About a year ago I got divorced (after a protracted and expensive separation and custody fight) and started dating. Now before I go on with this story, let me promise you there is a point and it relates to you, so hang with me for a second… I figured I’d go online, meet someone nice, …
Quick story: I bumped into a former co-worker at Panera the other day. She asked me what I was doing now (probably expecting to hear about my adventures in corporate America) and when I told her I helped people make their dream of being an author come true, she started spontaneously crying. Right there in …
I went to breakfast with a friend/business accountability partner this morning and she asked me about my Facebook persona…. Is that really you she asked – are you always that happy and are things always going that well for you? I thought about it a lot because it does FEEL like me. I never lie …
Today is July 4th and in the US that means we are celebrating Independence Day. My celebration is including a hop across the country to Chris Guillebeau’s World Domination Summit (WDS) in Portland OR and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m so excited, in fact, that I put together a little something so you can join …
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I’ll admit it, Pinterest had be baffled for some time. I liked looking at all the pictures but Word Girl over here (aka, me!) could not figure out a way it could relate to the way I help people bring their books to life. But that’s why we surround ourselves with …
I love books that change the conversation, don’t you? Like we all talk so freely about getting 10,000 hours of experience as a benchmark of expertise because Malcolm Gladwell wrote about it so convincingly in Blink! Or we talk about meeting someone who is a “linchpin” because Seth Godin taught us about these amazing folks …
Do you know the biggest mistake prospective authors make? After 20 years of working with people who want to write books, I have seen this one over and over again. People who finish their books avoid this mistake. People who talk about writing a book, people who beat themselves up for not writing it faster, …