Lisa Tener

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Book Writing Tips: How Does Where You Write Affect Your Writing?

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In book writing class a couple weeks ago, Stacy Corrigan, of Manifest Your Man,  shared that the chapters she wrote in her summer cottage flowed easily. Now that she’s closed the cottage and is writing in her office, the writing became more clinical–with fewer details and less emotion.

She decided to return to the cottage for inspiration, despite the fact that the loo is off for winter. We all had suggestions for her for solving this problem, but, apparently, there are plenty of establishments in walking distance with working loos, making our suggestions superfluous.

Here's Stacy (second from left) at the Dream Party, along with several Bring Your Book to Life students and graduates

All bathroom talk aside, where you write can affect your creativity and productivity, as well as your tone, how well the writing flows and the quality of the writing itself.

Try writing in:

  • A cafe
  • Your office
  • By a warm fire with a cup of tea
  • Outdoors (if you’re not in New England in January)
  • Bed
  • Curled up with your cat or dog on the couch
  • On a plane, train or ferry

Compare the writing and see how the venue affects it. What works? Different things may work best at different times–maybe a cafe for idea generation,  by a fire for inspiration, near crashing waves for impact and at a river for flow. I’d love to hear your experiences!

One of my students painted her writing room an exotic Moroccan red to inspire her. What can you do to make your writing space conducive to inspired writing that flows? Or what have you done? Please share with us all as a comment below.

Your Author Platform: 3 Things I’ve Learned from Linda Joy

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When Linda Joy invited me to become an advisory board member of Aspire Magazine, I got goose bumps. Linda is all about delivering inspiration to women–a mission I could get behind.

This was the first issue with Aspire's new image when it was still a print magazine
This was the first issue with Aspire's new image back when it was a print magazine

Two plus years later, my community has grown significantly, partly through knowing Linda and being part of all that is Aspire magazine online and Inspired Living Publishing. Linda truly knows how to create a “village” and reach people with her inspired message.

You may know that recently Linda and I decided to team up and offer you our combined secrets on both sides of the book equation—book writing and book sales. To sell books, you need to work on your author platform before you write your book—and Linda is an  expert on how to grow that author platform.

Linda Joy
Inspiring Publisher and Proponent of "Conscious Partnership" in the writing and publishing world, Linda Joy

Working  together on Birth Your Book: From Inspiration to Published Author, I’m learning so much just by watching Linda in motion. Here are 3 of the things I learned from Linda:

1.      Ask for help—people love to be asked, but they can’t read your mind: When Linda began inviting my clients and former students to promote our free teleseminar, I realized how little I invite my clients and students to do such things. While a handful may spontaneously retweet or comment on a facebook post, how much more powerful to have your very-happy clients promoting a new program of yours through a personal phone call or an e-mail blast to their tribes?

2.      Tend to your past clients and the people who know your work: These people already know the value and quality of your work. Introduce them to new business ventures—invite them to become affiliates and offer your programs to people to earn a commission when people sign up for your paid programs—it’s a win/win/win for everyone—from the new person who benefits from working with you to the past client earning a commission and getting to help a friend—and you grow your business and the list of people who want what you have to offer.

3.      Give your community the tools they need to support you: Linda is so organized. She doesn’t just rely on the shopping cart’s affiliate center (which can be confusing). She e-mailed everyone several different sized banners they can use in newsletters, e-mails and on their website, as well as text they can use to promote the program.

Above all, Linda is a woman of integrity and love. She has tremendous passion for everything she does and she generates true enthusiasm for the purposeful work of colleagues, clients and friends, supporting and promoting their work. This powerful way of being in the world inspires me and all who know her to take our way of being to a whole new level.

Did this article spark any ideas for you in growing your community and author platform? Linda and I will be sharing more Author Platform Secrets on our joint teleseminar: Birth Your Book: From Inspiration to Published Author on Wed. Sept. 21, 2011 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time. You can sign up here. And I’ll also share how you can finally get your book written.

And if you’d like to spread the word about our Birth Your Book Teleseminar and potentially earn a commission for those who sign up for paid programs, here’s your link to become an affiliate or read more about the program here. Joining our campaign, perhaps you’ll be inspired to start one of your own.

Writing a Book? Don’t be Shy…

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In book writing class last night, Sarah mentioned that she wasn’t able to write during the hours she planned this weekend because her husband, her main supporter, was out of town. Instead of writing, she drove her daughter to 5 soccer scrimmages.

During the call, Sarah realized that she could have reclaimed her time by asking another mom to help transport her daughter. It’s so easy to get caught up in trying to be the perfect mom and trying to do it all, but your book may not get written that way, certainly not in 8 weeks.

A classmate on the call suggested that Sarah’s  friends might be especially eager to help once they knew why she needed help–that she was finally writing a book that she’d wanted to write for years. Sarah shared that this would be a big step for her. She’d kept her book writing activities low key.

Sarah Hoskin Clymer is Owning her Book Writing Dream...and making it come true...shes on target to have a first draft before week 6 of class!
Sarah Hoskin Clymer is Owning her Book Writing Dream...and making it come true...she's on target to have a first draft before week 6 of class!

I always suggest being selective about who you share your precious dreams with. Early on in the process, keep it to those people whom you know will be supportive. In this case, though, the thought of sharing about the book writing opened something up for Sarah. She could see how claiming her dream would support the dream and help her own it.

Over an e-mail last night, we had a “virtual laugh” over the fact that Sarah is a founder of Own It Sister, which helps women tap into their wisdom and wealth and offers a weekly inspiring radio show on the subject.  Sarah is owning it. Are you?

Is it time to share your book writing dreams with the world? Tell a supportive friend, or claim your power right here as a comment. What book are you writing?

Celebrate Your Accomplishments

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Celebrate Your Accomplishments
Celebrate Your Accomplishments

My very first coach, Wendy Keilin, taught me to end the year by celebrating the year’s accomplishments. It’s so easy to look ahead and make some crazy list of the 5 million things you plan to accomplish in 2010. You can do that.

Just, first, take a deep breath and enjoy all the gifts of the past year. Let’s start with work and purpose:

– What are you proud of doing or accomplishing in 2009?

– Did you make any improvements to your business or work life?

– Did you take any steps, however small, to make your dreams come true?

– Was it fun?

And how about your personal life?

– Did you grow in any ways?

– Experience new insights?

– Enjoy yourself?

Make a list of achievements and joys. Add everything that happened you’re grateful for. Read your list to a friend. Or sing your list as a prayer of thanks. Hang it on your fridge or keep the list by your bed and read it for the next three mornings. Revel in your list. Thoroughly enjoy it.

And on the 31st  you can create your inspiring to-do list. But here’s a tip from another coach of mine, Morgana Rae: Break up your goals by the quarter that you will do them and don’t have more than 3 projects/goals in each quarter.

I did that with Morgana this year and I can’t tell you how freeing it is.  I’m used to a very long goal list and I realized I’m just setting myself up to fail somewhere if there are too many things on the list. My new list is much more do-able.

Morgana also happened to introduce me to an interesting blog post by Ton Pascal that suggest that astrologically, this December 31 will be a particularly powerful time to set intentions for the next two and a half years. He even suggests a wonderful ritual for releasing the old and embracing your new intentions.

Is writing your book on your list? If so, you’ll want to join me for one or more of these upcoming free teleseminars:

Friday, January 22 at 12:15 Eastern join me for a 45 minute teleseminar to help you Bring Your Book to Life where Patty Saddallah of the Redwood Sisterhood will interview me on the secrets to start and complete your book. I’ll also share how to find and make the time to write your book and information on how to decide whether to self publish or look for a traditional publisher.  Sign up here.

Or mark your calendar for January 13, where Dan Janal, founder of PRLeads.com will interview me on Write Your Book: 5 Steps to Get Started or January 18 at noon eastern when Deb Bailey of Power Women Magazine interviews me on the subject.

I’ll be in Vermont for the next few days, celebrating my accomplishments and creating my new year’s ritual.  So, I’ll wish you a happy new year now. Enjoy celebrating all you’ve done, enjoyed and received  in 2009. And, dear reader, please share your most proud of favorite 2009 accomplishment as a comment on the blog. I want to celebrate with you.

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