SHOW NOTES I wanted to do a quick QTP episode about the phrase “you should write to market.” By that phrase, I mean “you should intentionally create books that are aimed at a ‘target’ that ‘exists’ in the minds of readers.” There are a few things to take into account when you are assuming you…
DetailsSHOW NOTES We’re starting a new series on character drives. Let’s figure out how to manage and understand our own drives by looking at characters that have been both well-drawn and consistent. And then, hopefully, learn something about character development in the process! (Craft + personal development is always a bonus.) Links from the show:…
DetailsI know there are a lot of statistics that float around about how difficult adult behavioral change is, and as someone who’s been teaching this stuff for nearly a decade, let me put in a plug for changing the way you change. Adult behavioral change is difficult because everything in your system is currently set…
DetailsI have a book release today and these days are always strange. On one hand, I’m already beyond this moment (so much preparation and blood/sweat/tears go into my books, by the time they’re out I don’t want to talk about them anymore), and on the other hand, this book has been a gauntlet. I doubt…
DetailsTell someone how much you love them and specifically what you love about them. I’ve been editing the Energy book and am re-doing the practice of some of the exercises, and yesterday, I came across the “tell someone what you love about them” card. I had a friend over yesterday who is a #1 Empathy,…
DetailsI rarely tell my origin story about how I got so passionate about alignment, but I did a podcast recently where I talked a bit about the reasons why I do this (and told a story about sitting at a conference listening to someone say they had “data” about how outlining will make everyone faster……
DetailsOne of the biggest gifts of Strengths is the reminder that we’re not all the same, and we don’t all have the same needs. So when I say something, as a #2 Connectedness, I’m conscious that a #34 Connectedness person isn’t going to receive that in the same way. It’s part of how Strengths create…
DetailsWhen I coach top earning authors, especially for the first time, almost every single one of them, when they’re first describing their pain point, says something like this: “I know I should be grateful for this, and these are such tiny problems compared to what everyone else is facing…” But. Here’s my soapbox about gratitude.…
DetailsEvery turkey day, we put candy corn near our plate and say one thing we’re thankful for, for each candy corn we eat. (Or for each one we’re given, if we don’t like the candy.) And this year, instead of listing off five things we’re thankful for, we went one by one in a round.…
DetailsI know there’s an old adage that says otherwise, but hear me out on this one. (Also, QTP old adages *at all times* please. Question the Premise.) One of the qualities we are talking the most about this week in the author business phases summit is patience. And every time I bring up the word,…
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