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Make 2012 Count, Part 1: Take Time to Set Goals!

By on December 17, 2011 in Reba Hoffman, Writing Life Coaching

Are you planning what you want to accomplish in 2012 yet? If not, you should be. Want to get published? Plan for it. Want to write that knockout novel? Great. What are you setting in place that will insure you get there? Over these next three weekends, I’ll walk you through what you need to do to make 2012 a banner year of accomplishment, satisfaction and fulfillment. How will you know where to go and what to do if you don’t take time to mentally MapQuest your year? That just wouldn’t be right. You owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and your future readers to set yourself up for success. Ready to build your stellar year? Let’s get started. Share this Post…

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Fabulous Read by our own Lisa Jordan! Lakeside Reunion

By on December 16, 2011 in Featured Book, Featured Fiction, Featured Fiction Fridays

Susie here:  I admit that I am rather picky about the books I read for enjoyment. I read so much that a book has to wrap me up in its world and whisk me away into the characters lives for me to enjoy it. I know it’s a great book when I stop editing and just savor. I did exactly this with Lisa Jordan’s debut novel, Lakeside Reunion.  It was absolutely fabulous.  From a storycrafting perspective, she nailed it.  The plot is perfectly paced, the tension delicious, the scenes rich with conflict, the romance spot on.  She even writes and amazing kiss!  And the wordsmithing – oh, the storyworld in this book is rich and adeptly painted, the dialogue crisp, the sentences active and vivid.   As a My Book Therapist, this story […]

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Counting the cost of the writing life

By on December 15, 2011 in Writing Life

We spend a lot of time here at My Book Therapy and in the writing industry talking about craft, networking, marketing, promoting, and the general way to write a book. Panster, plotter, planster (plotter and panster combination.) But what we don’t discuss much is the cost of giving your life to writing. Especially to writing fiction. There’s a price tag, and while I love what I do, there are days I “feel” the price I’ve paid. I have no co-workers. I sit in my lovely tower, which I adore, alone every single day. Sometimes the phone never rings for me. I may not get a personal email or friendly phone call for days. My family lives out of my state. I don’t have children. My life is carved out perfectly […]

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Seven Things Every Writer Must Do, Part Seven: Seize the Day!

By on December 13, 2011 in Life Coaching

 There are writers and there are dabblers. There are those who say they are writers but never sit down at the computer to string words together. If you ask them why, they will tell you they are writing in their head. I believe that is true occasionally, but the overwhelming amount of time, they simply are not taking advantage of what they have right in front of them: today. I’ve learned a lot about life, time and myself on my writing journey. It’s all about now. Takes these principles and apply them to your own life and you’ll have no regrets. Share this Post…

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