Lisa Tener’s Writing and Publishing Blog

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Find articles on your most pressing writing & publishing questions. Plus, creative support for your inner muse!

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Contest: Your Author Dream

The other day, my client and friend, Pat Hastings told me that she recently gave a book talk at a church and someone in the audience invited her to come to Hawaii and give workshops. Pat happens to have a picture of Maui on her vision board and she’s dreamed of visiting the island for…

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Birth Your Book: 822 registered–Will you be on the call?

I’m preparing some final touches for tonight’s teleseminar. Birth Your Book: From Inspiration to Published Author which I am offering with Linda Joy. Over 800 people have signed up to learn how to become published authors. And thanks to the great folks at MaestroConference who have extended our phone lines to accommodate us all. We’ll…

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Supporting Your Big Dreams

Imagine going to a party where you dress and act as if it’s 5 years from now and your dreams have come true– the beach house, the love, the lifestyle…you’re a published author, of course–whatever you dream about, you get to show up at the party and be that person that’s living the dream right…

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Your Author Platform: 3 Things I’ve Learned from Linda Joy

When Linda Joy invited me to become an advisory board member of Aspire Magazine, I got goose bumps. Linda is all about delivering inspiration to women–a mission I could get behind. Two plus years later, my community has grown significantly, partly through knowing Linda and being part of all that is Aspire magazine online and Inspired…

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Dry Memoir? Get Serious About Being Funny

Greg Miller Are you writing a memoir? Worried of putting people to sleep in parts? Or just wishing it had a little more oomph? Most bestselling memoirs are funny, especially the painful ones. Humor helps us transcend our experience and release. In a week and a half, I’ll be interviewing the brilliant and funny and…

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Writing Workshops: Join Me in Person & Write

I love teaching in-person workshops–there’s a chemistry that happens when we get together in the flesh and connect as writers. And I love taking in-person workshops, too. Sometimes, I experience a magical shift; other times I make a lifelong friend. At the International Women Writers Guild summer conference this year, I made two new writer…

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