3 Things Make the Biggest Difference in Moving Your Writing Forward

What’s the key to managing your writing project, without getting caught up in the negative mind chatter, and keep it sailing along? Three things… Kindness, small steps, and celebrations.

Wal-Mart, Chico’s, and Nordstrom

If you’re writing a book, you want to be seen as an expert. Are you a Wal-Mart expert or a Nordstrom expert?

R.O.U.S.’s – I don’t think they exist

Is there really such a thing as writer’s block?

3 Ingredients to a Finished Book

Traveling from the airport to the hotel on my way to the eWomen Network International Conference, I shared a shuttle van with a fellow attendee. We quickly figured out that we were going to the same place and for the same reason, AND she was there to attend the AuthorCamp day-long workshop where I was presenting. In the short, 20-minute ride down the highway to the hotel, we chatted about a number of things, from writing (of course) to connection. Full Article

Writing Well As a Barrier to Creativity?

A few years ago, I ran across a blog post where the author claimed that those who think that writing well is important sap the life out of creativity. She recounted how she was discouraged from sending a letter to Mad Magazine because her English teacher critiqued it too harshly.

I feel sorry for her that she let one person’s comments keep her from doing something that to this day she regrets. How much do we read and hear that if we’re really passionate about something we should go ahead and do it anyway?

10 (and 1 Extra) Tips for Writing Your Book

I say over and over about how beginning, and even experienced, writers can get bogged down by the idea that a “real” writer lets the words flow, a beautiful, uninterrupted, constant flow of words. Full Article

The Building Blocks of Powerful Writing

Writing well is writing so that your readers understand the meaning you’re
trying to convey. So how do you do this? Find out ways to appeal to your
audience and deliver your message in a way that rouses them to action, or
makes them think, to make an impact.

Your Book Is a Business

Whether you are writing a book on frogs, women business owners, creating financial stability or something entirely different; you have to start looking at your book as a business. Read on to learn the six areas that need serious thought before you head down the road toward publishing.

Don’t Let Creating Content Be A Daunting Task

Creating content day after day for a blog can be a daunting task for anyone. Even the best writers and bloggers can get writer’s block. Sometimes you just don’t want to write a post or article. It is easy to get drained by writing blog post after blog post everyday. However there are a couple ways to help keep writing from feeling like a chore. Full Article

Planning & Goal Setting

The simple “how-to’s” of powerful goal setting so that your goals are achieved effortlessly.