I recently stumbled on an advice column on The New York Magazine “Should I Give Up on my Writing?” A frustrated writer in her mid-50s was expressing her frustration and readiness to give up writing. She wants to make it and wants to breakthrough. I enjoyed reading the response. Now, I’ll be giving my two cents…
Ideas come naturally to me. That is the easy part. When it comes to the actual writing part, I don’t wait for the muse because he’s never there when I need him. As a discipline, I schedule time to write. On the most busy days, it may be 30 minutes. I also carry my iPad with…
As an aspiring writer, you probably know the importance of platform and having a target audience. You understand why you cannot write a book for “everyone.” Rhetoric involves connecting with your audience. Having a platform doesn’t mean being a “cheesy salesperson” as Christina Katz, author of Get Known before the Book Deal and Writer Mama,…
I grew up with the mentality that in order to work silence is important. While growing up, the idea of listening to music when doing homework would have been deemed as unreasonable or ridiculous by my school teachers. When I am practicing yoga, I prefer silence because the point of yoga is to pay attention…
When you pick a book off the shelf, you’ll probably notice the writing on the back of the book that is meant to draw you to it. That is known as back cover copy. Erudite readers examine the enticing words of the back cover copy before deciding whether the book fits their interests or not.…
