Own Your Creativity

Hello Everyone! Elizabeth Johnston here of Own Your Creativity and the memoir summit. Today I’m introducing Lynette M. Smith.

Lynette is a professional copyeditor and formatter of book manuscripts and proofreader of PDF book layouts. Having established All My Best in 2004, she builds results, respect, and relationships with authors and publishers; find out more at AllMyBest.com. She has also indie-published several books, among them her bestselling 40-page handbook, "80 Common Layout Errors to Flag When Proofreading Book Interiors," and her award-winning comprehensive reference book, "How to Write Heartfelt Letters to Treasure: For Special Occasions and Occasions Made Special." These and more are available through major online retailers; for more information on all her publications, visit GoodWaysToWrite.com.

It’s way too easy for us to overlook details in our own writing because we’re just to close to it. During the summit, Lynette shares her advice and best practices for writers - How to Save Time, Cut Costs, and Publish a Book That Shines!

To join us at the summit go to memoirsummit.com to sign up, and

I’ll see you there on November 14 to 16.

One of the speakers at the Memoir Summit on Nov. 14 to 16 is Otakara Klettke. Otakara is an international bestselling author. Her debut book Hear Your Body Whisper has become a number one bestseller on Amazon in an instant and held that title for over a year. Otakara has been a guest on several podcasts and radio shows and her book shaped lives of thousands of people. She has also just had her children’s book published, The Case of Missing Max.

Join us at the summit at memoirsummit.com

I’m thrilled to have Irina interview me about my book marketing techniques. I can’t think of anyone better suited to this conversation. Irina Fotland- Online Business Marketer, Feng Shui Consultant, with background in physics & mathematics

– She has practiced FS 20 years and now has many 1:1 VIP clients all over the world, helping them create the conditions for abundance in their lives. Lives in Norway, which is one of the places on my bucket list to visit!

I met Irina online in a Facebook challenge where we were encouraged to get an accountability partner. Funny thing, though, I had a partner for the challenge already and on Day 2 she dropped out of the challenge – without a word. I posted that I needed another partner and Irina popped up. What I think is so interesting here is that nothing would have happened had I not put my request out there. We all have to take risks if we want to get rewards. So, this means that not everything you do will be successful, but if you don’t do anything you definitely won’t sell as many books, if any at all.

To join us at the Memor Summit, go to memoirsummit.com

 Successful Memoir Marketing -

So the topic I'd like to talk about is ways to sell your book. I wrote and self-published in 2008 my book, No Small Potatoes, a book about why GMOs are bad for us. I bought 500+ books and sold all of them within a year. In Canada, 500 sales is very good for a trad publisher, so I was pleased. I want to talk about each of the strategies I used back then and some new ones I'd add to the mix for my next one.

Brooke Warner is publisher of She Writes Press and SparkPress, president of Warner Coaching Inc., and author of Green-light Your Book, What's Your Book?, How to Sell Your Memoir, and the co-author of Breaking Ground on Your Memoir. Brooke’s expertise is in traditional and new publishing. She is the former Executive Editor of Seal Press and currently sits on the boards of the Independent Book Publishers Association, the Bay Area Book Festival, and the National Association of Memoir Writers. She writes a monthly column for Publishers Weekly and blogs actively on Huffington Post Books and SheWrites.com. She lives and works in Berkeley, California.

Brooke has extensive experience working with aspiring authors from the perspective of being a publisher, writer and teacher. During our conversation at the Memoir Summit, Brooke talks about her five most important pieces of advice for writers, including what editors and agents are looking for when they read your work, the importance of having a hook in your memoir, and a lot more. To catch Brooker Warner’s talk at the Memoir Summit happening November 14 to 16, go to memoirsummit.com to grab your free ticket.

Hello Everyone! Elizabeth Johnston here of Own Your Creativity and The Memoir Summit which happens on Nov. 14 to 16. Free and online so it’s easy for you to catch all the amazing interviews. The Memoir Summit is a three-day virtual event during which over 20 guests are going to share their insights and expertise with you! To join us, go to memoirsummit.com

A memoir is a slice of life that focuses on a significant event, process or philosophy in a person's life or business. It can be both entertaining and informative and is often both. 

Memoir writers are people with wisdom to share and a keen desire to make a difference in the world by sharing their story.

The speakers showcased in the Memoir Summit are entrepreneurs and memoir writers themselves as well as experts who teach and coach on a wide range of topics including the writing process, publishing options, and platform building techniques. All summit topics are designed to help you fast-track your success in completing your memoir.

How to Get Your Book Noticed in a Noisy World, Flora Brown

Flora Morris Brown is an author, publishing coach, and certified Guided Autobiography Facilitator. She helps writers navigate the choppy waters of publishing as well guides people who want to capture their life stories to leave behind for their families. Flora earned a B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and enjoyed a 20-year teaching career at Fullerton College. Now Professor Emeritus, she has published 12 books, the most recent of which is Color Your Life Happy: Create Your Unique Path and Claim the Joy You Deserve. Visit her website www.florabrown.com, to learn more and access free downloads.

During the Memoir Summit, November 14 - 16, a free online conference for aspiring writers, Angelique Beauregard interviews Elizabeth Johnston about the writing process. Join us at bit.ly/memoirsummit

Angelique Beauregard is the author of the upcoming book A Second Coming of Age – The Road to Becoming a Healthy, Wealthy, Modern Golden Girl. She is a Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach, devoted to helping midlife women lose weight permanently so they can confidently show up in the world in a body they love. Having successfully overcome her own life-long weight loss struggles, she is an inspirational leader in her field.

Elizabeth Johnston is an author, professor and podcaster. She has taught taught others how to own their creativity through writing for over 20 years. During that time she has consistently produced writing in a variety of genres. Some of the places her work can be seen are The Huffington Post, Yellow Pages Online, The Globe and Mail, The South China Morning Post, The Montreal Gazette, Wascana Review and many others. She’s also contributed to a best-selling travel book, written, produced and directed a short film, and published her literary non-fiction book, No Small Potatoes, and she also won a Canada Council for the Arts writing grant to write her book.

Hello Everyone! Elizabeth Johnston here of Own Your Creativity and The Memoir Summit. The summit is a free online conference that takes place November 14 to 16 and features over 20 interviews with best-selling authors and industry experts. It’s for aspiring writers and anyone with a story to tell. Whether you want to leave a legacy for future generations or document your contribution to the business world or help others achieve a personal challenge, you won’t want to miss the Memoir Summit.

To sign up for the free summit just go to memoirsummit.com

Today, I’m really excited today to introduce to you another of our wonderful Summit speakers: Geoff Hughes. Geoff is the founder of Madhouse Media Publishing. In his regular podcast The eBook Revolution he talks to writers, publishers and marketers about how to write, get published and make a difference.

During the summit, Geoff will talk about ebooks. This is a speciality of his and we dive into the topic during the summit so that you understand what’s involved in the process and decide if it’s right for you.

To join Geoff and I during the summit, just go to memoirsummit.com

See you soon!

Elizabeth Johnston here of Own Your Creativity and The Memoir Summit.

If you’ve ever wanted to write a book about your personal experience, this summit is where you want to be. It consists of over 20 interviews with industry experts and best-selling authors who have gathered together to share their wisdom and experience with you.

The purpose of the summit is to provide you with information and inspiration for your writing dreams. We all have a story to tell and we all have a story that can help and inspire others, too. This is the case with Dr. Anne McTiernan, one of the summit speakers. Dr. McTiernan

studies the health effects of diet, exercise, and weight at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. She is author of Starved: A Nutrition Doctor’s Journey from Empty to Full (Central Recovery Press, 2016) and Breast Fitness: An Optimal Exercise and Health Plan for Reducing Your Risk of Breast Cancer (St. Martin’s Press, 2000).

During the summit, Anne will talk about how she turned her personal experience into a story. Having her own food issues from a young age, Anne became a doctor who studies the problem from a scientific perspective. In her book, she shares her personal journey and at the Memoir Summit, we talk about that writing process.

To join Dr. McTiernan and I at the memoir summit, go to memoirsummit.com.

The summit is a free online conference that takes place November 14 to 16 and features over 20 interviews with best-selling authors and industry experts. It’s for aspiring writers and anyone with a story to tell. Whether you want to leave a legacy for future generations or document your contribution to the business world or help others achieve a personal challenge, you won’t want to miss the Memoir Summit.

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Earlier today in our Facebook group, Own Your Creativity, I posted a question asking who among you might be helping professionals who want to write a memoir.

There are different types of memoirs – the most common is the personal memoir that explores your life. Then there’s the business memoir – a book that details how you created your business and/or left a legacy during your tenure in the business. Then there’s also a how-to memoir that mixes your business expertise and personal experience. The aim of this type of memoir is to help others achieve something that you are uniquely qualified to assist with, and we often see people in the helping professions write this type of memoir.

Someone who is very well acquainted with this type of book is Bill O’Hanlon. Bill has written and published 35 books, one of which, Do One Thing Different, got him featured as a guest on Oprah. He has also written and published over 60 articles and book chapters, including two memoir pieces. His books have been translated into 17 different languages, and he has also coached over 250 books by others into publication. Exploring a new way with words, Bill has recently embarked on a career as a professional songwriter and can regularly be found in Nashville singing his original songs.

Many songwriters use sad personal events to fuel their songwriting, and memoir writing is quite similar. During the memoir summit, Bill will be talking about that very topic in his interview entitled, Write What You “No”: Using Your Wounds and Upsets to Fuel Your Writing,

Bill and I had a great chat about the writing process and how to generate ideas for your books, and you won’t want to miss the wisdom that Bill O’Hanlon shares with us during this talk.

As of today, there are 16 more days until the memoir summit happens. To get your free ticket for the online memoir summit that happens Nov. 14 to 16 and hear Bill O’Hanlon’s talk, go to memoirsummit.com

If you’re watching or listening to this broadcast anywhere else other than the Own Your Creativity Facebook group, you can join the writing conversation by going to bit.ly/oycgroup.

Everyone has a story to tell, and during the Memoir Summit happening November 14 - 16, 2017, you'll hear from best-selling authors and industry experts about how to write, publish and promote your memoir. Whether you want to leave a legacy for your family or write about how you help others in your business, you won't want to miss this free online conference. Grab your free ticket today at bit.ly/memoirsummit

Today's episode is about one of our Memoir Summit speakers: Anne Berube, PhD, who will be talking about "Decoding the Wisdom of Your Inner World" on November 15, 2017. Anne is a spiritual coach and the author of Be Feel Think Do: A Memoir. At the age of 23, Anne's life was interrupted by a near fatal car accident and a mystical experience. Trapped in the car, unable to breathe, she had a vision that forever realigned her life’s trajectory. Anne is a powerful teacher with an uncommon ability to share her story and insights in a way that awakens the inner wisdom in others.