Lisa Tener’s Writing and Publishing Blog

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How to Find Your Voice as a Writer? Hint: It’s Authentic

Authenticity is a bit of a buzzword nowadays:  Live an authentic life. Act from a place of authenticity… Writers have known this secret from…I don’t know…maybe when they started drawing on caves. They drew pictures of their experiences that told a story–the animals they encountered, the landscape they traversed. It hasn’t changed all that much….

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Do You Have What it Takes to Write a Book and Get Published?

I’m holding a book writing  open house and introductory program  in Narragansett Friday and I got a very interesting e-mail from someone who had inquired early and wanted me to know that she couldn’t attend because she’d be 20 minutes late. I pointed out we’d probably all be filling our plates at that time and…

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How to Write a How-To Book: Tips on Continuity and How to Avoid Repetition

Last week, I picked up a couple book writing tips from my students. Nora Hall, who finished her first draft of  Survive Your Husband’s Retirement in the fall Bring Your Book to Life Program is now polishing her chapters. A reader pointed out that she needed to be certain that she follows up with solutions…

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Book Writing Tips: How Does Where You Write Affect Your Writing?

In book writing class a couple weeks ago, Stacy Corrigan, of Manifest Your Man,  shared that the chapters she wrote in her summer cottage flowed easily. Now that she’s closed the cottage and is writing in her office, the writing became more clinical–with fewer details and less emotion. She decided to return to the cottage…

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Here’s what Producers and Hosts Say about Lisa

“As a TV host and producer, I’ve booked Lisa for three different shows and one news segment.  On my most recent series, “What’s the Alternative?”, I chose her as the very first guest for my first show because I knew she’d be fun, authentic, open, articulate, intelligent and a breeze to work with.  And I…

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Can You Write the Wrong Book?

Is it possible to write the wrong book? Yes. You may write a book that: *  Doesn’t meet your goals for sales, impact or results (the results it gets for you, your business or your readers) *  Doesn’t speak to the audience and meet them where they are. Maybe it’s too technical, speaks the wrong…

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