Weekend Edition – More Than a Writer Plus Good Reads and Writing Tips

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art, create, ideas, story, Writer, writing

Author’s angst and bursts of ideas – perfectly encapsulated.

Live to Write - Write to Live

You are more than a writer.

I am a collection of experiences that is unique in all the expanse of space and time.

You fight hard for your art.

You create time where there isn’t any. You make hard choices and sacrifices.

You make your writing a priority.

Sometimes life gets in the way, and the best you can manage is a little time to think about a story, or an idea, or your craft. You have to be satisfied with nurturing your creations in silent, secret, intangible ways.

Other days, you give yourself the gift of time to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. Sometimes, this feels like slipping smoothly down into a pool of inspiration, you submerge yourself and drink deeply. Other times the writing feels like hard labor on the chain gang, your whole being aching with the effort of chipping each precious word from an…

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3 Simple Ways to Improve Your Writing & Increase Sales

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blogging, improve, tips, writing

Kristen Lamb on how to keep it short, simple and direct. Precise and practical, as always.

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Image from the movie “Office Space”

Today, I’m going to give you three ways to instantly improve your writing and sell more books. I’m blessed to have a broad base of experience/expertise which includes corporate consulting and branding. I also spent years in sales and can honestly say, Coffee is for closers. 

What Do You DO?

Last year, I accepted a leviathan project to redo copy for a website and rebrand a struggling company. I first explained my plan and reasoning in a detailed SWOT analysis. The owner was on board and signed off. The existing copy was outdated, bloated, confusing, and failed to appreciate the vast changes in our millennial culture.

I hacked through, reduced as much as possible and reshaped until the site showcased a truly fabulous company. To my horror, the owner came back and wanted me to add a deluge of changes which included mass amounts of extraneous…

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4 months 21 days

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So far, so good. I am enjoying this journey.

For myself, this is definitely sharpening the pen skills, augmenting the word skills, telescoping my observational skills.