I hate this quote only because I know it’s true: The things you want most in life are located just outside of your comfort zone. (I’m paraphrasing, so please don’t…
I took an essay writing course in grad school back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and discovered that it’s much harder to wrap up a piece than it is to…
The introduction to your non-fiction book is your chance to make a good impression on potential readers and convince them to keep reading. We’re all busy people, so we need…
Many of us become coaches, speakers, or service professionals, if you will, because we’ve had to solve a particular problem for ourselves. Through trial and error, we figured out the…
This is a guest post by my friend Lucinda Halpern, head of Lucinda Literary. Lucinda is a literary agent. That means she gets writers book deals with traditional publishing houses….
I realize, after talking to a number of folks who want to write what they describe as a business memoir–what they really want to do is include a lot of…
When I came out of grad school, writers had to bank on traditional publishing houses to choose them for a sense of worth and/or credibility. You could self-publish—it was called…
I have a problem. This problem has gotten big enough that I’ve decided I need a solution. Oh, sure, I’ve been aware of this issue for a good long while,…
August 15, 2023. That’s the official publication date of Calm the Chaos by parenting expert Dayna Abraham. Now, that might not mean much, particularly if you’re not the target audience for this…
Each Friday, Simon and Schuster sends out a promo email advertising temporarily discounted books. You can snag great Kindle reads for a couple of dollars. If you’re not on their…