Archive for April, 2012

Just 2 Days to Go – 2012 IACCW Symposium Starts on Wed 2 May!

Monday, April 30th, 2012

JMstandingingardenHi Aspiring & Published Authors!

It may be overcast and wet outside, but we have some light on the conscious and creative horizon for you.

The 2012 Symposium is taking place in just 2 days time, on Wednesday 2nd & Thursday 3rd May.

This is your opportunity to access an abundance of bright inspiration from six of the leading lights in the field of consciousness and creativity to support you as an author.

I’m so looking forward to sharing what I know will be an awesome series of interviews with you. Join us to benefit from the fresh perspective our Speakers will offer on how you can succeed as a conscious & creative writer in our changing world.

To read more and register your place, click here

In terms of other news, we’ve decided to wait until after the Symposium to focus on our Subscribers Prize Draw so keep an eye out for the next issue of the IACCW Journal which will include more details about that.

In the meantime, enjoy a deeply inspiring conscious & creative week!

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PS This “Welcome” note is reproduced from the latest issue of our fortnightly IACCW Journal. If you’re not receiving our newsletter regularly, register with your name and email address here.

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Whole Mind Writing

Monday, April 30th, 2012

headandbulbandbook_TomEvansI am delighted to introduce this guest article from writer’s unblocker and author Tom Evans. Enjoy!

When you are writing in the zone, an amazing transformation in your physiology and neurology is taking place. Something much more subtle too is occurring across time and space.

If you could get the head of a writer in an MRI scanner when they are in flow, you would see both halves of the brain lit up at the same time.

For 95% or so of writers, as some are wired differently, this is what is going on. The right brain is holding the vision, shape and scope of what they are writing. It will be forming sentences and ’looking’ backwards and forwards over the book to check that what is currently being written fits in with the whole.

At exactly the same time, the left brain will be focusing on the act of writing itself and that the actual words used follow grammatical rules and are spelt correctly. Note this is a bit of a generalisation as there is much cross communication going between the hemispheres.

For the writer who is ’out of sorts’, something else might be in play. The left brain and outer cortex might be running thoughts that they might not have enough time to write or harbouring fears of self doubt about their talent. The right brain might be dreaming about a six figure advance and retiring in the Caribbean after selling a million books before the book is even written. Read the rest of this entry ›

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IACCW Journal Subscribers Prize Draw

Monday, April 16th, 2012

JMstandingingardenHi Aspiring & Published Authors!

Happy Monday to you, and I hope that you’ve had a wonderful weekend! As we begin another week, we’ve been reflecting on the fact that Mondays are usually busy and intense days for most of us as we review priorities and gear up for the week ahead.

So we’ve decided to shift the publication date of the IACCW Journal to Tuesdays from May onwards. This is to create a greater opportunity for you to benefit from the news and information we’re sharing with you every fortnight.

We’d love to know if this works better for you. In fact, we’d love to know more about your reaction to the IACCW Journal generally, so we have a question for you:

What would you like to see more of in the IACCW Journal?

The IACCW Journal is written and published to serve you as an author, to inspire you to new possibilities and to inform you of new ways of approaching your authorship. Please tell us what you want included and what topics you’d most like to see covered in our articles.

To thank you for your time and energy, all responses will be entered in our IACCW Journal Subscribers Only Prize Draw. The winner will receive up to £50 worth of FREE digital download Products of your choice!

All you need to do is email a brief summary of your thoughts to info@iaccw.com and we’ll include you in the prize draw. You have until MONDAY 30 APRIL to send your ideas in to us. We’ll notify the winner by email on Tuesday 8 May, and with your permission, announce it in the next issue of the IACCW Journal on the first of our Tuesday publication dates, 15 May.

We recently ran a similar Prize Draw for IACCW Members. Thank you again to everyone who submitted their fabulous feedback and ideas which were all greatly appreciated. The winner was IACCW Member Shelley Hawkins and you can read more about Shelley and her work here www.theselfconnection.com.

We are so looking forward to hearing from you.

As ever, to your conscious & creative success!

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PS This “Welcome” note is reproduced from the latest issue of our fortnightly IACCW Journal. If you’re not receiving our newsletter regularly, register with your name and email address here.

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How Authors Can Benefit From Visiting Book Fairs

Monday, April 16th, 2012

LondonBookFairHere in the UK, the London Book Fair begins today and continues for the next three days (16th to 18th April).

It is described as a “global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. With over 400 seminars and events, 1,500 international exhibiting companies and 24,500 publishing professionals, The London Book Fair encompasses the broad spectrum of the publishing industry.”

It is one of the main book fairs which take place each year for professionals in the book trade alongside Book Expo America, the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. There are also many smaller yet worthwhile book fairs and exhibitions internationally.

Many authors wonder if it is worth attending these trade fairs and many commentators say that it isn’t. My view is that it can be a valuable experience if you approach it with the right mindset. You also need to plan your visit well in advance and wear sensible shoes in the knowledge that you’ll be on your feet for most of the day!

It is important to be realistic when thinking through a book fair visit, especially if you have a vision of meeting agents and editors to present your book to them. Most publishing professionals will have filled their schedule of 30 minute meetings well in advance of the fair taking place.

Having said that, serendipity can, and does, occur at book fairs.

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What’s New This Week?

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

JMstandingingardenHi Aspiring & Published Authors!

On this glorious spring day, I am delighted to share that registration for the IACCW 2012 Symposium which is taking place on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd May is now open – and you’re invited!

Our theme for this year’s virtual event with bestselling authors and international experts is 2012 – Understanding Our Role as Conscious & Creative Writers in a Changing World.

We have an awesome line-up of speakers who will share their wisdom and expertise, and all live interviews are FREE for everyone to enjoy. Audio recordings are reserved for IACCW Members. Read more and register your place by clicking here.

On that subject, if you already are an IACCW Member, please remember that today is the last day to submit your response to our recent Q4U communication in order to be included in our prize draw. The winner will be announced in the follow-up to our Member Event on Thursday.

In the meantime, today’s article was inspired by a recent coaching session with a Mentor Program writer. These real life situations are ones that we can all benefit from, either as timely reminders or as new learning to support us to do our creative work in the most rewarding and successful way possible.

Through this article, I invite you to explore The Alpha and Omega of Creative Expression, and experience the rich rewards of the intangible mystery of conscious creativity for yourself. We’ll look forward to hearing your reaction so do share your comments at the end of the article.

Have a wonderfully conscious & creative week!

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PS This “Welcome” note is reproduced from the latest issue of the fortnightly IACCW Journal. If you’re not receiving this newsletter regularly, register with your name and email address here.

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The Alpha and Omega of Creative Expression

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

CreativeCycle_EmptyCirclesIn a recent coaching session with a Mentor Program writer, I was reminded of the importance of refreshing our memory about core principles on a regular basis. This ensures we remain on track at every level as conscious & creative writers.

On this occasion, the prompt was to do with giving full permission to pause briefly following an extremely successful burst of creative productivity. This pause provided a much needed mid project recharge before diving in to the next phase of activity.

The core principle being applied here relates to the fact that the creative impulse arises from – and returns to – space. This alpha and omega of creative expression includes space in our schedule, space in our environment, and most importantly, space in our mind.

Even if we aren’t consciously aware of it, at a deep level the original creative impulse has its source in the space of infinite potential out of which everything flows.

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