I’m the editor of You Are the Brand by Mike Kim. My signed contributor’s copy just came in the mail. Almost all of the books I’m honored to help bring into the world (see a sampling here) are enjoyable for me to work on. Being the editor of You Are the Brand was joyful, educational, […]
Cool group coaching for writing a nonfiction book
Group coaching for writing a nonfiction book is one of my acres of diamonds, and I think it’s pretty cool. Let me tell you a story. At a one-day, in-person mastermind event located in Indianapolis in October 2018, during my “hot seat,” I mentioned two things. One, that a number of people had asked me […]
Jennifer Harshman’s bio
Jennifer Harshman’s bio is one of the things James Woosley asked me to send him for the book he and I are currently producing. It’s quite the undertaking: a compilation of pieces from approximately 100 different authors. So I wrote the rough draft of that bio. Before I share that piece with you, I’d like […]
Get your book edited in 2017 by planning ahead
As a child and young adult with ADHD living in constant survival mode, I wasn’t skilled at planning ahead (and that is the understatement of the year). Even planning for the day in front of me seemed impossible sometimes. Coping with a hundred things in a row as they came at me, though . . . […]
J. Evan Johnson’s When it’s… book series
In 2015, while emailing back and forth to explore whether we had a good author–editor fit, I purchased the first book in J. Evan Johnson’s When it’s . . . book series to find out more about his skill as an author. I read the entire thing in bed that night, unable to put it […]
What do you want to see here?
There are two main reasons this blog exists: serving you and marketing my offerings (which exist to serve you). Analytics data tell a site owner much, but what they don’t tell is why. Sometimes it’s obvious. If traffic spikes after a particular post, and people start linking to it like crazy, it’s easy to make […]
Too busy to write
The caption says it all, folks. If you’re seeing this post, then it means that I am too busy to write one this week. Many books have come my way to be edited, thanks to happy clients. I’m very grateful, and I absolutely love it. The only thing is, it means this week’s blog […]
I’m taking the NaNoWriMo challenge!
I’ve been challenged to participate in NaNoWriMo this year, for the first time. I already have a full plate, just like last year, when I said no; I’m going to do it this year, though, even though the idea scares me. Will you join me? Feel free to check in here daily for support! NaNoWriMo […]
