It’s been a long day, but now dinner is done, and Dave sinks into his favorite chair. He reaches over and picks up a copy of your book for the first...
4 Ways to Make Progress on Your Book Every Day
Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer studied the inner work life of 238 people by analyzing more than 12,000 daily work diary entries. That research...
4 Kinds of Business Books and How to Make Them Great
When clients come to me for the first time, they usually have a pretty good idea of what they want to write about. Normally, they haven’t done much...
Yes, you’re creative! Now what?
You’re creative. It doesn’t matter what your mother said. It doesn’t matter what some art teacher told you. It doesn’t matter what you think. You’re...
How short should your book be?
That’s not a typo. I know that when most people talk or think about a “standard business book,” they ask how long it should be. And, in that case,...
Write drunk. Edit Sober.
“Write drunk. Edit sober.” Whether Ernest Hemingway ever said those words or not, there’s wisdom in that quote. It just doesn’t have anything to do...
How to Build an Author Platform from Scratch
Lynn McGinnis helps self-published authors build and grow their platforms, gain visibility, and reach their unique author marketing goals through...
The Lifelong Impact of a Book
Books change lives. This is the story of one book and how it changed my life. I was a 19-year-old Marine when I responded to an ad offering three...
3 Ways Keeping a Journal Will Help You Write Better
Call it a journal, a writer’s notebook, or an idea file. It doesn’t matter what you call it. Keep it on a computer, loose sheets of paper, or in a...
How to Get the Most from Your Writing Talent
In 1989, Daniel Chambliss wrote about the making of Olympic swimmers. He coined the phrase “The mundanity of excellence” to describe how the best...