For the Love of Bringing Books to Life: Write, Publish and Be Known
Lisa Tener: Bring Your Book to Life
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Yesterday, I edited a chapter from one of my students in my Bring Your Book to Life Program. With her permission I share her mistakes–mistakes that I made when I first started and mistakes many novice authors make.
Ironically, her book teaches women about sexual intimacy (and how to reignite passion in their marriage) and yet [...]
Tags:book writing courses , good writing , sizzling writing , writing rules
On Wednesday I’ll interview Dr. Carrie Barron about creativity: why it’s so crucial, how to bring more of it into our lives, the benefits of it…as well, of course, as how to employ creativity as you write your book.
As a preview, I thought I’d ask Dr. Barron a few questions about creativity:
Lisa: Carrie, you’ve mentioned [...]
Tags:creativity , Creativity and book writing , Dr. Carrie Barron , Dr. Grace Caroline Barron
While preparing to give a talk at the UU Church in Peacedale, RI about Inviting Transformation into Our Lives (tomorrow), I realized I needed this talk myself.
So many times we find ourselves stuck in “What is…” that we forget “What’s possible…”
Today, I’m returning to what’s possible, to my vision. In that vein, I [...]
Tags:transformation , what's possible
The other day, as Tamara Kleinberg, Chief Imaginator of Imaginibbles.com, and I were planning my interview for her radio show, I became intrigued by hearing about her creative process, especially how she has gone about creating space for being creative. I couldn’t wait to share with you some of her insights and ideas, so I [...]
One could easily write a book (or a series of books) on the subject of social media for authors. Let’ see how much meat I can put in one blog post. Here are some takeaways from my interview last night with Leili McKinley, who has helped many award winning authors hit a home run with [...]
Tags:Leili McKinley , social media for authors
I’d love to share some photos from day 1 of the Ocean State Summer Writing Conference with you: There’s the one of Cate Tucker (from my book writing class), Peter Covino (director of the conference), me and bestselling author Robert Leuci’s thumb. Not his fault. My phone has a highly non-intuitive camera. Not that a [...]
Tags:book writing , book writing class , writer's conference , writing conference , writting lessons
Ah summer. So many writing conferences; so little time.
9 reasons to attend a writers conference:
Hone your craft.
Experience yourself as part of a community of writers.
Get feedback on your writing from fresh and talented sources.
Connect with mentors.
Learn new marketing techniques.
Get inspired.
Step away from your work and get a novel perspective.
Surprise yourself by starting something new.
Rejuvenate (more [...]
Tags:IWWG annual conference , reasons to attend a writers conference , remember the magic , URI summer writing conference , writer's conference , writing conference
Authors often ask me about the “Resources Needed to Complete the Book” section of the book proposal. My thinking has always been that there’s no reason to include it. An author’s advance will reflect the publisher’s estimate of how many books they think they can sell and how much competition there is from other publishing [...]
Tags:book proposal , Literary Agent , resources needed to complete the book , Rita Rosenkranz
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In a bit of a divergence from my customary marketing and publishing focus, here’s a poem I hope will inspire you:
your muse calls to you
across a great, rocky chasm
you look down
feel queasy
look across
but see no bridge
still
your muse calls
your heart stirs
yearns
pulls you
and
without thinking
you step forward
into thin air
and grow wings
Tags:Muse , poem , Writing Inspiration
A good number of my clients come to me with amazing credentials and great ideas, but little platform–they often don’t have a huge mailing list. They don’t necessarily speak to thousands of people dozens of times a year. And they haven’t been on Oprah…yet (a few of my clients have been–but not the majority!).
If they’re [...]
Tags:author platform , book publicity , Craig Malkin , Dan Janal , HARO , PR Leads , publicity
