This has been an amazing day for me and my first book writing project. For over two years I have been blogging. It started with posts that were nothing more than words that were laid down and most likely never read by anyone other than me. Over time, those posts became more targeted and meaningful, […]
Archives for November 2009
Finding the Next Middle – Day 5 of My Book Project
When you are writing a book, one of your greatest challenges is not just writing something that is relevant now, but writing for a period of time in the future. The tricky part is you don't necessarily want to create the future, you just want to be ready for it when it arrives. A publisher […]
Book Project Day 4 – Find That Voice
Cheryl Crow wrote that Every Day is a Winding Road. And that is how my book writing project went today; just as I was getting started I made a U-turn. Something was bothering me about the road I was on. Either that or maybe I had to see it in a new way. So, I […]
Book Project Day 3 – Goals and Intentions
Since social media is about authenticity, I have to come clean. I've thus far only written the introduction for my book, yet my chapter outline and key points are coming together nicely. The truth is I had a speaking engagement today and the audience (customers) always come first. It was a small gathering of like-minded […]
Book Writing Project Day 2 – How to Be Different
Research is not a part of the writing process that I particularly enjoy, but it is absolutely necessary. You have to do it, do it well, and do most of it before you get started. I'm realizing I may only have done an average effort with it, and as a result, I have lost a […]
My Book Writing Project Launch – Know Your Audience and Yourself
How This All Started My friend and the recognized self-publishing expert Dan Poynter, better known as The Book Guy, is known for saying everyone has a book inside of them. I know I do, and I'm going to prove it over the next couple of weeks. That's right, weeks. While I have yet to put […]
