Note: High summer seems an ideal time to hang low, retreat from the bright spotlight, and practice the art of Productive Loafing. Productive Loafing is the intentional act of retreating from “doing” and from public engagement. It can come in many…
When many people come to me, they arrive having tasted accomplishment already. They’re motivated by wit, persistence, and a hunger to learn – the kind of people I thrive running with. PhDs, scholars, VPs, corporate consultants, established authors, professors, media…
Not long ago, the closest an author could achieve to creating an e-book himself or herself was converting a word processing document into a PDF and then e-mailing copies to close friends and family members. Today, though still a burgeoning…
We get ourselves in trouble as creatives when we try to build our presence – that is, in how we promote, market, and brand our work. How we give and take gets us in trouble. What we expect of others…
Any animus toward Apple aside, they still captivate and elevate in ways that small businesses, solo-preneurs, creative professionals, and creatives & authors can learn from. Many of my clients and groups struggle with telling the Story of who they are…
A series of phone calls I have had this week hearten me about humanity. A thought leader, a start-up co-founder, a memoirist, an herbalist professional, a novelist, a marketing boutique owner-cum-memoirist – they all reminded me of the importance of…
We often hear about the importance of play when it comes to creating new things and ideas. John Cleese says, “If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” But what about creating a new life? A whole…
Not so long ago, people really didn’t know about the book launches my clients had or their New York Times best-selling successes or Oprah appearances or simply finishing the books that had been brewing inside them sometimes for years. I…
1. Artists Do Not Make Art Here’s a paradox I witness every week: On one hand, artists and authors feel that business is alien to them, and on the other hand, business people feel that making meaningful art is alien…
The book publishing industry’s annual three-day BookExpo America (BEA) has concluded. More than one journalist has reported in the publishing world an air of optimism. Compare that air to six months ago when hyperbolic headlines predicted eBooks, Amazon, the economy,…
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