How to Be a Writer Archives

100 Authors

by Angela Lauria January 16, 2014

I’m coming up on my 2nd anniversary of hosting Book Journeys Radio, my weekly radio address to authors-in-transformation and I’m proud to say I have reached my goal of interviewing 100 authors! You see, when I started my show I was on a mission…

Resolving to write?

by Angela Lauria January 3, 2014

Now that the holiday season is behind us, you can settle down to your usual routine … but should you? There’s no time like today to start making good on at least one of your New Year’s Resolutions—and writing a book is…

Joan Lunden & I

by Angela Lauria December 12, 2013

Did you miss our first call on writing and publishing a book in 13 weeks?    We covered some rich ground including: how to set achievable goals how to protect your writing time even if you are how to find and work…

I wasn’t sure if it was possible.

by Angela Lauria December 5, 2013

A few months ago I told you about my interest in the Kindle Singles phenomenon and 10 of you brave souls agree to join me for a pilot project to see if we take a vague book idea and transform it into…

3 Myths about what it takes to write a book

by Angela Lauria November 22, 2013

About 11 weeks ago challenged myself to get 5 authors from “I want to write a book” to being a fully-fledged published author in 13 weeks. At first, I was going to let 5 people into the program and at the last…

got mojo?

by Angela Lauria October 25, 2013

I’ve got these 10 steps to writing a book that makes a difference and frankly, even if you aren’t writing a book, these steps can be pretty kick ass. One of my favorites is step 4… Focus your Author Mojo Focusing Your…

How to Write a Good Title for Your Book

by Angela Lauria October 18, 2013

I’ve got 10 new books coming out next month as part of my Kindle Singles Pilot program and I’ve been exhausting myself trying to make sure each book has the perfect title. What’s fun about this program is in…

Truth or Dare?

by Angela Lauria October 10, 2013

Remember slumber parties? My girlfriends and I would stay up all night talking about boys and dreaming about our futures. We’d play games and eat popcorn and ice cream. We’d take completely age-inappropriate quizzes from our big sister’s magazines. We’d write in…

guilty confession

by Angela Lauria October 4, 2013

Coach Amy Pearson recently spoke to my Coaches Book Circle members about how approval seeking can stop you from writing your book. She talks about different approval seeking personas (You can find your Approval Seeking Persona here: http://www.approvalquiz.com). GUILTY CONFESSION Turns out…

This Bites

by Angela Lauria September 26, 2013

I was taking a nap the other day when my 7-year-old son, Jesse, woke me up with an exciting announcement. “Look!” he said beaming with joy as he showed me a handful of chocolate malted milk balls. “Cool!” I replied, wondering who…