Mark interviews Honorée Corder, an executive and strategic book and publishing coach, TEDx speaker, and the author of more than 50 books including You Must Write a Book.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares a personal update, some recent comments and a word from this episode's sponsor.

This episode is sponsored by Findaway Voices.

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In their conversion Mark and Honorée talk about:

• The way Honorée's business got its start after a discussion with Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series
• Collaborating with businesses that want to use her books to promote/market their own business and how that has created a win/win/win situation
• Purposefully writing and marketing books to targeted potential clients with bulk discount rates in mind
• How people will throw out business cards but are far less likely to throw out a book
• Researching how to make the process of custom back covers for the same front, spine, and interior with a designer and a printer
• Ideas for how authors can leverage this type of marketing by offering a potential client a pile of books to give away to their clients
• Adapting an abundance mindset versus a scarcity mindset
• The mental hurdles that writers have to overcome in order to face prosperity
• What makes the difference between a hobbyist and a professional
• Commitment versus interest
• The question of "whether or not the person I am tomorrow will be proud of the person I am today"
• The importance of having downtime, quiet time, and opportunities for recharging our creativity
• How having a schedule can set you free from not worrying about something that's on your plate
• The basic principlee behind "The Miracle Morning" (Hal Elrod) and "The Miracle Morning for Writers" (Hal Elrod and Honorée)
• How, for the most part, you can find 15 minutes in different parts of your day
• A few things she didn't expect before beginning this journey
• How writing from a really raw place allowed Honorée to see that the more authentic she has been in her writing, the more readers have liked it and it has helped people
• And more

After the interview, Mark reflects on some of the things that this chat inspired in him, including an idea that sprung from the conversation.

Links of Interest:

• Honorée Corder's website
• BookBub Blog Post - Chirp Follow Buttons
• Episode 197 - The Darkness Within
• Episode 196 - Haunted Walks & Talks with Jim Dean
• The Relaxed Author
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles
  • Mark Lip Sync Scene from Planes, Trains & Automobiles
• Patreon for Stark Reflections
• Wide for the Win
• Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books
  • This Time Around (Short Story)
  • A Canadian Werewolf in New York
  • Stowe Away (Novella)
  • Fear and Longing in Los Angeles
  • Fright Nights, Big City

 

The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0