Helping Writers Go from Unpublished to Published
Let’s face it, coming up with email ideas to engage our subscribers is often a hurdle for writers, especially fiction writers. So today, I’ve got some ideas to share for both fiction and nonfiction writers.
Writing mails can generate a sense of dread for many writers. Maybe they see it as marketing. It is, but it is essential to building a following and is much more than “selling.”
The typical questions include, What do I write about? How long should it be? How often should I send one? What if they unsubscribe? The list goes on, but if you don’t get past asking questions, you’ll never get any emails written.
Make the decision to write emails and the how and ideas will show up.
So let’s look at things you can do to reduce your apprehension and dread about the task.
[Read more…] about 8 Steps to Overcome the Dread of Writing EmailsIn writing book 3 of my Her Inheritance trilogy, I learned how NOT to write a book…at least for me. Hat’s off to pantsers because I think my recent experience comes pretty close to writing by the seat of my pants.
Procrastination.
We all do it at some point in our lives for one reason or another. For me, it’s usually because I’m faced with doing something I don’t like. I think that’s the reason for many people.
When I stop to think about why I don’t like doing something, there’s often an underlying fear of making a mistake that will impact others.
[Read more…] about Why are you procrastinating?Omniscient point of view, the god-like view where the narrator knows all/sees all, has plagued me for a long time. I just couldn’t quite grasp how to write it.
Omniscient was the POV of nineteenth-century books. Later, as third-person limited came on the scene, omni-POV fell out of favor with publishers. I hear that it is recently making a comeback.
But there is an element of omni-POV that is essential and that many beginning writers often miss. So, let’s dive in and take a look at what omniscient point of view truly is.
[Read more…] about Understanding Omniscient Point of ViewThe Bible says in Proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” The words we speak have power to create life or death in our lives or the lives of others. If you doubt that, remember how God created all that He created: He spoke it.
Now combine that with “faith comes by hearing” (Romans 10:17), and you gain a better understanding of how affirmations work and why what we say to ourselves is so important.
[Read more…] about What Are You Telling Yourself About Yourself?
Overwhelm can be paralyzing. And as I mentioned in my post “Don’t Be Afraid to Make Mistakes,” fear can be an underlying factor to that overwhelm.
Today I’d like to talk about a method that has helped me move through my fear and get things done. It’s called the Next Tiny Step (NTS) and was developed by New Zealander Richard Ralston.
Here’s how Richard describes it:
[Read more…] about Dealing with Overwhelm: Start with the Next Tiny Step
Publishing a book can pile on the overwhelm. Let’s face it, there are a lot of things to be done besides writing the book.
Actually any project can seem overwhelming when we consider all that must be done and think we need to do it all at the same time.
A good method to deal with overwhelm is to break your project into smaller pieces. A supervisor I once had taught me this. She called it the swiss cheese method—poking little holes in the project one at a time.
[Read more…] about Are you feeling overwhelmed with publishing your book?