Sucker for a flash gimmick, that's me.
I'm working on another Little Purple Book, You Don't Want a Job. At the same time, I'm working with the first new LPB author Frances Schagen on her own book Your Effortless Business.
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Someday Box
Because You Know You Want To Write A Book
Double Book Release: Leap on Leap Day
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Tagged Frances Schagen, job, Leap Day, You Don't Want a Job, Your Effortless Business
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Let Me Help with your eBook: Kindle or Nook
When your fans ask for the Kindle or Nook version of your book, how do you feel when you have to tell them "I'm working on it" ? That only works so long before they lose interest—and you lose a sale.
To the Self-Important Member of the Traditional Publishing Industry Who Wouldn't Appreciate This
Reading a public forum today, I ran across a lengthy comment by a member of the traditional publishing industry.
I was enraged.
Since their comments made it clear they're incapable of understanding this, and since I'd rather start a range war on my own soil, I thought I'd share my response here.
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6 Tools to Get You Writing (Instead of Whimpering in the Fetal Position on the Closet Floor)
Here are six tools my clients and friends have found effective in combating writer's block, fear, Resistance, the lizard brain; whatever you like to call it.
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How do I keep people from loaning my book, so I don't lose sales?
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Tagged fear, memory, publishing, reasons, Resistance, sales, selling, souvenir, tips
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Your Unconscious: A Reasonable, Albeit Fearful, Child
I promised to offer suggestions about dealing with your unconscious fears. Here's a start:
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"Practical Advice to Help You Get the Job Done"
Stephanie Chandler, Author, Speaker and Publisher, reviewed the book, Getting Your Book Out of the Someday Box. Her review, as found in the book, follows: Continue reading
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Tagged author, book, get the job done, practical advice, publisher, Someday box, speaker, Stephanie Chandler
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Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. NOT.
The single biggest reason you haven't written a book, or don't blog, or haven't written a letter to a loved one, for that matter, is fear.
Yeah, I know; you're busy. You can't think of what to write. The dog ate your computer. As I used to say to my middle daughter, what-HEV-urrr.
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Who Owns Your Book?
The obvious answer should be you, but if you sign a deal with a traditional publisher, watch out. You could also be giving away control of more than the printed version.
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You Can Do Anything for 5 Minutes
I sometimes share this writing exercise (or rather, who-cares-whether-you're-writing-or-not exercise) with authors who are stuck, who just can't make the time to write.
You can do anything for 5 minutes. Even if you hate it, you can do dishes, mow the lawn, listen to jazz, even watch bowling on TV, if it's only 5 minutes. Knowing that this ordeal will end, and even more, when it will end, fills your unconscious mind's need for control.
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Tagged block, persistence, project, schedule, stuck, time, trick, unconscious, writing
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