For the Love of Bringing Books to Life: Write, Publish, and Be Known
Why Aren’t You Writing? Afraid?
When you start writing a book, your demons will come up. That’s a good thing. You get to clear them. However, you often have to name them before you can clear them. Here are two demons that almost everyone grapples with–just two sides of the same coin: Fear of Success and Fear of Failure. Over the past couple weeks, a participant in my Bring Your Book to Life Program found himself severely challenged in making progress on his book. We did some work with his “muse” and got powerful answers about how to get back to the writing flow he[...]
Harvard Gems: 7 Tips for Aspiring Authors from the CME Publishing Course
By Rachel Horwitz Lisa has asked me to share some gems from Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course. For a soon-to-be English language and literature graduate I found the course especially enlightening. The most prevalent theme? Course director, Julie Silver, MD, stressed over and over: Develop your platform (your following, especially online) in order to interest publishers and also sell books, once you become published. Of all the leading edge courses run by the diverse faculty—from editors to publishers to book coaches, publicists and literary agents, I discovered several tips and secrets to improve my writing skills, which you[...]
Highlights of Harvard Medical School’s CME Publishing Course
This is one of the best conferences on book writing and publishing–probably the best if you are writing a health related book. So, if you attended, here are some highlights to remember and a few reminders about how to get published. If couldn’t make it, here’s your crash course. At dinner with top Literary Agent Rebecca Gradinger and psychiatrist/soon to be author Vicki Dunckley (I’m the one smiling behind the camera), one theme that came up is that it’s harder than ever to publish fiction–even a talented author who would have easily been published five years ago. Guess that’s why[...]
Need Research for Your Book? Hire an Intern
Research can be one of the most time consuming parts of book writing–and can put the kibosh on the whole idea. How freeing would it be to find someone else to do that research for you? Here are a few things you need to know when hiring an intern: 1. Often, universities have an online form to fill out and students can read about your project. Check out some local colleges (although they don’t need to be local to do research, it may be helpful to simplify your parameters). 2. Some colleges even have “for credit” internships where you may[...]
For Love and Money: Your Book and Your Business
Many aspiring authors write their books from a yearning or passion to get their message out to the world. This is a beautiful place to come from–whether your book will help people heal, help them be better managers or help them choose the right college. Take another step, now, and think about how you’ll reach these readers and have the greatest impact on their lives. Will you reach tens of thousands of people through public speaking? Will you offer teleseminars and private coaching to help them take the work deeper? And don’t stop there. I want you to also think[...]
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