Lisa Tener
Book Writing Coach
A few months ago, I received an email from a woman in Norway who told me she planned to take time off from her executive career to write a book on leadership. “I plan to travel to Boston for two months to write my book and work with you.” By our next email, she had bought her…
Many aspiring authors hope their book will expand their influence and impact. They dream of their book changing the world in some–often profound–way. And maybe they see themselves inspiring large groups of people through high profile speaking gigs. Juli Dixon and her daughters offer a powerful example of how that can happen. After publishing A…
Julie Silver, MD is director of Harvard Medical School’s CME course on Healthcare Leadership and Publishing. I have interviewed her before on how to write a health book and earlier this year on publishing trends and tips. With the second edition of Before and After Cancer Treatment just out–and people all over celebrating breast cancer awareness,…
The email I received a week ago actually read, “How Can I Get my Self Published Book in the Hands of Real Publishers?” I get a variety of questions like this: Sometimes an author is about to self publish and wants to know how to maximize the chances of attracting a traditional publisher in the future. Other…
There are some great resources out there for writing a book proposal–from Mike Larsen’s How to Write a Book Proposal to my web page on How to Write a Book Proposal, which guides you through the nuances of nailing specific sections of your proposal. I realized recently that there’s such collective wisdom out there from my…
