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How to Embrace the Hard and Be Happy About It
Here is a link to a short and inspiring article by Jeff Haden on Inc.com about how to be a happier person: https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/want-to-be-both-happier-smarter-science-says-first-take-a-bite-of-sadness-anxiety-or-stress.html Here is an even shorter (perhaps...
Facing Writer’s Block
Sometimes we put too much weight on what others think. We don’t write, we don’t create, we don’t start (or change) the business because we fear the criticism of others. But behind the curtain of the chorus of imaginary critics is the lone voice of one critic who...
The 3 Best Ways to Deal with Distraction
This dog is the spitting image of our dog Bear, who (along with our two children) provides us with an endless string of distractions. When you are working on a creative project, like writing a book, there are hundreds of ways to deal with distractions, and those fall...
The 4 Phases of Book Writing: Overview
Are you writing a book? Have you gotten stuck along the way and you’re not sure what to do next? Very often authors hit obstacles in the writing process because they are trying to complete the tasks of one writing phase, when they’re actually in another writing phase....
The 4 Phases of Book Writing: Phase 1
As we mentioned in the overview, authors often get stuck in the writing process because they're trying to complete the tasks of one writing phase, when they’re actually in another. They’re working from the wrong map. So let's begin where everyone's book journey...
The 4 Phases of Book Writing: Phase 2
In the first post of this blog series, we explained how the four stages of the book writing process are like a map for the whole writing process—both the internal and the external journey. We also shared Phase 1 of the book writing process: idea incubation, or when...
The 4 Phases of Book Writing: Phase 3
In the previous two posts of this blog series, we shared Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the book writing process, to provide a map for the internal and the external journey of writing a book. When you’ve made the transition from hero to mentor and have seen your idea...
The 4 Phases of Book Writing: Phase 4
In the previous three posts of this blog series, we shared Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 of the book writing process, as part of a map for the internal and the external journey of writing a book. When your manuscript draft has been completed, professionally edited,...
Ghostwriters Outed at the American Women Writers Museum in Washington, DC!
A belated thank you to Janice Law for inviting several of us American women ghostwriters to the National Press Club in Washington, DC in January! It was wonderful to meet fellow ghostwriters Joyce Winslow, Nancy Dorman-Hickson, and Charlotte Reather - who...