Tribe Conference 2023: 3 Unforgettable Lessons That Changed Me Forever
This year I attended the Tribe Conference for the first time. It all came about by happenstance. One day I was tallying up my book sales and noticed that the grand total had exceeded 25,000! I felt as excited as a foam snake compressed in a can – you know, the 3 foot long green […]
Land the Book Contract of Your Dreams: How Emily Clark Got Three in One Day
Every author’s dream is to get a book contract. A book contract means a publisher thought your work was good enough to take a risk with in the crowded book marketplace. Emily Clark did it three times in one day! In this post, she shares how she did it – and how you can, too. […]
10 Ways to Write an Unforgettable Memoir
This is guest post by Shayla Raquel. A memoir is more than the true story of your life. It’s your legacy. So if you’re going to write your legacy, don’t you want it to be unforgettable? Can you imagine spending all your time on your memoir, only for it to fall short? While I could’ve […]
How 10 Minutes of Daily Writing Can Defeat Fear & Uncover Your Voice
Daily writing is essential to becoming a great writer. In this post, James Prescott shares how in just 10 minutes a day, you can unleash the fearless writer in you! 5 years ago I had a writing crisis. I could find my true voice, I didn’t know what I was here to write. I had […]
Why Every Writer Needs an Editor: My Conversation with Award-Winning Editor Emily Clark
This post is an interview I did with Emily Clark, an award-winning editor in Salt Lake City, Utah. It’s a bit longer than what I usually run – but if you read to the end, I promise you’ll be glad you did! If you’re a writer, you know that every writer needs an editor. Maybe […]
How to Write Anything Quickly and Effectively Now
Anais Nin said, The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. Ann Handley says this in her book title: Everybody Writes. This is true because we all: Write emails. Post status updates on social media. Write down things we want to remember. […]
The Dream That Finally Came True
25 years together! Two years ago I promised my wife the biggest anniversary gift ever. It took a little longer than I expected. Like two years longer. The Birth of the Dream It all started in January 2015. Missy told me, “I’d like to build a house on Poodle’s (her grandmother) property. We could knock […]
What to Do When No One Reads Your Writing
You spent four hours crafting a fantastic blog post. You share it on all your social media channels. Afterward, you pull up your stats every hour to see how many people clicked your link. You’re greeted with a big fat zero – zero reads, zero shares, and zero signs anyone cares. If you’re lucky, that […]
How to Get Your Writing Done When Life Gets in the Way
Have you ever had one of those weeks when you were so busy you didn’t have time to write anything? This was one of those weeks for me. Every morning as I left for work, the sky was dark. Every evening, the cloak of night descended as I drove home. When you spend what seems […]
Every Writer Who Wants Readers Should Do This
What’s the goal of every writer once she hits publish? To get readers, right? If you’re sharing because you can, that’s a good start. It’s scary to put your work before people who can criticize you. Getting no reaction may scare you more. Anyone can publish in this always-connected world. We have freedom to speak […]