Don’t get an MFA
Don’t get an MFA. Just write. All an MFA does is prove to yourself that you are committed to your writing. That’s the ultimate experience you want, right? You don’t need an MFA, all those expenses for that. Just write.
Category: Writing Tips
Get Clear on Your Book’s Purpose
Be clear on your book’s purpose. That is, get clear on why you want to write this book? Why, specifically, this book? Why, specifically, now does this book need to come out into the world?
Who Else Wants to Write a Book?
Stuck? Have an idea but not sure how put it down on paper? Looking for a guideline to help build your story? Then this online workshop is for you! Join Beth Barany as she presents 12 clear organized steps to create your novel from beginning to end.
Get Published Now! The secret of Author Branding
I’m coming out of the closet. I am an author marketer and branding specialist. My business didn’t start out that way. I intended to help authors write their stories and their books. But one thing led to another and now, I help authors get to market. This means not only helping them write and publish, but also market their books. And developing their brand is a key component to marketing.
You Are The Hero of Your Book Writing Adventure
You have Four Super Powers:
1. Knowing Your Goals
2. Knowing Your Motivations
3. Being Clear on Your Challenges
4. Harnessing your Strengths.
See the rest in the video I made with GuruTube.net here.
Co-writing with Your Lover about Love: Award-winning author, Anthea Lawson
I met Anthea at a writer’s conference several years ago. I liked her immediately — her creative spirit, can-do attitude, and open smile. Anthea writes with her husband, Lawson. Together they form the husband-wife team, Anthea Lawson. I had the honor of seeing Anthea (sans Lawson) again this past summer at the annual national Romance Writer’s of America conference. I loved their first book, PASSIONATE, and so in honor of their second book that was just released, I’ve interviewed them for Writer’s Fun Zone on writing as a couple, what makes writing fun, and of course, their taste in chocolate.
Social Networking for Authors
Beth Barany uses social networking for her business and now incorporates it in her work as a creativity coach. In her talk, she provided excellent insight into this exciting and important way to build an author platform.
Wanna Get Published? Start Now!
Start here with resources culled from my email inbox just today:
~~ Jen Sincero’s anything! Her newsletter, her courses, her complimentary teleseminar today: http://writeyourdamnbook.com/freecalloct5.html ~~ Maria Schneider’s blog. Check out today’s post: Giving Yourself Permission, about her optimism about the book publishing industry
Writer, Don’t Write
Today is the day you don’t want to write. Today is the day that writing is hard, no fun at all. “I don’t want to.” And yet, you’ve made a commitment to yourself to work on your novel, your short story, poem, essay, book.
Start Your Book: Call to Adventure
Every adventure starts with preparation. I covered that step, Stage 1: Start From Where You Are, here. Today, let’s look at the next step, your first step into writign your book, Stage 2, Call to Adventure. Every book starts with a word. What is your WORD? Your passion? Your compelling message?
Why I Write: Dialogue With Self
I write to know I exist. I write therefore I am. I write to dialogue with myself. I write to integrate the parts within. Writing in my journal is like reporting in from all sides.
Are you writing a book or telling a story?
Do you you want to write a book, or do you want to tell a story? Each one of these is a different motivating force. Each one not better or worse than the other. Know what motivates you. What motivates you? Having a message or creating a book?
Work with Me: Get Published
Okay. I’m not a publisher. Who I help are serious, hard working authors (because they love writing). I actually help you get your writing done and out into the world. For one client that meant getting...
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