Posted July 18th, 2010 by lisatener
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
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 [...]
Tags: author platform, book market, book publisher, editors, good writing, harvard medical school publishing course, harvard medical school writing course, Newbury Street Boston, publisher, Regina Brooks, Rusty Shelton, Serendipity Literary Agency, Stephanie's, Stephanie's on Newbury Street
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 [...]
Tags: good writing, how to write a book, how to write an introduction, introduction, show vs. tell, write a book, write an introduction, Writer's Block, writing coach
Posted November 28th, 2008 by lisatener
I just ready Cathy Stucker’s blog on Writer’s block and she brought up a good point about fear being a common cause of writer’s block. And, of course, the thing to do to get rid of fear is to do it anyway.
However, As a writer and writing coach, I find that stress and depletion are [...]
Tags: being present, Cathy Stucker, chi gong, good writing, jumping jacks, meditate, show vs. tell, stress, visualization for writing, Writer's Block, writer's bock, writing blocks, yoga
