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Posts Tagged ‘author’
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
Julia McCutchen interviews Suze Casey 
Suze Casey explains that she “writes because she cannot not write”. Yet, moving from writer to widely published author took more courage than she knew she could muster. She had to face all the vulnerabilities, doubts and fears she had developed from the responses and feedback she had ever received. She had to come to know and value herself in a stronger and more committed way.
In this interview, you will discover:
- how to enter into – and out of – your creative space with ease
- an effective and efficient way to move through writer’s block or any other form of doubt or fear
- how to effectively acknowledge what has been in the way and give yourself permission to speak openly from the heart
- a simple decision-making process that will open the doors to new ways of writing
- how to recognize your authentic voice and have it become your way of being – in all areas of your life.
The developer of the Belief Re-patterning® technique, Suze Casey has always been fascinated with the mysteries of the human mind. She spent twenty years as an educator, and since 1999 has completely followed her passion – supporting others to learn, grow and embrace their potential. She is the author of Belief Re-patterning: The Amazing Technique for “Flipping the Switch” to Positive Thoughts (Hay House) and travels extensively offering workshops, seminars and conference keynotes as well as maintaining a vital international coaching practice. See www.suzecasey.com and www.beliefrepatterning.com
Date: Thursday 4th April Time: 16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
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Tags: authentic, author, conscious, creative, creative spirit, inspiration, publisher, Publishing, suze casey, writer, Writing
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Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Julia McCutchen interviews Stephen Harrod Buhner 
Approaching writing as a sacred art, Stephen Buhner explores the core of the craft: the communication of deep meaning that feeds not just the mind but also the soul of the reader. Tapping into the powerful archetypes within language, he shows how to enrich your writing by following “golden threads” of inspiration while understanding the crucial invisibles essential to the art of both fiction and nonfiction.
By the end of this in-depth interview, you will have an appreciation of how to:
- craft language with feeling and vision, employ altered states of mind to access the writing trance, and clear your work by recognizing the powerful sway of clichéd thinking and hidden baggage
- infuse your nonfiction, especially how-to and self-help, with the same power and luminosity as great fiction
- explore the subtle techniques of powerful writing, from inducing associational dreaming in the reader, to language symmetry, sound patterning, foreshadowing, feeling flow, and more.
Stephen Harrod Buhner is the multiple-award-winning author of 17 works of nonfiction and one of poetry. He is fully supported by his writing and believes that any writer who puts the depths of themselves into their work and learns how to concentrate that luminous essence powerfully into language can do so as well. For over twenty years he traveled widely throughout the U.S. and the Western European Isles teaching about duende, Earth relationship, and wild plant medicines. For more information, visit www.gaianstudies.org
Date: Thursday 7th March Time: 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST
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Tags: author, creative, creative process, Ensouling Language, inspiration, Non-Fiction for Conscious Writers, Stephen Harrod Buhner, writer, writer's voice, Writing
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
 The New Year is a fabulous time to inject a fresh burst of energy into your plans for writing and publishing your book.
So here are 7 tips to help you have your best writing year yet:
1. Identify what is genuinely important to you about your writing. So many people today live in the fast lane. As a result, it is easy to lose sight of what really matters.
With your writing, being consciously connected to what is truly important enables you to give yourself permission to prioritise your writing time. This means that you will get your writing done and feel more creatively satisfied as a result.
So start this year by taking time to re-connect to the source of your inspiration to write. Then write about that in your journal to refer back to in the coming months.
2. Clarify your vision. With that connection in place to keep you grounded, the next step is to sharpen your focus on where you are heading. Being clear about your vision will inspire and motivate you to maintain your progress.
One of the most powerful ways of bringing your vision to life is to create a Vision Board. This involves making a collage of images to represent yourself as an author and what you want to achieve with your writing.
If you have already made one, the turn of the year is a wonderful opportunity to add new images which feel appropriate for this year, or make a fresh one to reflect your new ideas for 2013.
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Tags: action, author, book, conscious, conscious choice, conscious creativity, creative, ideas, inspiration, journal, publication, Publishing, vision, Writing, writing process
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Julia McCutchen interviews Steve Taylor
When we ‘wake up’, our whole lives become an expression of a higher state of consciousness. Awakening transforms our relationships, our values, goals and our perspective of reality. It also often opens us up to a great reservoir of creativity.
In this conversation you will learn:
- Why there is such a strong connection between spiritual awakening and creativity
- Why so many poets and authors have been spiritually awakened, and so many spiritual teachers have also been poets and authors
- The sources of the surface discord of the human mind and how to transcend it
- How to cultivate a state of inner harmony which will naturally give rise to creative expression
- What ‘awakening experiences’ are and how to generate them as a Conscious Writer
Steve Taylor is a lecturer in psychology at Leeds Metropolitan University, and the author of several best-selling books on psychology and spirituality including Back to Sanity and The Meaning. He was recently included (at no. 31) in Mind, Body, Spirit magazine’s list of the ‘100 most spiritually influential living people.’ Eckhart Tolle has described his work as ‘an important contribution to the shift in consciousness which is happening on our planet at present’. Steve’s articles and essays have been published in over 40 academic journals, magazines and newspapers, and his work has been featured widely in the UK media. See www.stevenmtaylor.co.uk
Date: Thursday 10th January Time: 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST
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Tags: authentic, author, Awakening to Your True Creative Potential as a Conscious Writer, book, conscious, creative, creative process, creative spirit, inspiration, Steve Taylor, writer, Writing
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Monday, November 12th, 2012
 Being aware of your mindset and how it either helps or hinders your progress as a writer is fundamental to your success as an author.
Many people understand a mindset to be “a collection of thought processes which are characteristic to an individual or a group” (Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus).
However, there is an important ingredient missing from this definition.
Mindset is not just about your thoughts; it is also about your emotions. What you think is crucial but what you feel is even more significant when it comes to writing a book for publication, and indeed with everything you do in life.
Thought and emotion are an immensely powerful combination which can either work for, or against, what you want to achieve with your writing.
Tags: author, book, holistic, journal, mindset, publication, success, writer, Writing
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Thursday, November 1st, 2012
Creating Time to Write with Marney K. Makridakis 
For many writers, time is one of the biggest obstacles to fulfilling their potential. But what if you could mould, craft, and create time to be anything you would like it to be based on the understanding that time is in your hands?
In a dynamic conversation tailored specifically for writers, Marney will introduce her approach to time and explain the practical tools you need to create time for your writing and for enriching the whole spectrum of meaning and purpose in your life. By the end you will understand:
- Why traditional time management techniques often don’t work for writers
- An alternative approach to integrate into our writing – and our whole lives
- The main challenges that writers have with time
- Creative, innovative approaches to address these challenges
- How a new relationship with time can dramatically impact your writing and your life
Marney K. Makridakis is the author of Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life. She founded the Artella online community for creators of all kinds and the print magazine Artella. A popular speaker and workshop leader, she created the ARTbundance approach of self-discovery through art. She lives in Dallas, Texas. Visit her online at www.artellaland.com and www.facebook.com/CreatingTime.
Date: Thursday 8th November Time: 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST
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Tags: author, book, Creating Time to Write, creative, creative process, Marney K. Makridakis, publish, publisher, Publishing, support, write, writer, Writing
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Monday, September 3rd, 2012
 I am delighted to introduce this guest post by pioneering philosopher Tim Freke whose cutting-edge work has established his reputation as a scholar and free-thinker. He is the author of many groundbreaking books. Enjoy the following extract from his latest book The Mystery Experience!
I love the experience of writing, especially when the inspiration flows and it feels as if the words are writing themselves. I call this a state of ‘enlivenment’, because I feel so present and alive.
This enlivened state not only transforms my experience of being a writer, it makes the whole of my life a creative adventure, rather than an arduous slog. I find myself in love with my life, rather than just getting on with it. The Mystery Experience explores how we can nurture this ‘deep awake’ state, so that we find ourselves dancing with the ever-changing rhythms of life.
Engaging with the transformational drama of life can be difficult. Yet it’s not all struggle. Far from it. Sometimes life is effortless and magical. It’s easy to experience the WOW of being ‘deep awake’… and we delight in our love affair with life.
In any love affair there are special times when we’re deeply in love and life becomes a seamless flow of miraculous moments. We’re dancing together as separate and not-separate. We intuitively feel what our lover needs from us and give unconditionally. We spontaneously know what to do without thinking. It’s simply natural to be together. We’re completely at ease being ourselves.
In my experience it’s the same with my love affair with life. When I’m deep awake and engaged with my life, I can enter a state of ‘enlivenment’ in which there’s a spontaneous flow to the story. I’m in love with the moment and intuitively know what it’s asking from me.
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Tags: author, book, creative, flow, inspiration, mystery, present, words, Writing
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Julia McCutchen interviews Mark Coker
This session is reserved for IACCW Members only.
Over the last four years, Mark Coker’s company Smashwords has helped over 47,000 authors publish more than 139,000 ebook titles. In part two of his two-part session, Mark will reveal the ebook publishing best practices of the most commercially successful authors including:
- Building reader trust
- Time management
- Metadata – what it is and how to use it your advantage
- Leveraging viral catalysts to make your books more discoverable to readers
- How ebook retailers merchandise ebooks to readers
- Creating covers that get noticed
- Exclusivity. Friend or foe?
- Addressing the global market opportunity
- And many more!
Mark Coker is the founder of Smashwords, an ebook publishing and distribution platform serving 45,000 independent authors and publishers around the world. More than 139,000 titles have been released through Smashwords since its founding in 2008. Mark is also the author of the free ebook The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success. For more information, visit www.smashwords.com
Date: Thursday 6th September Time: 16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
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Tags: author, book, ebook, mark coker, publish, publisher, Publishing, self-publishing, writer, Writing
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Julia McCutchen interviews Mark Coker
This session is FREE for everyone to enjoy!
In part one of this two-part session, Mark Coker, will provide a primer on ebook publishing, free of jargon and hype. He will provide listeners with the practical knowledge and guidance they need to prepare, publish, market and distribute their masterpieces. Mark will cover:
- Market trends that led to the rise of ebooks
- How indie ebook publishing levels the playing field for all authors
- Why there’s never been a better time to be an author
- Guidance on ebook creation (including formatting and conversion)
- Advice on how to price ebooks
- Distribution and marketing strategies
Date: Thursday 6th September Time: 14:30 BST / 09:30 EST
Part 1 Primer is free to everyone. Click here to register for your FREE place
Tags: author, book, ebook, kindle, mark coker, publish, publisher, Publishing, writer, Writing
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Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Julia McCutchen interviews Andrew Harvey
Andrew Harvey believes that the survival of humanity depends upon the fullest possible restoration of the powers, passions, and glories of the Divine Feminine.
The Divine Feminine also has a central role in the creative writing process. Writers who embrace this can experience for themselves the transformative power of the Divine Mother.
In this interview, Andrew will:
- share his overall vision of writing as a form of yoga of the Mother
- offer 3 simple practices to still the mind and open the heart to her presence and passion to inspire the writing process
- read 3 key sections from the great sacred texts of the Hindu, Buddhist and Christian traditions that he uses throughout his writing day to perfume his mind and words with her fragrance.
Andrew Harvey is an internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, translator, mystical scholar, and spiritual teacher. He has written over 20 books and has taught at many of the most prestigious universities and spiritual centers in the world. He was the subject of the 1993 BBC film documentary The Making of a Modern Mystic, and is the Founder of the Institute for Sacred Activism. For more information visit, www.andrewharvey.net
Date: Thursday 2nd August Time: 16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
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Tags: andrew harvey, author, conscious creativity, creative process, creative spirit, divine feminine, publisher, Publishing, writer, Writing
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