I know so many writers who set their sights on a particular genre, publisher, agent, editor. Their entire life surrounds that. While it’s good to plan—and you should definitely do it—if you aren’t flexible, you’re going to set yourself up for horrible disappointment. For example, I know someone very well who dreamed of publishing for one House. They worked feverously to prepare their manuscript for just that pub house. That’s great but they weren’t even considering any other avenue. They were so caught up with the desire to publish for one particular house, others never even hit their radar. Then the unthinkable happened. That pub house decided to not publish fiction any more. For me, it was just a piece of publishing news. For this individual, it was the end […]
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Sizzling Summer Success, Part 2: Fan the Flame
Last week we talked about lighting the fire under your dream of becoming or remaining to be a published author. Hopefully, you’ve done that because you have to do the first step in order to make today’s post work for you. You have to fan the flame and you can’t do that if you haven’t lit a fire. So how can you do that? Here are a few things you can do in order to make your writing dream sizzle. Write, plan, outline, or think about your story every day. Yes, I do mean each and every day, including Sunday’s, holidays, vacation days and birthdays. That blows the breath of life across the embers of your soul and keeps the flame burning hot. Plan your entire week at the same […]
Read the RestMemorialize Your Accomplishments, Part 4: Celebrate Your Dreams
I know, that sounds almost counterintuitive but that’s not the case at all. Every person reading this has a dream. Congratulations. It is rare that anyone ever stumbles into success without having a dream. In fact, I’ve never heard of it. Sadly, there is an overwhelming number of people in the world who exist through each day without any sort of direction, goals or dreams. They wake up one day—usually when it’s too late—and discover they forgot to live life. They have nothing to show for it. But that’s not you. You have a dream and one of the greatest ways to memorialize your accomplishments is by celebrating them. It’s the achievement yet to come, something to look forward to and to strive for. Each step you take toward the […]
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