Posted April 24th, 2009 by lisatener
As promised, here’s another important insight from the Harvard Medical School CME publishing course.
I’ll share something Regina Brooks, from Serendipity Literary Agency shared with me. Over dinner at Stephanie’s on Newbury Street, Rusty Shelton, Regina and I discovered just how much we had in common when we all ordered the same [...]
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Posted March 5th, 2009 by lisatener
I just got off the phone with Patricia Raskin. We were planning my monthly spotlight appearances on her show Positive Living which you can hear Sundays from 12-2 on WPRO Providence (99.7 FM, 630 AM or live streamed). We have six fun and informative 7-minute interviews planned:
March 8: Join the internet revolution and [...]
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Posted February 26th, 2009 by lisatener
When I first got the idea of writing a book that would help people transform their old habits around anger, and find creative ways to understand and deal with their anger effectively, I had absolutely no credentials in the field nor any writing credentials to speak of.
How, then, did my first book get published by [...]
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Posted February 17th, 2009 by lisatener
Many aspiring writers meet their first challenge when they face the writing of their introduction. If you think like your reader, you should find the job much easier.
In the introduction your reader is trying to find out:
1. Will this book help me solve my particular problem, challenge or goal?
2. What kind of results can I [...]
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Posted February 9th, 2009 by lisatener
One of my clients sent me an e-mail tempted to invest $2,700 to $5,500 to be a contributor in a book that would feature articles by three famous authors (I won’t name names here) and a whole bunch of other “investors” who would get their articles published.
The e-mail touts this as a fast way to [...]
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Posted January 26th, 2009 by lisatener
As a comment to an earlier blog post, Deb Scott asked what kind of editor to hire before self-publishing her book.
I recommended hiring a good copy editor, because you want to edit for style, organization and format, as well as grammar and punctuation. It seemed to me though, that I shouldn’t give you some advice [...]
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Posted December 1st, 2008 by lisatener
Mary Beth asked, in a recent comment in response to my blog post Too Painful To Write:
“I know that some day I will write a book that will help ME, but I’m terrified that people reading this book would be very hurt by it. Just by telling my story from my point of [...]
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Posted November 24th, 2008 by lisatener
I recently received the brochure for the 2009 course, Publishing Books, Memoirs and Other Creative Nonfiction, which is offered March 26-28 at Boston’s Fairmont Copley Hotel. Several of my writing coaching clients have told me they’ll be there. Will you?
Even if you’re not a medical professional or health writer, I can think of a whole [...]
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