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Words Can Influence Your Writing Career
Tips on turning negative words and habits into habits that can nurture your writing career.
You Are Never Too Old to be a Writer
They say it’s never too late to begin a new writing career or pick up where you left off years ago. and I agree. You can even do it at 92!
3 Tips to Help Launch Your Writing Career
Your story begins with an idea, an idea that has come from one of your own experiences or someone’s experience that you’ve observed. To write your story, you first need to do your homework: read up on writing for children, read other authors’ books in your genre, take courses, go to conferences, join a critique…
Writing Perfection – Is There Such a Thing?
As with life, some people think everything has to be perfect before they start their writing journey or continue on one. It may be they don’t think they’ve mastered the craft of writing to perfection. Or, maybe the writer has started her story, but can’t seem to achieve the perfection she’s looking for. She believes…
Traditional Book Publishing – Contract to Sales to Career
You’ve chosen to write books, possibly children’s books, and you’ve done it right. You did your homework and learned the craft of writing. You created a polished manuscript and submitted it to publishers. And, knowing it’s not necessarily the best writer who gets published, but the one who perseveres, you were steadfast and didn’t let…
Your Writing Week – You’ve Got to Make a Schedule
Contributed by Team Member Suzanne Lieurance As you’re planning your work week, be sure to do the following if you wish to have the most productive week possible: 1. List your 3 major writing/career goals at the top of this week’s marketing plan – that way, you can check each of the actions you plan…
Building a Writing Career Takes Practice and Focus
buildMy 10 year old grandson is trying out for the All County Band in his area. He was telling me the piece he has to play is difficult. I told him that practice is a powerful tool. Just 10-15 minutes a day will help tremendously. Obviously the more practice the better, but my grandson has…
The Path to Writing Success – Focus, Determination, and Perseverance
Focus, determination, and perseverance are essential to just about every aspect of your life. Each characteristic is unique and together create a powerful synergy. Focus is one’s ability to concentrate exclusively on a particular thing through effort or attention. Determination is an unchanging intention to achieve a goal or desired end. Perseverance takes determination a…
How Do You Build a Successful Writing Career? (3 Tips)
Writers need to be tough. It’s not an easy arena to be in. Did you know that writers get so many rejections there have actually been studies done on it. According to a Huffington Post article, “96% of authors seeking agents are rejected.” (1) That’s pretty severe. Another article at Writer’s Digest says, “don’t even…