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Why Does My Book Idea Feel So Overwhelming I Never Start Writing?
You have this incredible story burning inside you – maybe it’s your memoir, a business book, or wisdom you desperately want to share.
But every time you sit down to begin, your mind spirals: Where do I even start? How do I organise years of experiences? What if no one wants to read this? The blank page stares back, and you close your laptop, promising yourself you’ll start tomorrow.
The Framework That Supports Your Book Marketing
If you approach your book marketing through the lens of this framework it will help you to stay on track with your strategy
Why Most Authors Fail at Book Marketing (and How to Avoid It)
In this blog on book marketing we are looking at 3 reasons authors book marketing could fail. That failure is only feedback.
Memoir: Why Your Messy, Unfiltered Truth Matters
The Lost Art of Writing by Hand – Part 1
Can I invite you to explore the lost art of writing by hand? You may surprise yourself with how wonderful it is.
Marketing Communications: Consistency Is Key
Marketing communications, plan, test, measure, it’s all in the process. Your book and book marketing deserves more
How to Write About Trauma Without Retraumatising #1
There’s a particular kind of courage required to write about trauma. Not just the initial courage to face what happened, but the sustained courage to transform those experiences into words that might help others.
Build a Book Business with Effective Planning Strategies
In this series of articles I would like to invite you on a journey where we can look at how the process of writing a book enables you to clarify and (re)build your business model.
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Finishing Books #1
It seems perfect to write this today because, as a perfectionist who is writing a book, I need to give myself some good advice. You see, I have written six chapters in six days.
Writing a book – writers marketing plan
Writing a book – Writers marketing plan. Need to promote you and your writing? A marketing plan is a must if you want to succeed
The Courage to Write What Scares You Most
There’s a particular kind of terror that only writers know – the ice-cold fear that grips you when you realise the book you’re truly meant to write is the one that frightens you most. It’s the story that makes you feel slightly queasy as you reach for the keyboard. The truth that sits in your chest like a burning coal, too hot to touch but impossible to ignore. The words that would change everything if you had the courage to write them.
Why Your Story Doesn’t Need to Be Complete to Matter
- Why Does My Book Idea Feel So Overwhelming I Never Start Writing?
You have this incredible story burning inside you - maybe it's your memoir, a business book, or wisdom you desperately want to share. But every time you sit down to begin, your mind spirals: Where do I even start? How do I organise years of experiences? What if no one wants to read this? The blank page stares back, and you close your laptop, promising yourself you'll start tomorrow. - The Framework That Supports Your Book Marketing
If you approach your book marketing through the lens of this framework it will help you to stay on track with your strategy - Why Most Authors Fail at Book Marketing (and How to Avoid It)
In this blog on book marketing we are looking at 3 reasons authors book marketing could fail. That failure is only feedback. - Memoir: Why Your Messy, Unfiltered Truth Matters
The first in a series on memoir writing for women ready to tell their deliciously real and messy stories I am sure many of us feel exhausted from editing ourselves into being acceptable.… Read more: Memoir: Why Your Messy, Unfiltered Truth Matters - The Lost Art of Writing by Hand – Part 1
Can I invite you to explore the lost art of writing by hand? You may surprise yourself with how wonderful it is. - Marketing Communications: Consistency Is Key
Marketing communications, plan, test, measure, it's all in the process. Your book and book marketing deserves more - How to Write About Trauma Without Retraumatising #1
There's a particular kind of courage required to write about trauma. Not just the initial courage to face what happened, but the sustained courage to transform those experiences into words that might help others. - Build a Book Business with Effective Planning Strategies
In this series of articles I would like to invite you on a journey where we can look at how the process of writing a book enables you to clarify and (re)build your business model. - The Perfectionist’s Guide to Finishing Books #1
It seems perfect to write this today because, as a perfectionist who is writing a book, I need to give myself some good advice. You see, I have written six chapters in six days. - Writing a book – writers marketing plan
Writing a book - Writers marketing plan. Need to promote you and your writing? A marketing plan is a must if you want to succeed - The Courage to Write What Scares You Most
There's a particular kind of terror that only writers know - the ice-cold fear that grips you when you realise the book you're truly meant to write is the one that frightens you most. It's the story that makes you feel slightly queasy as you reach for the keyboard. The truth that sits in your chest like a burning coal, too hot to touch but impossible to ignore. The words that would change everything if you had the courage to write them. - Why Your Story Doesn’t Need to Be Complete to Matter
We put this ridiculous pressure on ourselves to have our stories perfectly wrapped up before we dare share them. To have learned all the lessons, healed all the wounds, and arrived at some… Read more: Why Your Story Doesn’t Need to Be Complete to Matter