Books… Write Your Book This Year: How to Write Right Now 8 Feb 20139 Mar 2013 Are you trying to squeeze your dream into your life, or will you fit your life into your dream? If you are waiting for magical writing time to appear on…
Collaboration… Write Your Book This Year: Pick Your Partner 29 Jan 20139 Mar 2013 Do you dance alone? Write alone? Some can. Some learn faster and more gracefully with a partner. Some clients send me work as soon as they write it. If you…
Books… Write Your Book This Year: Clear the Decks! 25 Jan 201328 Mar 2013 Incoming ideas! Have you made enough space for them? Clear your desktop, literal and virtual. Clear other clutter around your work and living spaces. Most importantly, do this with the…
Books… Write Your Book This Year: Do You Hafta? 16 Jan 20139 Mar 2013 You've been talking about this book for years. Now it's time to fish or cut bait. Honestly—I'm here to let you off the hook. Do you mean it? Do you…
Books… Write Your Book This Year: Before You Jump 10 Jan 20139 Mar 2013 Whoosh--slap. Whoosh--slap. Did you learn to jump rope? Remember watching two friends turn a rope, as they called you in? Whoosh--slap. Whoosh--slap. Watching, waiting, feeling the rhythm, gathering courage, fearing…
Books… Friday Flick: Advice from a Master Storyteller 4 Jan 20133 Jan 2013 Forget your opposable thumbs. What makes you distinctively human is your storytelling. Even if you couldn't entertain your own family around the dinner table, you tell stories in every moment.…
Books… Write Your Book This Year: Detective Assignment 3 Jan 20139 Mar 2013 Consider that your book has been secretly growing in the silence. Your subconscious is all over it, and you might have more of it on paper than you realize. Check…
Books… Write Your Book This Year: Start Very Small 2 Jan 20139 Mar 2013 Yes, this is the year you're going to write that book—your first book, or your next book. That's why you're here. However, this is not the usual resolution, or exactly…
Courage… How I Know It’s Your Year! 1 Jan 20131 Jan 2013 Things felt tight last year? Of course! You have been preparing to shed. It made your vision cloudy, too. Aren't you glad it's time to peel back the resistance and…
Books… Waiting for January Won’t Make Starting Any Easier 15 Dec 2012 Congratulations to you who finished writing a book this year! And congratulations to you who started a book. (If that was your intention, there's still time!) They say, "Well begun…
Books… Want to Adopt Someone Else’s Life Story? 6 Nov 20126 Nov 2012 It’s National Adoption Month. It’s also Thanksgiving. It was planned that way. If your heart hasn’t been touched lately, consider visiting a court for the finalization of an adoption. Imagine…
Editing… Punctuation Day?! 26 Sep 201213 Oct 2012 Happy Punctuation Day. This is no holy day for editors. In fact, accurate and effective punctuation is probably the least of our talents and the most common way to underestimate…
