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Reasons To Write

Monday, March 8th, 2010

For my blog visitors, I hope all is well.  As an author and publisher, I believe writers have an opportunity to preserve their thoughts, experiences, creativity and expertise in print, as well as other forms of media.  We all have a story to tell for others to receive encouragement, inspiration, education, entertainment, and more. 

Writing is a way the the author and the readers connect with each other over a message.  If an article, ebook or book’s message is strong enough and is shared by many, it can create change. 

For business people, it is a format that potential clients can take home with them, study, read, and learn from an expert. It can even be a way to prime a client before they embark on hiring you for your specialty.
 
If you are looking for a reason to write an article, ebook or book, those are really good reasons.  However, if you need another reason; according to the November 30, 2009 IBISWorld Industry Report, the Book Publishing Industry is a $25.7 billion dollar industry. 
 
There are thousands of new books released each year from small to large publishing houses.  If you choose to write, you will have access to a part of that $25.7 billion dollars when you write, promote and sell your written work.

All very good reasons for you to think about what you might be able to share with prospective readers.

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The Joy Of Reading

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

I have always enjoyed reading.  There is so much to choose from out of the topics that I commonly want to add more to my knowledge base about. I really like the diversity of the approach to the information and frequently find that I can improve my use of the topic information by adding sometimes just one idea presented by the author I am currently reading.

Everyone has a way of approaching knowledge and if you have wanted to share but were concerned that the topic you want to write about already has everything about it covered you need to reconsider. 

Because there are different learning styles the topic needs to be presented in different ways to have the information available to those different learning styles.  Understand  and learn more about learning styles.

Write about it in the way that you learn best and the readers that learn in the same way you do will find your information, be grateful you took time to share and will want to return for more of your future work.

People are continually searching for authors that are able to write in such a way that they GET the information.  It is such a satisfying experience when you can connect with a topic, understand where the author is coming from and can apply the information to better your life.

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Writing News Flash

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Everyone thinks that their problems are unique. They take them in, internalize them and fester on them. They must be unique because if they weren’t they could just find out what someone else did to fix it and do that.

As we grow up we are programmed not to talk about our problems and hence the same situations/challenges (that all human beings face) become personal.

Remember I keep telling you to write out what you did to solve the problem you faced and be willing to share the steps and results with others so they could get to the solution more quickly.

It’s just that you think you are the only one going through problem xyz, that no one else would want to know what you did and you might be embarrassed if they found out you had that problem. 

Even through we all feel that our problems are unique to us, they are in fact a problem that everyone faces at some time in their life. If you can solve your problem and move yourself closer to your goal, then you have created a solution to a problem that millions of others also have and will gladly pay money to read, learn about  or give their attention to.

Ex: Have you ever had the experience of telling someone something and when they explained your problem back to you, you were excited because this person truly understood what you were experiencing and feeling?

They are really willing to listen to you then when they feel like you understand them.  They will become one of your readers because you are helping them with an answer.

News Flash:  Stop thinking you are the only one going through situations in your life and focus on looking for and sharing with others your steps on solving those issues we all face.

Write and share and enjoy the profits you will make by being willing to do that.

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Finding Time To Write

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

 

 

Learning From The Prairie Dog

Learning From The Prairie Dog

 

 

Prairie dog families live in underground colonies called burrows. The burrows can be more than a hundred feet (30 meters) long and have many different compartments (at bottom) where the prairie dogs sleep, raise their young, and stay safe from predators. They are part of the squirrel family and multiply very quickly.

When I was growing up on a ranch in eastern Montana we began to have large colonies of prairie dogs begin to build what were called prairie dog towns.  As you looked across the land you saw many holes where the burrows opened and they came to the surface above ground.

It was very dangerous for the animals who could fall into the holes and injure their legs.  A very costly problem for anyone who had livestock , in my father’s case, horses, sheep and cattle. 

So what does the prairie dog have to do with writing? 

Life can become so busy trying to handle the things that pop up, like the prairie dog popping out of it’s burrow unexpectedly, that it can become like a giant game of  Whack-The-Dog. Every time you solve a problem, two or three even more stubborn challenges pop up to distract you and try to pull your attention away from your life and writing to problem solving mode. 

This can seriously hinder your ability to think about how you want to communicate unless you are jotting down the steps to how you are solving the problem.  Those steps can really help others if you will share what and how you handled the problems you encountered. 

Knowing how you solved a problem that you dealt with can save others many hours of trying to figure out what to do. Think about a solution you came up with when someone else was sharing how they solved a problem.

On the other hand, your mind continually pops up ideas for you, that if you jot down at the time, you can go back to later and add more content to expand on the idea.

 Be pro-active at keeping those dogs (problems) at bay and be diligent at spending a few minutes a day at your writing. Those 5 minutes here and there can even produce a nice income for you.  Click Here!   for more information about how you can do that.

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Writer’s Simulus Plan

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

This is the year for you to begin to use your writing to make money.  Yes, there are many ways for you to do that and I am going to show you where to start. Click Here! This is so easy you just have to get started.  Do it NOW before you change your mind and wait another year or make another excuse.

Make Money With Your Writing

Make Money With Your Writing

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