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How to Organize Your Nonfiction Book
A big problem I see with many manuscripts is that the author didn’t start with an organizational plan. The writing may be fine, the concept may be strong, and the content may be excellent, but if the manuscript isn’t organized well, the finished book will be hard for the reader to understand. It is vital that you learn how to organize your nonfiction book.
Top Ten Tips for Aspiring Self-Published Authors
“Give yourself the space to make the best decisions for your book, hire the best people, and get clear on how your book fits in with your larger plans and goals.”
Break the Bad Relationship Habit
Intimate relationships: the cornerstone of many peoples’ lives. From a young age most of us are told that someday we’ll be in a long-term relationship or marriage, and we’re given both subtle and not-so-subtle messages about what those relationships are supposed to...
Three Reasons to Write a Book in 2019
Do you run a business or consultancy? Do you know a lot about a particular subject and want to attract more clients and customers, get speaking gigs, or scale your business? One of the best ways to do that is to publish a book or e-book. Why? Here are 3 reasons:...
Depression in the Workplace: Can We Do Better?
The struggle of trying to pretend everything is normal at work when it most definitely is not can add to the mental health problems and can make them worse.
A Valentine’s Musing
So today, can those of us who can see beyond the media and retail hype of this day use the ubiquitous heart symbols to remember to appreciate and generate love of all kinds?
The Importance of Storytelling in Creative Work
By sharing and being vulnerable, we give our community permission to share and be vulnerable and connect with us.
So You Want to Write a Book
You know you can do it, but there’s a little niggling sense of “What if I’m not good enough?” or “I don’t know how to write a book” or “I’m too busy…”
Writing for the Self-Help Consumer, Pt 2
With good organization, there’s no more staring anxiously at a blank page because you don’t know what to write next. What to write next is in the outline!
Writing for the Self-Help Consumer, Pt 1
Probably the biggest mistake I hear when I communicate with potential authors about their books is the author misunderstanding who their audience is.
Why Boys Belong in the Kitchen and Girls in the Garage
Men and women need to have the skills to survive in the new age—beyond gender stereotypes
Breakups as Breakthroughs
What if breakups aren’t failures, but are quantum leaps instead?
The Truth About the Trayvon Martin Case
Trayvon Martin was shot because he was a young black man
Is It Time for a New Paradigm of Relationships?
What are relationships for? They’re for challenging and supporting each partner in his or her – and her and his – self growth.
The Problem with “Follow Your Dreams”
Is it really possible for most of us to ‘follow our dreams’? And what if our passion is to be right here, right now? A criticism of a common inspirational meme.
A Valentine’s Day Musing
Love, as we also all know, is wider than the love between a couple of people who have sex together.
Can The Good Guys Ever Win in the War of the Sexes?
A man who approaches a woman is creepy if she isn’t attracted him, but not if she is.
The Real, True, Honest to Goodness Key to Happiness
The key to happiness is an ancient secret that’s not so secret, but it’s very hard to do!
I Heart the Apocalypse
The apocalypse shows us what’s important, even if we don’t (really) believe it.
In Defense of Men
This culture isn’t very nice to men. How can we all create a culture that’s friendlier and more forgiving of men?