Lisa Tener
Book Writing Coach
Having just returned from Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course, I’m sharing the sage advice from literary agents and publishers, which they shared during a panel on publishing. [bctt tweet=”6 Opportunities for Experts Writing Prescriptive Books (Health, Self help, How to)” username=”LisaTener”] Regina Brooks (Serendipity Literary Agency): Some publishers are moving away from traditional publicity…
I’m excited to be working on a book this summer (and my book proposal for it) and can’t wait to share my inspiration with you when the time comes. So, am I disappearing? No, but if you are interested in working on a book or proposal with me this fall, now is the time to…
“What’s it like working with a literary agent?” ‘What’s the role of a literary agent?’ “What can I expect from a literary agent?’ ‘What’s expected of me?’ “Are there any mistakes I should avoid?” If you wonder about the answers to these questions, today’s post is for you! One of my clients recently signed with…
While speaking with a client about her audience, I had a sense that the audience for her book was different from the audience for the high-end program she was developing. So, we went to the source, her muse, and asked her muse (during a guided visualization) to show her the audience for the program. The…
How to Finish Writing a Book: My Breakthrough A few weeks ago, I attended a “deep writing” retreat with creativity coach Eric Maisel at Kripalu yoga center in the Berkshires, in order to finish writing a book. I came to class with less than a third of my first draft. In 5 days I completed:…
“I was really stuck last week, but now I’m not as much.” I probed Strategic Planning Consultant Karen Barth a bit about the word “stuck” because I had a hunch she’d find herself in a similar state again, and maybe it wasn’t exactly stuck but in need of something. As Karen put it, “If I…
