My co-creator of Your Big Beautiful Book Plan, Linda Sivertsen, is sharing her get-unstuck, get-writing, and get-published wisdom in this online event: The Transformational Author Experience. Hosted by author, Christine Kloser, the event — running from May 20-31st — features 21 bestselling authors who will help you up your inspiration and get strategic, savvy, insider
As artists (and we’re all artists) we have patterns of creating. A way that we typically make things happen. A style in which we pull ideas down from the ethers and put them into form. It takes a while to figure out what your pattern of creativity is. You need to have cranked out a
I’m always burrowing into other people’s works of art for execution tips. How’d they pull that off? What risks did they take? What was the motivation? If I’m inspired by anything — whether it’s Beyonce’s Superbowl performance, or a Hafiz poem, or a book cover, I make a habit out of analyzing exactly what
This month included burning my old site and birthing a new one, the debut of The Desire Map by popping champagne with 13,300+ people, and leaving lame ideas to make way for a bigger, brighter 2013. Lots. My new website! Tra-La! With surprises and all the white space I dearly love. You’ve gotta burn stuff
I have a friend who is an aspiring novelist and brilliant writer in her own right, who said to me that she wanted to be the “Canadian Anne Lamott“. I said, “Why don’t you just be the Global You?” We must have the daring to be nothing but ourselves if we are to know what
After a spinal injury from a horse jumping accident, Christopher Reeve, the most beloved of the Superman actors, was confined to his wheelchair as a quadriplegic for nine years. Reeve said that when he dreamt at night, he always saw himself as able-bodied and free — never in his wheelchair. When the interviewer asked him
It’s a crime against the human spirit that we so often disassociate positive emotions from the pursuit of success. We tell ourselves that It’ll be worth it when we get there, and we grind and crank and endure our way to the goal posts. We man up, suck it up, and shut up—all in the
I love books. I love the game of publishing. I love the art of outreach. And I love a maverick. So I keep my eye on Tim Ferriss. If you want to see a fantastic example of impeccable product quality, resiliency, creativity, strategic lucidity and sheer stamina in business — you should pay very close
Your inspired flights and flops, and the art that makes your heart flutter, say more about you than any ol’ resume. Here’s my journey, through inspiration, awe and mustered courage… * Biggest creative feat ever: born May 25 1969. My mom, a teen-ager at the time, brings me to college with her so she can
