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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Blogging Tips for Authors: How to Use Photos on a Blog

Guest post by Rachel Horwitz Lisa is a big proponent of blogging for authors. Blogging helps you build a following, engage with your readers—making them loyal and supportive–and it’s a great way to improve your SEO for your entire website and get more visitors. Lisa’s even had a client contacted by a top 10 publisher…

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Book Confusion: Maybe You’ve Got More Than One Book In You

This post is inspired by Bring Your Book to Life Program participant Lori Williams who came to me, in her words, “Pregnant with a book.” She felt impassioned to write a memoir, yet when we spoke about her goals and dreams she expressed real pressure from her controlled remote viewing students to write a how-to…

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Gratitude–A Powerful Way to “Write in the Zone”

In the  5-Step  system I formulated for Writing in the Zone, I suggest you end your writing time with giving thanks and feeling grateful for your writing session—the inspiration, the flow, the pages you wrote–whether you wrote 2 pages or 20–and even if you spent the time ruminating without writing. The positive experience you evoke…

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She Trusted Her Gut and Got Book Deal With Hay House

When radio host  and founder of the Best Ever You Network,  Elizabeth Hamilton Guarino,  asked for help with her book I suggested we do a “meet your muse” visualization to get clarity. I had some ideas about her book, but her muse had other ideas. She closed her eyes and I led her on an…

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Second Annual NoWriMoMo

In helping hundreds of nonfiction authors with their books, I’ve come to the conclusion that 97% of aspiring authors need consistent motivation and support to get their book completed—two things that do not come automatically to the often solitary process of writing. The good news? Our second annual, NoWriMoMo offers you the opportunity to get…

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No excuses in NJ: Lessons in Commitment from Hurricane Sandy

The subject of this afternoon’s e-mail from Maria Palmer: “No excuses in NJ.” The content: “Hi Lisa, Even with the power out, I’m still writing. Maria” Yes, she’s wearing a miner’s hat! Maria did not let Hurricane Sandy put a crimp in her writing progress. A mentor of mine, Mitch Feigenberg–who happened to take my…

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