How Structure Can Hinder Writing Progress “Probably the most important advice I could give from my experience is if you’re gonna write a book, it’s gotta be something you feel really deeply about and passionately about.” —Geoffrey Neil The inspiration to write his first book struck when Geoffrey Neil stopped to give money to a […]
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How to Attract Big Media Attention “Those networks and connections that you create are very powerful.” —Laura Michelle Powers Following her intuition took Laura Michelle Powers from being an unemployed, physically ill divorcee to being a psychic to the Stars. Now, Laura has had amazing experiences overseas, hosts a top-100 podcast in the Apple Store,
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Understanding Publicity vs. Marketing “I think that it would be better to have 50 engaged followers than 500,000 who aren’t paying attention to what you’re doing.” —Melanie Herschorn After Melanie Herschorn graduated from college, she ran away to Los Angeles, found work at a PR firm, and then eventually became a successful entrepreneur. As her
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No Such Thing as Writer’s Block “Your creative brain doesn’t have any bounds. It’s limitless, endless, and has no worry about judgment.” — Azul Terronez Sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in your head when it comes to writing a book. One of the biggest challenges I hear from writers is fear: fear that their
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How to Narrate a Book of Fiction “How can I make this the most fun, where I’m just playing, having my most fun experience with this?” — Kate McDugald For Kate McDugald’s twenty-fifth birthday, her mom gave her the gift of cutting her off financially. This forced Kate to ask herself, what would she do
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Make Your Book Timeless “In physics, balance means motionless. It literally means it doesn’t move, it means you’re stuck. Balance means you’re stuck. If your life is balanced, you’re not doing anything.” — Richie Norton Who controls your time? Even if we’re writing or running our own business full-time, we can still find ourselves overworked
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Do You Need to Write Another Book? “If people don’t know about your book, they can’t purchase it.” —John Miller John Miller began his career selling leadership training to managers, executives, and leaders. He sat in over 10,000 hours of workshops and soon realized that people were asking the wrong questions. This epiphany pushed him
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Our Personal Story Matters “I’m helping give people a voice… and that’s what this book is about. And I didn’t understand completely the responsibility and the privilege that I now have. It’s all becoming more and more clear. This book is much bigger than me and my story.” — Natasha Miller At age sixteen, Natasha
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Don’t Get Stuck in Perfectionism “The thing I do is help authors get over their imperfection and hit publish. Pressing publish is the most important part of a creator’s journey. Whether you’re creating art, poetry, a book, or speaking on the stage, press publish.” —Azul Terronez So many people think of writing a book as
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How to Craft Fiction with Purpose “It’s not so much a formula as it is a reminder when you’re doing this, don’t get too complicated. The whole purpose is just capturing the stories before they’re lost.” —Steve Vannoy The concept for a three-book fiction series came about during FaceTime visits with our parents in West
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