Beyond the Paradox of Loving What You Do
The Paradox of Loving What You Do A funny paradox: We love to love what we do. Yet, we sometimes fear that if we learn too much about how what we do works, the love will vanish. As if increased…
The Most Important Feature of Author Platforms
When Keith Richards steps onto stage, a specific horde pays big bucks to be part of him and hear his inimitable riffs on the guitar. When David Sedaris steps onto stage, a smaller but sizable crowd pays a fair sum…
For Authors Ready for the Life-Affirming Fact
In the Tower of Babel that is publishing these days, it’s easy for authors to get distracted and to side-track their creative process in favor of over-thinking viable creative products. The push to publish and profit can override the hardest fact. I’m offering…
Captivating Author Coaching Call & Webinar (Free)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wabywtbjXoQ I’ve seen the best minds of my generation destroyed by distraction. You know what I mean? You have an idea or story that could become a book. Maybe you’re working on a book or have been for 6, 10…
3 Roles for Author-Entrepreneurs to Thrive in the 21st Century (Animated Video)
These are the best of times to be an author. These are the worst of times to be an author. They’re the worst of times because the nature of publishing seems in utter disarray, and the days of generous…
The Future of Publishing Looks…
I have returned from the Digital Book World Conference ever more curious about the future state of publishing. This morning, Jeremy Greenfield, Forbes columnist and one of the generous-minded founders, wrote this: Publishers are grappling with the possibility that bookstores…
Two Myths of Publishing and a New Story for Authors
2013 might be the year you create a book that matters. I hope so. We need books that change our minds and change our lives. We need stories that expand our imaginations and expand our hearts. My small team…
Writing is more creative thinking than style – what agents & editors want
It’s tempting for fiction writers to get enraptured by their own style, for memoirists to “over-love” their own story, and for nonfiction writers to get caught up in their marketing ploys. But style without substance is an over-dressed affair. And…
