Announcing Look, Lead, Love and Learn by Bill Sheridan
Beta Author Bill Sheridan‘s new eBook, Look, Lead, Love, Learn, was published this week by Voxie Media. It’s $0.00 today and I encourage you to download it and take a look at what a short, polished eBook on a business topic looks like. Bill Sheridan is chief communications officer and a veteran blogger for the Maryland Association of CPAs award-winning blog, [...]
Unexpected writing lessons from ziplining in the Mexican jungle
The good thing about a great vacation is that you put everything aside and don’t think about much of anything. The bad thing about a great vacation is that it takes a while to find what you put aside. In my case, it’s back to finding sizzling prose for my short eBook – in progress – on the topic of [...]
Guy Kawasaki procrastinates like the rest of us
Asked what his writing ritual is during a recent webinar, Guy Kawasaki laughed and said: “Do as I say, not as I do.” What he tells us to do in APE | Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur, his new bestseller with co-author Shawn Welch, is to write every day. As he describes it in the chapter on How to Write Your Book: [...]
Writerly tips from an exclusive interview with blogger and author Jeff Goins
Author and blogger Jeff Goins graciously agreed to be one of the expert guests I interview for those enrolled in my Beta Author program. Our 55-minute conversation was so provocative that I want to share some of the highlights with you. Click here to download or listen to the MP3 file. Or you can download the edited transcript of our 55-minute conversation [...]
Charlie Gilkey reveals the secret of writing his new book: The Small Business Life Cycle
Charlie Gilkey of Productive Flourishing fame has just published his first book, The Small Business Life Cycle: A Guide for Taking the Right Steps at the Right Time to Grow Your Small Business. It’s an Amazon Kindle eBook and will also be available in the next two weeks as a softcover. Charlie joined me for a Q & A to [...]
Seth Godin asked me to co-author his next book
I was sitting at my desk this morning, head down, minding my own business, not procrastinating, being productive, working on my new book… and Seth calls. Now this is not as nutty as it sounds. I’ve known Seth for years. I’m an unabashed member of the Seth tribe. I consider him an unofficial mentor. He inspires and provokes me, always. [...]
Book Lust: How to Write a Short Nonfiction Book in 8 Weeks
Following is a draft of the introduction for the book I am working on. Book Lust is the new placeholder title. I’d love feedback on the title and the book concept. If you are like most Americans – or anyone anywhere, for that matter – you have dreamt about writing a book. It’s on your bucket list for one reason [...]
Scott Berkun gives us the backstory on releasing Mindfire 1.1: the updated edition
Author Scott Berkun gives us the inside scoop on releasing the updated edition of his self-published book, Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds. First published in October 2011, the new edition catches 100 typos and adds fixes and little touches “to make it the best version of the book ever,” in his words. The book is a terrific collection of his [...]
