejection letter, is because the writer is self-indulgent and/or isn’t in control of their scenes. [...]
The Sticky Stuckness
There’s an exercise I do with clients that I got from Tsultrim Allione, author of Feeding Your Demons. The exercise is more or less a guided meditation that encourages people to give characteristics to their saboteur (demon). The point is to give form to your saboteur—to determine its shape, smell, size, color, and even to [...]
Overcoming Hurdles on the Road to Getting Published—Tips and an Offer
Scroll down to take advantage of $200 worth of services for FREE! It’s normal for writers to become discouraged at some point in their journey to getting published. For some it starts well before their manuscript is complete. For others the challenges don’t truly start until they start shopping their proposal and manuscript to [...]
Firsthand Platform-Building Tips
This month I’m using my newsletter to talk to you all about a few new developments at Warner Coaching Inc. So often in my coaching practice I’m working with writers around the various things they need to be doing to raise their author platforms, and it often occurs to me that I don’t always practice [...]
6 Ways to Build Your Author Platform *Now*
This post covered a now-closed Mightybell experience, but here are the six steps: Step 1: Create an “I AM FABULOUS” list to help you bump up your author bio. An “I am fabulous” list is a sure-fire way to push you out of your comfort zone and make your author bio pop. For those of [...]
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