{"id":5361,"date":"2012-02-02T16:46:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T21:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2024-09-30T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:00:34","slug":"7-reasons-to-write-your-book-in-2012-and-3-reasons-not-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2012\/02\/7-reasons-to-write-your-book-in-2012-and-3-reasons-not-to\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Reasons To Write Your Book in 2012…and 3 Reasons Not To."},"content":{"rendered":"

7 Reasons to write your book in 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"how<\/a>Looking for some good reasons to finally get that book written? How about:<\/p>\n

1. The person who runs up to you after your first post-publication presentation and says,<\/span> \u201cYour book changed my life.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>Impacting<\/span><\/strong> thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or millions of people instead of _____________ (fill in your current reach).<\/p>\n

3. Those ideal clients<\/strong><\/span> or customers your book can reach with a targeted message\u2014and the impact that will have on your business and profitability.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Impressing your dates with, \u201cI\u2019m a published author<\/span><\/strong>\u201d rather than, \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking of writing a book for the past 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

5<\/span><\/span>. <\/span>The free spa vacation <\/span><\/strong>you can weave into a book presentation at that Caribbean resort you\u2019ve been dreaming of visiting.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Filling your teleseminars<\/span><\/strong>, webinars and live events with raving fans.<\/p>\n

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The Surprise Factor: I’m jumping on the very beach in front of where I teach my book writing courses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7. The Surprise Factor<\/span><\/strong>\u2014my own book opened up a career I\u2019d never dreamed of\u2014one that is absolutely made for me and brings me joy every day, but it\u2019s something I never imagined until my book propelled me on this new path of becoming a book writing coach and publishing coach. My clients often share similar surprises that happened to them when they became published authors\u2014from the unexpected six figure dream job offer to the six month move to Hawaii\u2014an opportunity that stemmed from the author’s award winning book.<\/span><\/p>\n

3 Reasons Not to Write Your Book in 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. You don\u2019t have time<\/span><\/strong>: Duh. Do you really need to watch that rerun of The Biggest Loser? Okay. I will concede: If you won\u2019t make the time, don\u2019t bother starting. But if you can clear 5-12 hours a week for 8 weeks or more, you can write your book.<\/p>\n

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The downcast feeling that you’re not a great writer. [David Donahue’s Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>2. You\u2019re not a great writer<\/span><\/strong>: That\u2019s what keeps great editors in business. Seriously, most people just don\u2019t know how to write well\u2014learn the secrets of good writing and you can write a compelling book\u2014and, yes, you can hire an editor to make it really shine.<\/p>\n

3. You\u2019re not sure where to start<\/span><\/strong>. Join me and Linda Joy on March 7, 2012 at 8:30pm Eastern, 5:30 pm Pacific for a free interactive and highly informative teleseminar called Birth Your Book: From Inspiration to Published Author and you will know exactly how to get started on your book\u2014and create a plan to complete it.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you have every reason to write your book in 2012 and no sound reason not to. Sign up for our free teleseminar Birth Your Book<\/strong> <\/a>today or just click the link to find out the juicy questions we plan to answer and secrets we’ll share<\/a> on this fabulous free call.<\/p>\n

\"book<\/a>What’s your biggest reason for writing a book in 2012? Please share it below as a comment.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re a published author, share your favorite result of your book to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7 Reasons to write your book in 2012 Looking for some good reasons to finally get that book written? How about: 1. The person who runs up to you after your first post-publication presentation and says, \u201cYour book changed my life.\u201d 2. Impacting thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or millions of people instead…  Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99,1678,108,28,36],"tags":[90,91,96,38],"class_list":{"0":"post-5361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-book-writing-teleseminar-2","8":"category-how-to-write-a-book","9":"category-writing-classes","10":"category-writing-coach","11":"category-writing-courses","12":"tag-book-writing-class-2","13":"tag-book-writing-course","14":"tag-book-writing-teleseminar","15":"tag-how-to-write-a-book-2","16":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279288,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361\/revisions\/279288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}