by AnnSheybani | Mar 8, 2021 | Life
Our gardener, Barry, warned us. We hadn’t paid much attention. After all, he was the one who’d encouraged us to kill the ivy that blanketed the house, spray weedkiller on it, along the walkway to eliminate the daisies while we were at it. We figured our ivy-covered...
by AnnSheybani | Mar 1, 2021 | Writing
Writing a book involves the creation of one small chunk of material at a time, because to contemplate the project in its entirety is a set up for insanity and failure. Thus the elephant-eating metaphor I like to use: How do you eat an elephant? Yes, one bite at a...
by AnnSheybani | Feb 23, 2021 | Life, Reading
Every day, I talk to people who are looking to up their game by writing a book. They’ve done amazing things in their life and in their business and they want to share the wisdom they’ve gained. For many, writing a book is a brand new circus trick. It... by AnnSheybani | Feb 16, 2021 | choice, Life
I wrote this piece nearly 8 years ago. I thought about it the other day while I was talking to a potential client about writing a book. This client was sitting on the fence, not sure if the investment of time and money was worth it, or if being content with the...
by AnnSheybani | Feb 8, 2021 | A Love Story, books, Reading
Dr. Serena Sterling wasn’t sure she’d ever finish her book project. There were times, as her content developer, I wasn’t sure she would either. Because Serena wasn’t just writing about her business–helping people overcome chronic physical...
