I bet you've had an experience something like this. You're out for a walk, or maybe riding in an elevator, or maybe cleaning out the garage....
How Long Should It Take to Write My Book?
It's one of the questions that first-time clients are likely to ask. They want to know how long their book project is going to take. The first thing...
Writing Advice from the Masters: Natalie Goldberg
Natalie Goldberg is the author of one of the top "how to write" books: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within. Here's a succinct bit of...
7 Reasons You May Not Finish Your Book
Lots of people want to write a book. Very few people do. After writing books myself for more than 50 years and coaching other people through the...
Rules to Write By
Most of my clients have never written a book when they come to me for the first time Part of my job as a coach is to help them master the basics of...
Writing Your Book Should be a Learning Journey
There are lots of reasons to write a book. You can write a book to boost your reputation and fees. You can write a book to have something to sit at...
4 Ways to Check Readability
It's human nature. We prefer easy to hard. When it comes to reading, we're more likely to keep going when the reading is easy. We're more likely to...
Who are you writing to?
A book is not a broadcast. Only one person reads a book at a time, and you will write a better book if you write to that one person. The trick is...
The March of Technology for Writers
We live in an age of technology. It's easy to forget that a lot of the technology we take for granted is relatively recent. For most of history, if...
What most first-time authors don’t consider when they plan their book
Luanne was like many first-time authors who contact me. She wanted an accountability partner who could provide occasional advice on writing and the...