by AnnSheybani | Aug 17, 2026 | Life, Writing
“Jealousy,” according to writer Anne Lamott, “ is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you’ve been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going to have to deal with it, because some wonderful, dazzling successes are going to... by AnnSheybani | Aug 10, 2026 | Life, Writing
I’m at a stage in life and in business that requires me to kill some old habits. Oh, being frugal and learning to do it all on my own has gotten me here, but it won’t get me where I want to go. I know that. Maybe you do too. Which is where this story comes...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 29, 2026 | Writing
Somewhere around chapter four of a manuscript I read last month, I hit a personal story and slid right off it. I’m telling you, it was pure Teflon! Nothing was wrong with the story, per se. The sentences were clean, grammatically correct, which, trust me, is a...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 26, 2026 | Writing
The other day I got on a call with a coach I’ve known for years. Smart woman. Built a real business, wrote a real book once, the hard way, the way that takes eighteen months and costs you a little piece of your soul. This time she’d written a new one in a...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 18, 2026 | Writing
Last weekend I was at a conference for book promotion and marketing. Which means I spent two days in a room full of book people — authors, publishers, marketers, the kind of crowd that shows up to the airport with three paperbacks in their carry-on just in case. And...
