Lisa Tener’s Writing and Publishing Blog

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Book Writing Coach Lisa Tener

Writing Blocks: Do You Ever Get Overwhelmed?

This theme of overwhelm has come up in multiple book concept consultations in the past week as I’ve met with new participants in my Bring Your Book to Life Program. As I take them through a visualization I call, “Meet Your Muse,” the messages from their muses have been consistent as well–versions of, “One page…

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Manifesting Money: It’s Easier than You Think

  Stephanie called me yesterday to share this story and the magic of it blew me away. Stephanie and I had talked earlier in the week because she felt drawn to my Bring Your Book to Life® Program as a way to complete her book after three long years of occasional joy—and often struggle. If…

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Making Money as an Author: The Head Game

I often find myself assisting authors in developing a business plan for how they will actually make money with their book. Some authors imagine they’ll make money on their book sales. While that can happen, you may also find yourself spending money to promote your book. It’s the speaking, consulting, coaching, teleseminar leading, and other…

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Writing Book Proposal Chapter Outlines for a How-to Book

Editing a book proposal yesterday I observed a common problem–this author didn’t know what to emphasize in her chapter outlines. I found myself asking, ‘Who cares?” as I read through the first few chapter outlines. In fact, I’d already read chapters of her book and I did care very much–this book has a large potential…

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Win an Award to Boost Your Book or Business

When I saw that my coach and client, Teri Scheinzeit won Best Mentor/Coach of the Year 2011, I thought, here’s the answer to something I know I’m not the only one pondering: “How do I help people see instantly that what I’m offering is the best program out there?” A national award–yes. This got me to thinking…

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10 More Reasons to Write a Book: True Stories

Thinking about writing a book? Maybe you’ve been thinking about it for a long time, too, huh? There’s nothing like a vision for what that book will do to help you get motivated. What will that book do for your business, your career, your life? How about the lives of your readers and the community…

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