17 Reasons you should not spend $26,000 on a Marketing Package for Your First Book

In no particular order or ranking There is no one on Planet Earth that can give a new author $26,000 worth of effective marketing for their first book. Most people can't even give you $100 worth of effective marketing because your book is just not polished enough when you are a first time author Your first book is usually un-sellable - it is not polished enough, it is not packaged well, it is not...

Why Increasing Your Typing Speed is One of the Very Best Things You can do as An Author

Our brains work a LOT faster than we can speak, write, type, or even read If you're an author or writer, then the speed at which you write books is primarily dictated by how fast you can type Firstly, the faster you can type, the more books you can write Secondly, being able to type fast is important so that you can type fast enough to not interrupt your flow of thinking Thirdly, being able to...

Would you pick The Perfect Market or Incredible Writing Talent?

A Genie appears and tells you that you can choose one of the two The Perfect Market. No one else has written a book for it. Readers in that market are dying for someone to write a book. Market Success is guaranteed. The first person to write a book will be incredibly successful. You will be the first and only person (at least for the first 5 years) writing for that market Incredible Writing...

To Be An Author you must move away from The Consumer Mindset and Embrace The Creator Mindset

Focus on Giving Value, instead of Getting Value A Creator GIVES VALUE, finds internal validation, finds internal drive and motivation. You create something and ADD VALUE to the world A Consumer seeks value, seeks external validation, seeks external meaning. A consumer looks to just take and consume, without giving anything back in return Focus on CREATION and not Consumption A Creator focuses on...