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Yes, you can. Stop finessing. “Done is better than perfect.” (While Facebook is out of favour at the moment, this saying still holds true.) No one will be able to read your book if it is in a continuous state of ‘finessing’. Be brave. Publish.   Any questions or comments, please contact me by replying […]

Do you need support to finesse your writing? Support can come in a variety of ways. Below are some places that you could research to assist with finessing your writing: Writer’s Centre in your state/city Institute of Professional Editors Upwork Fiverr Australian Writers’ Centre Will you sign up for a writing course, engage an editor […]

Sounds simple in theory, however, not so in practice. One system that I utilise is a 3 step process that I call the 3Ds: Delete Delegate Dictate   Step 1 ­– Delete For many people when they receive a phone call, email or notification their immediate response can be to respond. What would happen if […]

Trying to write your business book BUT … Too many tasks on the go? Too many balls in the air? Feeling overwhelmed? Your to-do list is never ending. And growing bigger each day. Feel like your life is falling apart at the seams? Before we go further, we should clarify what ‘falling apart’ may look […]

Top 10 tips are certainly commonplace in newsletters and blog posts today and I am more than happy to follow this trend. I love to be able to have a list of items that I use as a checklist to leverage my existing lifestyle choices and cultivate them into new and different habits and outcomes. […]

As with any major project in your life, there is always a question of ‘juggling’ your usual daily activities with the new project that want to complete. Perhaps an easy way to assimilate (and complete) a new project in your life is to change one of your existing habits. This means that you will replace […]

Knowing why you want to write a book gives you one of the best indicators of the pace you should set. Knowing when you want to release a published book will provide you with a framework for how you will need to set your schedule. Depending on how you like to work, that could be […]

Perhaps the better question is ‘why are you spending all this time thinking and reading about publishing a book?’ Understanding your ‘why’ will answer many of the questions first time (and long term) writers go through each time a book idea comes to mind. If you do not have any intention to publish your writing, […]

Why you may need to write fast: Set yourself a short deadline. Want it done and dusted so you can go on holidays. You were over this before you started. This is how you live your life, one speed – fast. What? You mean I can write slow? Why you may like to write slow: […]

This post is inspired by Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman whereby Kahneman hypothesises that our brains think in two Systems. System 1: fast and System 2: slow. While this is a high level generalisation of the book, it was these ideas that resonated highly with me. As I noted ‘inspired by’ in the […]