Happy Easter. I hope that some adorable bunny hops on over to your house today and brings you colored and chocolate eggs and beautiful bouquets. And I hope that you experience the joy of delighting someone with something colorful, beautiful and maybe chocolate.
Make it a day of giving and you, too, will be blessed.
Isn’t that what writing is all about? The point of writing for publication is to present words (articles, books) of interest to others or for the pleasure of others. But it is difficult to do so without also pleasing oneself. Writing, for many of us, is a passion. Thirty-five years ago, I found a way to turn my passion into a career and I know that some of you are on that path today.
I’ve met would-be writers and authors along the way who refuse to consider their audiences. They only wanted to write for themselves. We all know people in this category—they live for themselves without regard for others. And if they also write, they write for themselves without considering what their audience wants or needs. And then they wonder why they aren’t blessed by acceptance or book sales.
If you want to publish a book or write articles for magazines, and things aren’t going so well for you? Stop and think of Easter—the other giving season. Examine your motives for writing and take a second look at the message or the theme you are presenting. Reconsider your audience. Are you approaching the right audience with the right message or information?
If your book is not doing well, it could be that you need to regroup and I can help you with that through my ebook, The Author’s Repair Kit.
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Let this book help you to breathe new life into your faltering book.
NEW Self-Editing Course
I have a gift for you. I’ve just created a Practical and Effective Self-Editing Course for Authors. It is a 4-week course and I’m charging $200. This is an extreme bargain as you will have an experienced editor working alongside you on your manuscript as you learn to do your own fine-tune editing. The thing is, the better shape your manuscript is in when you turn it over to your final editor, the less you will have to pay for that last edit. And the tips and techniques you learn in this course will carry over into all of your writing projects.
I don’t even have this course listed on my website, yet. It is that new. But I am ready to start teaching it. If you are interested, contact me here: PLFry620@yahoo.com.
I’ve also developed a Memoir-Writing Course for those of you who want to write your life story, a turning point story from your life experiences or even a memoir of an ancestor. I’ll help you to pull the story together and start the writing process. PLFry620@yahoo.com.