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Posts Tagged ‘readers’
Monday, September 6th, 2010
 Patience means the capacity to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming angry or upset (Roget’s New Millennium Thesaurus).
Patience is required at many different levels on the Writer’s Journey both with yourself and with others.
Why is patience such an important quality for writers?
First of all, writing a book for publication is a long term business.
Despite the fact that there are always exceptions to the rule, there are very few books that are written and picked up by an agent or publisher straight away. The norm is for the process to take time.
The stage where patience is most required, and one of the most important for all writers seeking commercial publication, is finding the right people to work with – agent and/or publisher.
The reason that it takes so long for publishing professionals to respond to your approach is that they genuinely do have an extremely long list of other tasks on their ‘To Do’ list. And this is before they even get to assessing new projects from new authors!
Add this to fact that they are almost always in meetings and inundated with material to read, and you’ll begin to get the picture.
Ironically, once a decision is finally made, from that point onwards everything suddenly switches to tight deadlines where everything needs to be completed ‘yesterday’.
With self-publishing, the long term nature of successful publishing takes into account the whole life cycle of the book. In this situation you need patience to nurture your book to success long beyond the launch.
It requires patience to cultivate mutually rewarding working relationships with people who will help to sell, market and promote your book. It also takes patience to build up a strong relationship with your readers that is likely to be rewarded by them buying your next book too.
Life has a way of taking the time required for projects to come to fruition – whatever that may be – rather than an arbitrary timeframe you may have decided you want to impose.
Usually, there is a bigger picture at work – if only you could see it then and there.
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Tags: agent, author, book, marketing, publication, publisher, readers, writer, Writing
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
I hope you’re having a good week so far as we head into the new month of August.
This is just a quick courtesy reminder that today, Tuesday 3 August is the registration deadline for the Writer’s Journey Raise the Bar Individual Coaching Program.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to check it out, you can read all about it, watch a short video and access the audio recording of the Preview Call by clicking here …
This individual coaching program has been created for writers at any stage of the writing journey to benefit from professional feedback, guidance, structure and support.
My commitment to you is that I will meet you exactly where you are on your writer’s journey and guide you to raise the bar to the next level – whatever that is for you – so that you make solid progress and experience tangible results.
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Tags: agent, author, book, book proposal, creative process, mindset, platform, publication, publish, readers, writer, Writing
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
 Perseverance is about dedication, resolution and stamina, and can be defined as the ‘steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose … especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement’.
If you were to exchange the word ‘perseverance’ for the phrase ‘writing a book for publication’, the remainder of the sentence would still be accurate!
The Writer’s Journey certainly includes many points along the way which demand an incredible amount of determination and tenacity.
It can be a long path from inspiration to publication and how you handle the inevitable challenges will make all the difference to the quality of your journey and to the end results.
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Tags: book, marketing, platform, publication, publish, readers, Writing
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Raising the Bar on the Writer’s Journey means knowing what you already have in place, understanding precisely what you need to do next, and applying yourself consciously and creatively to consistent action! Raising the bar is an integral part of the journey to successful published authorship and needs to be applied at every stage along the way.
Join me on Tuesday 27 July at 8pm (BST/3pm EST) for a FREE Preview Call* to present the Raise the Bar Individual Coaching Program and learn the secrets of successfully raising the bar on your writer’s journey.
Click here to register …
I’ll also be sharing with you the details of the * 4 month * Raise the Bar Individual Coaching Program for just * 10 writers * starting in September (registration closes Tues 3 August). The Raise the Bar Individual Coaching Program has been created for writers at any stage of the writing journey to benefit from professional feedback, guidance, structure and support.
Read about the Raise the Bar Individual Coaching Program here …
If you’re ready to learn more about raising the bar on your writer’s journey, why not join me for an inspiring and interactive Preview call on Tuesday 27 July at 8pm (BST/3pm EST).
Click here to register …
If you can’t make the live call, no problem. Register anyway and we’ll send you access to the audio recording so that you can listen any time.
Enjoy the journey!
Julia
(*Usual telephone call charges apply)
Tags: action, agent, author, book proposal, creative process, inspiration, mindset, platform, publish, publisher, readers, success, support, true voice, writer, Writing
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Monday, July 5th, 2010
 Making a commitment to something – or someone – is all about making a pledge or a promise … and then engaging yourself totally in the fulfilment of it.
As far as your writing is concerned, developing and strengthening the quality of your commitment will mean the difference between writing or not writing, and taking action or allowing resistance to hold you back.
Commitment sets the scene for all of the small choices that you make every day in relation to your writing.
It also guides you when you come to make the larger decisions regarding how to move forwards when you’re ready to take your work out to the marketplace. And it helps you to access the information and support you need to do so.
Ultimately, your degree of commitment to your writing will be a strong determining factor in your experience of ‘success’ or ‘failure’ – however you choose to define what those terms mean for you.
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Tags: action, authentic, author, commitment, creative energy, imagination, Publishing, readers, results
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
 Writing a book is a ’whole person’ journey. This means that all aspects of ourselves are involved in the process – physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual.
When these are in harmonious alignment, the well of inspiration overflows with ideas, the words meet the page effortlessly and rewarding connections are made with publishers and readers.
Yet maintaining this state of being ‘in the zone’ isn’t always easy and the reality is that the path to publication involves finding a way through many different challenges.
One of the most challenging aspects of writing a book for publication is the emotional roller coaster we discover ourselves to be on.
And there are times when we wonder why nobody told us quite how hard the whole creative process can feel sometimes!
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Tags: alignment, author, creative process, inspiration, journal, mentor, publication, publisher, readers, Writing
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
 What an extraordinary time it has been lately.
Over the last couple of months, it seems that many people have gone through – or are still going through – major change within themselves and in their lives.
This appears to be a time of old patterns coming to the surface to be released once and for all in preparation for moving on to a new phase.
It often seems to get worse just before there is a major breakthrough in understanding about what is really going on which leads to being able to ‘let go’ of what is no longer needed.
This principle can be applied to all aspects of your writing and to your life.
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Tags: breakthrough, change, creative process, Publishing, readers, transition, Writing
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
 In the news this week we have heard about the phenomenal sales of Dan Brown’s new book The Lost Symbol.
In fact his publisher, Transworld, claimed that ‘in its first 36 hours the book had broken the record of total lifetime sales for any adult hardback novel ever published in the UK.’*
The first print run of the book was a staggering one million copies and apparently the reprint button is about to be pushed for the next printing.
All of this must be very exciting for Dan Brown, his agent and his publisher.
However, the sting in the tail of this story is that in the scramble for market share, retailers have taken discounts to ever deeper levels resulting in copies being sold for just £4.99.
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Tags: book, publish, publisher, publishing industry, readers, retailer, success
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Give yourself the gift of qualified support to reach your goal of being published
The Writer’s Journey can be a lonely path. So much of what is involved in the writing process goes on ‘behind the scenes’.
Working from the ‘inside out’, the early stages of the journey are all about you and your connection to the words on the page.
So you start by looking within to discover the true source of your writer’s voice. This actually lies in the deepest part of your True Self – your essence or spirit (or whatever word feels right to you).
This is also where you discover the gateway to your most original ideas via direct access to the creative energy which fuels the fires of your writer’s soul.
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Tags: audience, coach, communication, creative, guidance, publication, readers, success, support, writer's voice, Writing
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Patience means the capacity to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming angry or upset (Roget’s New Millennium Thesaurus).
