Write (Your) Stories Now
A client’s experience pitching a book to agents
How to pitch a book to agents: Client pitched her nonfiction book idea to 10 agents via a query letter. 24 hours passes. First two agents said No. A few more days pass. Third agent said, I'd like to see your proposal. A bit after receiving the proposal, he said, Your...
Take a Break and Then Get Back to Work
Books take time to write. They require deep thinking and creative energy. It's okay to take a week off. Wanna know why? You're writing the book in your head; making connections of one idea to another; creating your book's first line--the single most important sentence...
A Road Map to Writing Success
An outline is akin to having a road map. 🗺️ Sure, you can just start writing random topics that you know will go in your book . . . . at some point and eventually. But an outline. Oh, man, you know what you're writing and it all adds up to a BOOK. And what does...
Write for Visibility
Books: we love to read them! But why write them? Books serve different purposes, so it should not come as a surprise that different books serve different purposes for their authors. For the creative writer, writing a book is an artistic outlet. Politicians write books...
What’s Your Writing Modus Operandi?
In case you’ve never taken Latin, M.O. stands for modus operandi - your method of approaching a task, in this case writing.This articles asks, What is your writing modus operandi? Whether you fancy yourself “a writer” or just someone who makes writing part of their...
Allow Yourself to Write
Quick! There’s a due date careening toward you and you’ve got to write something or else. And you've heard it said that you need to allow yourself to write. OK, so, start writing. But, wait! Where’s your outline? Can’t write without one of those! OK, start...
Are you a writer?
Most people would answer ‘no,’ and that’s fine. Most people don’t write very often beyond the odd shopping list or text to a friend or family member. But what if writing is an important part of your career or life and something you value and enjoy? If so, do you...
Writing is Hard
Writing is hard. It takes time, discipline, mental energy, and stamina. If you’re anywhere near the beginning of your writing journey, it’s probably also hard for another reason: you’re not that good at it. And that’s OK. Let's be clear--Writing is not just wiggling...
How to Bypass Your Human Limitations
Human limits or limitations? That’s the prompt I gave to my writers in salon today--Human limits or you can call them human limitations. Salon works like this--For 60 minutes, they write what comes to them when they repeat the words ‘human limits’ to...
Are you writing an original book?
We settled in to our coffee chat by exchanging the usual pleasantries. “Hi, I’m Paula. I help women write and publish their books.” She sat across from me in Zoom. “My name is Denise. . .” Her cell phone lit up and started to ring. She tapped her phone to see who it...
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