Lisa Tener’s Writing and Publishing Blog

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Finding Writing Voice and Polishing: Congratulations to Nautilus Book Awards Winners

A big congratulations goes out to two Write Your Book Clients who received prestigious 2014 Nautilus Book Awards: Vint Virga, DVM, author of The Soul of All Living Creatures: What Animals Can Teach us About Being Human won the silver Nautilus Book Award in the category of Animals and Nature. I met Vint at the Harvard Medical…

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Writer’s Block: How to Get Unstuck & Make the Writing Flow

Yesterday, Bridget Engel, a participant in my Bring Your Book to Life® Program, shared a particularly brilliant and helpful insight for writer’s block, or any instance where you are questioning your ability to write a book. Bridget had been feeling challenged that day and coached herself to an answer from her inner guidance, in her…

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12 Author Tips to Write a Book: Inspiration & Advice from Successful Authors

Last week, my inbox was filled with exciting news from former clients and Bring Your Book to Life® Graduates. Whether you’re just beginning to write a book or meeting some challenges on the path, it’s always helpful to find others who have trod the way before you for both inspiration and mentoring. Here are their…

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How to Hire a Ghostwriter: 7 Tips for a Great Match

People often ask me how to hire a ghostwriter–someone to make the book a bestseller, of course! 3 main areas to consider before you hire a ghostwriter are: 1. What level of involvement will work best for you? Do you want help organizing, but then write much of the first draft on your own, with…

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How To Make My Writing More Creative? Fun? Playful?

What can feel worse to a writer than being bored by your own writing? On my way to the library yesterday to write with my friend Bonnie, I took a project I’ve been playing around with thinking it would be the easiest thing to work on. It was–as long as I didn’t care about quality….

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5 Things I Do to Support My Writing Habit…And You Can, Too

I meet people all the time who tell me they’ve wanted to write a book for many years–five, ten, seventeen…but they haven’t gotten to it yet. And yet, I work with people every day who write their books and publish them.  In fact, I just got an e-mail from a Bring Your Book to Life®…

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