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Writing Career Coach: May 2009
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Because even the best player needs a coach. Friday, May 29, 2009. A day without excuses. As a writer sometimes writing simply comes down to nothing more elaborate than BIC [Butt in Chair]. At this time of the year excuses can become extremely easy. Graduation parties, sunny days and Kids become distractions that break even the most solid of habits. Sometimes we need to overcome our realities with consistent effort. Sometimes we simply need a "push". So here is your push. This is an excuse free zone!
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Writing Career Coach: Making money as a writer
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Because even the best player needs a coach. Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Making money as a writer. How can you make a living as a writer? This is what is on the mind of many people who'd like to quit their day job and write full-time. Most people when they say that they envision themselves sitting down to write a novel and then replacing their income with that book. And then what about all the marketing you'll need to do? How much do you have to work at your 9-5 job? Will writing an article? Posted by Your Coa...
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Writing Career Coach: August 2009
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Because even the best player needs a coach. Monday, August 31, 2009. Preparing your fall calendar. When I was in sales we had something called planning your calendar. That meant figuring out what you needed in sales and then looking at your ratio of calls to bookings and finally looking at your average income per booking. The way this usually worked out was about 4 or 5 calls before you got a “yes”. Once you had a yes the average income was about $75-$100 for the booking. One editing project per week.
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Writing Career Coach: March 2009
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Because even the best player needs a coach. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Brain Scans meet the Bible. I have to admit, when I saw the book titled "This is your Brain on Joy" I rolled my eyes. I remember as a child watching the egg frying in a pan and the serious looking guy saying "This is your brain on Drugs, any questions? Since my goal with these monthly book reviews is to share with you guys things that you may not otherwise read, but will help your business nonetheless, I decided to read it. Tiffany Colt...
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Writing Career Coach: January 2010
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Because even the best player needs a coach. Friday, January 15, 2010. Come see our new place. Writing Career Coach has now moved our blog over to www.WritingCareerCoach.com. There you will find free articles on:. Meeting editors and agents at conference. Editing your manuscript by finding problem words [The Rainbow Vomit method]. You'll also see Tiffany's speaking topics [I'd love to come to your next writer's conference]. Come see what we've been talking about in 2010. Links to this post. You can now re...
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Writing Career Coach: October 2009
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Because even the best player needs a coach. Tuesday, October 27, 2009. THE PHOENIX RATTLER – DOES YOUR STORY HAVE BITE? Christian Writers of the West (CWOW) is the Arizona branch of American Christian Fiction Writers. PRIZES: What’s the prize? Categories and their esteemed FINAL ROUND judges:. Contemporary Fiction: Melissa Endlich, Love Inspired, Harlequin. Historical Fiction: Barbara Scott, Abingdon Press. Young Adult: Janet Grant, Books and Such Literary. Are you an ACFW Member? Contemporary Fiction: T...
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Writing Career Coach: July 2009
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Because even the best player needs a coach. Friday, July 31, 2009. The First 3 pages: Part 3. This week we’ve looked at the questions that pull your reader along and the 5 senses that cause you to experience each moment. Now we’re going to step in to the emotional realm. Pull out your same book and go over those same three pages:. 1 What emotions are engaged? Fear, Love, Hate, wonder, Confusion, etc…]. 2 How did they cause you to experience them? What words did they use to create the emotion? Yesterday w...
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Writing Career Coach: Clearly defined success
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Because even the best player needs a coach. Wednesday, December 16, 2009. How is it you are defining success. Your answer that will not only show a great deal about who you are but also about who you will be. If your goal. Is to maintain where you are-do you like where you are? Some people really do, and that is great! I want to contract 3 novels this year so my daily tasks will be deemed “successful” each day if they are leading to that ultimate goal. At least he left the house to go to Kinkos. For your...
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Writing Career Coach: December 2009
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Because even the best player needs a coach. Wednesday, December 30, 2009. How to select your genre. Many new writers like to say something like this:. 8220;My story is in a new kind of genre. There is some romance and little historical and some science fiction all mixed together in a coming of age novel. How do you go about selecting a genre? Consider what it is that most interests you and the kind of writing you get most excited about. Don’t limit yourself to the kind of writing that fits in w...In the ...