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Writing a Book at Midlife: The Experience, Joys, Results and Surprises

Writing a Book at Midlife On January 23, Dr. Randy Kamen’s “Finding Fulfillment and Joy in Midlife“ Summit begins. In some ways, this summit can be seen as an outgrowth of Dr. Kamen’s writing a book at midlife, Behind the Therapy Door, and the personal growth tools Dr. Kamen teaches in her book.   In this author interview, you’ll…

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A Big Leap in Author Platform: Victoria Dunckley’s Big Breakthrough

How Dr. Dunckley’s Leap in Author Platform Came About Note: This is an updated version of a post that originally appeared in April 2014. This new version includes the exciting growth of Dr. Dunckley’s platform after her book, Reset Your Child’s Brain, was published. Have you been putting one foot in front of the other…

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Writing Coaching: Productivity Vs. Flow

I can have a tendency to view myself as a machine. Push. Pull. Produce. Publish. How’s that workin’ for ya’ Lisa? Can you relate? When you get down to it, isn’t it a little mean-spirited and ungenerous to treat ourselves this way? “So, how many words did you write today? What did you produce?” Ugh,…

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7 Quick Writing Tips (and Editing Advice) to Bring Your Words to Life

Writing Tips from Real Life Writing tips can help you transform ho-hum writing into a big Hallelujah! After I sent some feedback and writing tips to a client, I spent this morning editing her revised manuscript. I was thrilled to see the author’s writing improve so dramatically from one draft to the next. Eureka! Whatever…

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35 Superb Reasons to Write a Book Now

Thinking of writing a self-help book, how-to book or memoir? Last year, I began the new year on this blog with 25 reasons to write a book now. Readers loved the inspiring examples and the opportunity to add some new motivation to their book-writing dreams. Some even used this motivation to write and publish a book last…

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Top Book Writing and Publishing Posts of 2016

As a book writing and publishing coach, I’m always looking for posts by colleagues that will help you make sense of the publishing world and share: What publishers are looking for Current trends in publishing The best ways to grow your mailing list and “author platform” so that you have a tribe of eager fans ready…

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