In my last blog post, I ended with: But there’s one question I need to answer before I’m ready to start turning the raw material on my whiteboard into scene files in Scrivener. What's is the question that I've found helps me prepare to write the next great novel? It goes something like this: What's the most engaging, entertaining, exciting, and satisfying ending I can write? And then I refer back to my initial brainstorming mindmap [...]
Last week I proclaimed October to be NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Prep Month. And for many writers the first step to preparing for NaNoWriMo is to decide which of their many story ideas they want to concentrate on for an entire month. But that's just the start to preparing to write at least 50,000 words in just 30 days. The second step and one of my favorites is to brainstorm the story. My brainstorming method [...]
Simple answer: October is NaNoWriMo Prep Month. I've participated in NaNoWriMo at least four or five times over the years, writing such great works of literature :-) as: Seeds of a New Power, Babble, and Endangered: Book two of the Zak Bates Eco-adventure. The past two years I've been a NaNoWriMo Winner, completing at least 50,000 words of a novel in one month. Image courtesy of National Novel Writing Month. Each year I learn something [...]
In the past few months I've tried to balance my writing time with my book promotion time with my family time with my Life On Purpose Coaching...you get the idea. A lot has been happening, not always in perfect balance. However, along the way I've learned a lot and have attracted a lot of valuable resources that I believe other writers can enjoy as well. So, I'm adding to my long to-do list to start sharing more [...]
I found this interesting message from Amazon in my inbox this A.M. asking me, an indie author if I wanted to share my new book? Well, DUH, of course. So I clicked on it and shared a message with my 'Amazon followers' - whoever he or she is. So my question is -- Is this a new feature of Amazon or have I simply made it to a new level of authorial recognition? Is there such [...]
Today's vlog is about a new feature from Amazon that could be a great marketing resource for authorpreneurs and other online business owners. Check out the video below. Then post your ideas in the comment section on how you might use this new feature to help build your authorpreneurial business.
Today's blog post is taken from the rough draft of the book I'm working on with the working title of Writing: Tool for Transformation. I've decided to publish it here just as it was written. It seems to flow a little better that way. This book is for writers…but if you’re now saying, “Oh, no, I made a mistake in picking up this book. I’m not a writer,” please keep reading. Let me make myself a [...]
Perhaps the best way to start this exploration about the power of writing to transform one's life, is with a brief story about how I first discovered this amazing power. Like most people, I was not born with a pen in my hand or even the notion in my head, that one day hooking words together into sentences, would be such an important part of my life. In fact, English was far from one of my [...]
As Ann and I completed 2014, I realized that oftentimes I felt at odds with my work with Life On Purpose Institute and my writing. It was like these two careers, both of which are expressions of my true life purpose, seemed too often to be competing for my time and energy. So, I decided this year I'd bring the two closer together. As I continued to ponder upon this insight, I realized that, in fact, [...]
I received an email from Peter Piazza, who recently published I've Nothing To Offer on Amason as a POD book. Peter asked me how to market and promote books. I wrote back that was the $64,000 question all indie and hybrid authors are asking these days with the evolution and revolution of self-publishing. I also promised I would write more about what I've learned in this past year and especially what my marketing plans are for this [...]
