How to Be Honest with Yourself (for Authors & Writers)

In general, the more brutally honest you are with yourself, the more successful you will be Here are a few reasons Authors are rarely honest with themselves (let alone brutally honest) Thinking your book is YOU. That if you admit your book needs more polish, then you are somehow admitting you are flawed. Your Book is just something you wrote - it is not you, it is not your baby, it is not your...

Why Underestimating How Good You Are as a Writer is Usually Much Better than Overestimating How Good You Are as a Writer

The biggest roadblock to Success for most authors is not that they are missing some 'secret' or some 'strategy'. It is that they think they are way better at the core 3 skills than they actually are The 3 Core Skills are Knowing What to Write Being Able to Write Very Well Being Able to Market Very Well Let's look at what happens if an author does not accurately assess their skill level, starting...