Lisa Tener’s Writing and Publishing Blog

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Find articles on your most pressing writing & publishing questions. Plus, creative support for your inner muse!

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How to Write a First Sentence that Draws Readers In

Here’s a great short book writing tip I had to share. After a bit of a false start with her first chapter, Bonnie Leonard returned to book writing class the next week having begun again. She shared a brilliant strategy I plan to try myself:  she asked herself how she could start her book–and each…

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Lessons Learned in 2012

This post is inspired by Rusty Shelton’s Lessons Learned in 2012. I learn awesome lessons from my clients every day–lessons about staying with one’s vision, surrounding oneself with supportive people, trusting the muse, the importance of writing daily. Serving as a bridge between the person and their creative muse, I constantly witness people stepping into…

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Interview with Juan O’Callahan

I met Juan O’Callahan this past June at the University of Rhode Island’s Ocean State Summer Writers Conference and provided editing and advice over the next few months. When he self-published his excellent book, Wellness for Super-Seniors: How to Support Your Parents’ Health & Happiness & Help Them Live Longer, Better, I asked if he…

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One Question that Will Change Your Writing

While browsing through Triberr, I read a recent blog post “Three Questions That Will Change Your Business” by Michele Welch that suggested entrepreneurs ask themselves, “What’s the complete opposite of what I’m doing?” My quick answer was: take a walk and have more fun and I could see immediately how that would help my business….

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Holiday Giving Guide

The past month has been marked by a flurry of publications by my clients and Bring Your Book to Life Program graduates. It seemed appropriate, then, to help spread the word while assisting with any of your last-minute gift-giving needs. Here is a list of practical, inspiring, entertaining and sometimes even life-changing books by these…

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Book Celebration

I have two invitations for you. First, let me share that this Friday, after the final week of my award-winning Bring Your Book to Life Program, we have a party celebrating three recent graduates who published their books in the last month or so: Stacy Corrigan, author of Manifest Your Man, Susan Rizzo Vincent, author…

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