Posted December 17th, 2009 by lisatener
An aspiring author recently called me to explore writing coaching to help him write his book. He wondered about hiring a ghostwriter. Generally, I’m all about writing your book yourself. I’ve met too many people who’ve hired ghostwriters and been disappointed.
And most relatively smart people can develop an engaging (or even compelling) style and find [...]
Tags: book coach, book concept, book writing class, book writing coach, editor, hire a ghostwriter, how much time to write a book, time to write a book, write a book, writing a book, writing coach
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 [...]
Tags: book proposal, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Chicken Soup for the Soul Website, editor, famous authors, get published, how to get published, Literary Agent, Power Moms, sell books, submit stories, Wendy Walker, writing coach
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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 [...]
Tags: advice, copy editor, copyeditor, editing, editor, editors, good editor, good editors, hire an editor, how to hire an editor, writing coach
Posted January 20th, 2009 by lisatener
I received an e-mail today from someone who was looking for an editor–sort of.
In her e-mail she complained that she’d already spent thousands of dollars on a book proposal that agents told her was terrific but that there was no market for–unless she was someone famous. [Note: I had not helped her with the book [...]
Tags: audience feedback, book proposal, editor, how to get published, how to write a book, is my book good?, personal power, release the past, self expression, self-esteem, self-publish, when writing is hard, Writing, writing a book, writing and self-esteem, writing blog, writing feedback
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 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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