Success is helping people make a change they seek to make. That is how Seth Godin described success on a recent Entreleadership podcast. The focus on change was my #1 takeaway from Godin’s Marketing Seminar last year. The question he asks participants at the beginning of the course is: What change are you seeking to…
On Writing
A collection of lessons, tools, and techniques on writing.
Batching Your Work
I suffer from a problem that a lot of other artists and entrepreneurs deal with on a day to day basis. We have so many ideas and projects that we want to work on that we end up starting but not finishing many different projects at the same time. As a results, we tend to…
The Way History Should Be Written
I’m a big fan of historian David McCullough. I admire his approach to writing. I am inspired by his story of how he became a writer. I will forever think of his voice when I think about the Civil War. Most of all, I love the way he writes history. Most of my experience with history,…
Deliberate Practice for Writers
Angela Duckworth summarizes the basic requirements for deliberate practice (K. Anders Ericsson) as: A clearly defined stretch goal Full concentration and effort Immediate and informative feedback Repetition with reflection and refinement Angela Duckworth, Grit As a writer, I try to write every day. How can I make these writing sessions deliberate practice? A clearly defined…
Should I build a website for the launch of my book?
In the past I advised authors to buy the domain name of the title of their book so they could build a website for the launch and for book resources. As an alternative to the domain name, authors could always buy some variation of the title plus “book” as many other authors have done. One…
