The Disruptive Author

In this episode, I'll talk about many of the people I work with and publish for are working diligently toward building a sustainable business as a coach, a consultant or a therapist.

They are offering (or planning to offer) 1:1 services for an hourly rate, which is a good honest business model that provides income for lots of people across the country.

The problem is that...if they are sick, or if their family needs them, or they aren’t able to generate and convert enough leads for their business, they don’t get paid, and their vision starts to become unstuck really fast.

In this episode, I'm talking about the fear of rejection as one of the bigger fears that aspiring authors struggle with and it encompasses a number of fears all wrapped up into one.

Every author I come across can give you at least 10 reasons why someone wouldn't want to read their book or why they can't write or why they have nothing to say to readers that hasn't already been said.

In today's episode, I am talking about why it is crucial that you create your own super sexy, sacred writing space.

If you are an author, you have ideas, and you have a deep drive to explore and express those ideas. That’s just our nature. Our operating system if you like.

One of the biggest blocks I have noticed with the authors I have worked with is the need to get their writing right before they get it written.

In this episode, I'll be talking about this big block for many authors that I wanted to go deeper and explore it further.

The idea that we have to write perfectly is a massive block for many writers and it literally stops them from writing anything at all. They freeze. And of course, not only can you not edit what hasn't been written, you can't publish it either.

One of the most common doubts I hear from aspiring nonfiction authors is: Why would someone want to read what I have to say? 

Even if they don't start their writing journey with that thought in mind, it will come at some point.  Because there is a very uncomfortable space between aspiring and published where an author feels completely exposed, and vulnerable, and self-conscious about how their book might be received by the world. It's almost rite of passage. 

In this episode, you'll know what I mean it really is putting yourself out there in a big way when you share your thoughts and your experiences - both personal and professional - in a way that leaves you open to scrutiny and to the opinions of virtually anyone and everyone.  

This episode is for authors who want to write a nonfiction book where they can turn their experience and their expertise into a tool that will help people.

 So many authors agonise over who their target reader is because they genuinely want to help people and they are afraid that if they choose too specific a group of people they will miss out on reaching a whole lot of other people who would benefit from what they have to share.  And that really is a fair enough concern.

In this episode, I am talking about technology and how someone in business might use it to get published fast and make it work for their business.

This will be of particular interest to coaches, consultants or therapists, and anyone who would like to build a coaching business around their experience or expertise.

There’s a lot of competition for anyone in small businesses and that can make it hard to make a decent living working one-to-one.

Let’s take a look at how a book might make a difference.

In this episode of the Disruptive Author Magazine I'm talking to a lawyer and author in her own right, Jeanette Jifkins from Onyx legal.  And we're talking about legal stuff authors need to know.  

Deborah talks to Kirsty about Social Media and Branding for Authors.

Terri talks about her author journey which started at the age of 60 and continues today through her many contributions to compilation books and through her work as a ghost writer, telling other peoples' stories.