You want to make a difference in people's live, you are researching a topic and becoming an expert. You want to give your audience answers to their questions on your topic. You want to attract new clients, brand yourself or business, or maybe you want to write a novel to educate and entertain. You resist! You have doubts. It takes too long. You … [Read more...]
Since platform and promotion has become so important today for selling books or getting a book deal with a publisher, the big question that many writers have is how do you do this? How do you gain that visibility in a time when there is so much clutter from millions of self-published books and celebrity has become the coin of the realm? Here … [Read more...]
Are you unsure of how to make yourself and your service well known, liked and trusted? Have you tried social media conversations without getting a bite or sales yet? If you are perplexed as to why what you're doing is not working, there's a reason – maybe several reasons. My 13 years online have taught me one thing. That books and blog posts … [Read more...]
How do you support your fellow authors? It seems that we don’t have enough time and energy these days to do all that we feel we must, let alone be able to offer anything much to others. I think that busy authors are especially lacking in the support department. Authorship is so all-consuming that we find ourselves overwhelmed by our own … [Read more...]
Whether you’re interviewing for a new job, trying to woo a love interest on a first date, selling your work on the Internet, or submitting a query to an editor, you can never make a second first impression. To sell your article, novel, product, or even yourself, you need to work on that very critical first impression–and a surefire way to … [Read more...]
Do you say or think any of these comments about writing your non-fiction book? "I'm not sure my peers and audience will want my book." "I don't expect great sales or to be a bestseller." "It's not like I'm ever going to be on a top TV show." "If only the local paper interviews me I'll be happy." "I just hope to make back my printing … [Read more...]
I attended college at the University of Virginia, one of a relatively small group of schools (including all the military academies) with an honor code, and one of the very few whose code is totally student-administered. The terms of the code are clear: any student caught lying, cheating or stealing is subject to expulsion. And yes, if you … [Read more...]
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