Happy Mindset Monday! So much of the content we see aimed toward authors is clearly toward fiction authors, novelists. All the memes, the inside jokes, and more. Nonfiction authors - do you sometimes feel left out of the club and maybe even "less" of an author? Today's episode is for YOU!

An excerpt from my screenplay turned novel - Canyon Road. AND a learning question for you about where your next great potential story might be found!

It's the weekend, let's have some fun with cliches & stereotypes about writers - which ones are true for you? Which ones are funny? Irritating? Strike a nerve? Visit my Ink Authors group on Facebook and chime in!

This week I answer a whole bunch of questions from an author who is on the 5th round of editing her book and the process is testing her sanity! Help is on the way...

A man apologized once, in a long, drawn-out letter to a friend, that he "didn't have time to write a short one." Why is writing FEWER words more of a challenge than writing a ton of words? A lesson on the art of brevity and 3 action tips you can use to master it in your writing!

3 action questions to help you write a better reader promise for your book!

Sorry for the "this call is being recorded" - last minute tech snag lol! Enjoy ALL the librarian wisdom of Lauren Cleveland - unexpected parts of her job and most importantly why, as an author, you should have your book in libraries and how to get it there.

The one mindset reason, once you have your book writing WHY, that there's nothing stopping you from writing a book.

An excerpt from an awesome book I'm reading about story, called "Stealing Fire from the Gods."

Maybe you "thought" you knew where your book was going but now, drafting your TOC and writing plan - you find yourself lost & confused. I have TWO things you can check right now that might help you out of the weeds and back on track writing your book!