The year is almost over; only a little over three months before we celebrate a New Year with new goals.

What about this year’s goals? Was one of your goals to write that non-fiction book you’ve had rattling around in your brain forever?

Did you get it written? Did you even start it?

Did you know that, if you want a traditional publisher to publish your non-fiction book, you don’t write the book first? You write the book proposal.

Did you also know that even if you are going to self-publish, a book proposal will Read More→

Many people are inventive, sometimes cleverly so. But real creativity begins with the drive to work on and on and on. ~ Margueritte Harmon Bro, author

“I love this story, and I love when it the writing surprises me, but sitting down to write is such hard work!” I complained recently to close friend and writing colleague, Zita. “Some days, I really have to force myself to do it…and to keep doing it.”

“Ah,” Zita said, “me, too. But I remind myself of the difference between a published writer and a wanna-be-writer. We sit down and stay with it. Others, many others, get up and walk away.”

Oh, the relief! Don’t you love it when you discover that a creative challenge you thought was something peculiar to you is actually something others, struggle with, too?

The hard work and extreme discipline required to write my book isn’t an indication of something wrong with me, after all. Read More→