Lisa Tener
Book Writing Coach
Exclamator: One who uses exclamation points. No, you won’t find it in the dictionary. Sometimes, when I’m feeling sassy—or perhaps lazy—I make up a word. Today, I felt a bit of each. Against the Exclamation Point I learned how to edit from the late Frank Conroy, back when he was the Director of the National Endowment…
How to Get Published: It’s Not Just Your Writing Two journalists friends make a common error. I get at least two emails a week asking advice on how to get published. Yesterday, I spoke to a colleague who is a journalist, former publicist and former marketing professional and she made a mistake that I see made…
I’m struck by the sheer number of Buddha sculptures—especially the golden Buddhas—in every Buddhist temple I visit here in Bangkok. Each Buddha inspires with its serene expression, sublime curves and often bejeweled base. But why so many? Buddhas everywhere you look. Surrounding the halls and courtyards of a temple housing a major, often colossal, Buddha,…
I made it to Thailand to teach book writing—despite my fears of traveling as a woman alone in a foreign city where I do not even speak the language. Several times, I wondered if I should really go: It’s rainy season; I might catch some exotic illness from a mosquito bite! I might get lost…
Aspiring Author to Blogger to Book Deal to Author One of my favorite blogger/authors is Dr. Craig Malkin. When we first met at Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course, Dr. Malkin had impressive credentials, yet quite a modest reach. Mostly through blogging, he grew his author platform to where a publisher approached him to publish his first…
Yes, Start Blogging! One of my top tips for aspiring authors is to start blogging. Many of my clients who are now successful–and even celebrated–bloggers had never blogged before. In fact, quite a number didn’t even read blogs. Yet, time and again, these same clients have found blogging to be enjoyable, exciting, mind-opening, lucrative and even life-changing….
