by AnnSheybani | May 25, 2020 | Writing
You may be really excited about the prospect of writing a book for your business, but let’s take some time to strategize before you go sinking all that time and effort into such a project. First, you’ll need to pause long enough to consider the outcome... by AnnSheybani | May 18, 2020 | Life, Writing
As a content developer; I’ve got my nose in a dozen projects at any given time, not just my own. I can’t afford to be precious. I’ve had to come up with a few tricks to get shit done or I don’t get paid. Let’s be clear here: writers need structure. This was a hard... by AnnSheybani | May 11, 2020 | Life, Reading, Writing
Some time back, Walt and I conducted a mastermind call around yearly planning. One of our members raised her hand and talked about her resistance to setting any kind of goals for the year ahead. She wasn’t sure what was getting in the way. As I listened to her...
by AnnSheybani | May 3, 2020 | Life, Writing
There we were, trapped in deepest, darkest Papua New Guinea. For nearly two weeks, Walt and I waited for a helicopter ride to base camp with our team members. Each of us had arrived to climb Carstensz Pyramid, the tallest mountain on the Austro-New Zealand continent,...
by AnnSheybani | May 3, 2020 | Reading, Writing
It’s helpful to know that obstacles are part of the writing process, but how are you supposed to deal with them when they raise their ugly heads? What can you do if you’re confused, say, about setting, or plot, or the relevance of that stuff for your chosen genre? And...
by AnnSheybani | Mar 16, 2020 | Life, Writing
I got to thinking about this bike rack I refused to buy because it looked like way too much bother. Anything that requires me to read a user’s manual, well, I I just don’t need it badly enough. Yet, if I hadn’t been nagged to death to buy the damn...