Posted October 28th, 2009 by lisatener
One of my private coaching clients called today as we’re wrapping up her book proposal and making our short list of agents. She had a number of next step questions on her list, but one stuck out for me.
A colleague had asked to interview her for a chapter in the colleague’s book. The colleague had [...]
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Posted September 10th, 2009 by lisatener
I was the first one up in my house this morning. That’s unusual. I bounded out of bed and ran to the computer before anyone could wake up, reflecting on last night’s teleseminar, which I hope you had a chance to hear.
Morgana Rae interviewed me about writing and publishing a book right now in this [...]
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Posted November 22nd, 2008 by lisatener
I often hear questions about literary agents’ fees and book promotion expenses, such as those asked by Kathi McKnight in response to my last post. I’m sure many of my readers, students and writing coaching clients are burning to know the answers; so, rather than answer them in a comment, I decided to write a [...]
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Posted November 21st, 2008 by lisatener
Aspiring authors often ask me whether it’s important to have a literary agent. My answer, as an experienced writing coach, is always yes. Recently, that answer really hit home when my client, Dr. Ellen Weber Libby, e-mailed me to say that her agent, Regina Brooks of Serendipity Literary Agency, had not only found [...]
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Posted October 17th, 2008 by lisatener
While investors continue to panic at the stock market crash, I suggest you take a deep breath and focus on what you want to create–not what’s going on this very minute in the stock market.
If you already have a business. Writing a book can help you…
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Posted October 16th, 2008 by lisatener
Someone told me yesterday that he lost millions in the stock market. Guess what? The stock market peak is not actually money in your pocket–it’s the concept of money he lost. Money invested anywhere holds a risk and everyone seemed to have forgotten that until a few weeks ago.
Now, I’m no financial analyst, but this [...]
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