2 Big Reasons Why You Should Share Your Book’s Content While You Write It
If you’ve ever worried about sharing the ideas in your book before it’s out, you’re not alone. Often, people come to me convinced that they must keep it all very hush-hush, so that they can make a big splash when the book comes out. While it is certainly wise to withhold some of your content, […]
Why Literary Agents Reject Queries (And What to Do About It)
If you’ve ever sent a query to a literary agent who rejected your proposal, you might have been tempted to tell yourself that the agent was “mean” or “just didn’t get it.” And while that point of view makes a soothing balm for the ego, it will not get you a different result with the […]
Develop a Strong Bond with Your Reader
If you’ve ever had an all-consuming, obsessive feeling while reading a great novel, you probably didn’t ask yourself why. You just had that experience where you kept thinking, “just one more chapter,” until one became two, two became three, three became four, and next thing you knew the sun was rising, and you were still […]
The Author’s Corner: Our Season 1 in Review
Wow! What a season it’s been! My podcast, The Author’s Corner, debuted in January 2021, and since then, I’ve had 12 brilliant experts on the show, whose specializations range from publishing to social media to publicity to business to activism. It’s been an absolute pleasure to have all these guests on the air with me. […]
Dealing with Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome. We all can get it. Yeah, I said it. All of us. No one is immune to imposter syndrome. It’s a natural human response to doing something new. I think one of the greatest misconceptions people have around imposter syndrome is that once you reach a certain level of competency, you will somehow […]
Your Best Content is Clear…Too Clear
The way I see it, at the end of the day, we’re all just fish. I don’t mean literally fish– that’s insane. I mean, we’re all shrink-wrapped to our own consciousness. It’s as if there’s this layer of film clinging to our consciousness, and when we look out, it looks like what a fish sees […]