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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-29

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  • New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-22 – Winding up a great #Enoch conference. Much work & committment to … http://ht.ly/17sR4x #
  • New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-22 – Winding up a great #Enoch conference. Much work & committment to … http://ht.ly/17sR4y #
  • RT @billysticker: Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. #
  • RT @4KidLit: RT @4kidlit Conference Round-Up: Getting Past the First Reader http://bit.ly/9BkMm1 #yalit #kidlit #scbwi #
  • The faux lavender topiary on my desk looks so real, I keep trying to breathe in a bit of lavender scent. Time to quit for the day… #
  • RT @jumpouttheboat: RT @4KidLit: "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." – Walter Bagehot #amwriting #scbwi #
  • RT @ingridsundberg: Agent Day Recap: Rebecca Sherman's Do's and Don'ts of Query Writing http://tinyurl.com/2cepuba #scbwi #query #agents #
  • How to find the editing toolbar in your WordPress website. #NAIWE members- this will help you work with your member site! http://ht.ly/1PLvc #
  • NAIWE News- How to Get More Editing Options for Your WordPress Blog http://ht.ly/17uYbz #
  • NAIWE News- How to Get More Editing Options for Your WordPress Blog http://ht.ly/17uYbA #
  • Children's authors- set up virtual visits with K12 classrooms & libraries through Skype an Author. http://ht.ly/1Q8st #scbwi #kidlit #write #
  • "The art of conversation is, like, kinda dead and stuff." From my son's t-shirt this morning. Where's the "y'know"? #quote #
  • Here's The Edge- Overcoming Fear of Rejection, Ghostwriting teleclass… #naiwe #write – http://grsnip.com/rWPr #
  • New post: Great Rules of Writing, Possibly by William Safire http://bit.ly/b16fpp #
  • We can have more than we've got because we can become more than we are. #
  • New post: Great Rules of Writing, Possibly by William Safire http://ht.ly/17vPIm #
  • New post: Great Rules of Writing, Possibly by William Safire http://ht.ly/17vPIn #
  • New post! Caregiving for Homeschool Families: Don't Go Into It Lightly http://ht.ly/17vNPj #
  • New post! Caregiving for Homeschool Families: Don't Go Into It Lightly http://ht.ly/17vNPk #
  • RT @marydemuth: I've guest posted on @RachelleGardner 's blog about the Three Ts you need to get & stay published: http://bit.ly/auFHRn #
  • “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events.
    Small minds discuss people.” –Eleanor Roosevelt #quote #
  • RT @jafhedlund: Posted this late yesterday, so in case you missed it: Critiques: How to Take Them http://wp.me/pIkHt-Ad #writetip #kidlit #
  • If you tweet on writing or editing, join the Writer-Editor Twibe to share your tweets & find interesting new peeps! http://twib.es/BUZ # #
  • Interesting #ff writers & editors: @p2p_editor @4KidLit @inkyelbows @PaginadaCultura @JimSutton5 @HUnderdown @Indie_Elf @TheYankeeInGA #
  • I love the way StoryBlue lets me drag & drop scenes from one chapter to another. Super-easy to use so far. http://storyblue.com/ #write #
  • RT @janicecampbell: New post! Caregiving for Homeschool Families: Don't Go Into It Lightly http://ht.ly/17vNPk #
  • Is there anything more loathsome than an all-you-can eat buffet with Chinese food, crab legs, pizza, & frosting-filled cream puffs? #
  • RT @DigiBookWorld: "The 3 Best Takeaways for Writers From BookExpo America" @janefriedman http://bit.ly/cgOVDF #bea10 #
  • NAIWE News- The Seven Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing http://ht.ly/17xprd #
  • NAIWE News- The Seven Things Every Author MUST Understand About Publishing http://ht.ly/17xpre #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-22

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  • Winding up a great #Enoch conference. Much work & committment to make it happen. Thanks! Full workshops both times I spoke. #
  • Reminder: Learn to Write a Non-Fiction Proposal, a NAIWE Teleclass is Wednesday! – http://grsnip.com/rCse #
  • I’ve been away from my desk so long that even #hootsuite didn’t recognize me! I’m happy to be back. What’s your #writegoal this week? #
  • RT @NickySchmidt1: “When you feel like putting pen in your eye balls, your book is done” http://bit.ly/cbLGwx Think my book must be done… #
  • Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
    -Henry Ward Beecher #quote #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-15

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  • RT @wordywoman: Do ghosts write w/invisible ink? Find out when VIP Author Talks w/Kim Pearson @storykim, 5/12/10. http://bit.ly/KPearson #
  • NAIWE News- Write Non-Fiction Proposals that Grab an Editor: Learn How with Mary DeMuth http://ow.ly/17lfaO #
  • I have a looming deadline and the clock hands are moving as though they’re swimming through molasses. Minutes feel like hours! #writegoal #
  • A warm welcome to new NAIWE members! You’re joining just in time for Mary DeMuth’s class on how to #write great proposals http://ht.ly/1KcUj #
  • It is not enough to write so that you can be understood;
    you must write so clearly that you cannot be misunderstood.
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-08

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  • Stephanie Edwards & Patricia Guthro winners of #malicedomestic grants for unpublished writers. #
  • Agatha award for best children’s mystery- Chris Grabenstein- the hanging hill #malicedomestic #write #
  • Agatha award for best shrt story – Hank Phillipi Ryan- on the house #malicedomestic #write #
  • Agatha award for best nonficton- Elema Santangelo- dame agatha’s shorts- #malicedomestic #write #
  • Agatha award for best first novel- Alan Bradley-the sweetness at the bottom of the pie #malicedomestic #write #
  • Agatha award for best novel-Louise Penny- the brutal telling- a moment of joy- #malicedomestic #write # [Read more…]

Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing- A Personal View

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I’ve been working on a book proposal, and as it takes shape I find myself in an unexpected quandary. It’s a good book (in my completely unbiased opinion;-)) on a popular topic, and it’s built on many years of practical experience. Although I have a publisher who specifically requested this proposal, I’m hesitating over the question of whether or not I want to go through traditional publishing channels or self-publish.*

You see, I’ve done both, and I know how to self-publish properly– doing everything that a regular publisher would do, including using my company’s own ISBN and hiring experienced specialists for editing, copyediting, indexing, cover design, proofreading and all the other details. I have access to a high-quality pool of experts in NAIWE, the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors, and I’m not worried about the mechanics of the process. Because I have a reasonably well-established online presence and a solid platform as a writer, speaker, coach, and director of NAIWE, I’m not worried about the marketing.

The reason I’m wavering is twofold: First, I know the vast difference in profit margin between the two methods, and second… Read more

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-13

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  • RT @roncharles: From GOOD magazine: 10 books to help you slow down, relax, reconsider your place in the world: http://u.nu/3se87 #
  • New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-06 – The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one pa… http://ow.ly/16JGhr #
  • Sunday– time with family, a good book, a notebook to catch ideas, & time to reflect and be thankful. Return refreshed Monday… #
  • Writers, editors, & logophiles get brave! RT @DanielLiterary: Need inspiration for a literary tattoo? http://www.contrariwise.org/ #
  • Are you inventing things to do in order to avoid what’s really important? Do big things first- trivia will take care of itself. # [Read more…]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-06

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  • “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.”
    – Saint Augustine #quote #
  • New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-27 – Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dang… http://ow.ly/16G9u0 #
  • Words Matter Week, Day 1: Join the blog challenge & listen to an interview with Vocabula Review editor Robert Fiske. http://ow.ly/1cjsz #
  • Blog Challenge Day 1-Words Matter Week: What is the most important word or words in your life? Why? #wordsmatter http://ow.ly/1cKvx #
  • “If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write.”
    – Stephen King #quote #
  • Writers & Editors: Invitation to Words Matter Week 2010 & a new NAIWE benefit” – http://grsnip.com/Fld3 #
  • I’ve enjoyed reading posts on the #WordsMatter blog challenge at http://ow.ly/1d18C There’s still time to write! # [Read more…]

Overnight Success: A Product of Long-Term Strategy (Part 2)

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Overnight success? The seeds of success were planted decades ago when my favorite author of the moment wasn’t writing fast enough to suit me (I wanted a sequel to Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak). The librarian, dear Mrs. Rogers, explained that writers just couldn’t write as fast as I could read. “I’ll just write my own books,” I told her, and that spoken-aloud decision was the beginning of everything.

In my laborious little-kid longhand, I began to write. I started with stories (one of the first involved a precocious squirrel), but soon moved on to diaries, letters, and lists of more stories to write and then a little newspaper with hand-drawn illustrations (short-lived), and eventually articles, essays, and more.

The goal began as “writing what I wanted to read,” but the path became a process of doing it and teaching others to do it as well. The success I really wanted wasn’t solitary– it was success that brought others along for the journey. No matter where I’ve gone, or what my writing niche has been, my mission has included lighting lamps so that others could see more clearly as they traveled a similar path.

So maybe it’s too late to ever be an overnight success. But I’m not worried. The purpose that was planted when I was a child is still growing. There have been unexpected sprouts and blossoms along the way, and there have been seasons of drought, frost, and blight, but the roots are strong, and there are stories to tell. I’m here, I’m still moving, and authentic, creative, and abundant long-term success is where I plan to go.

Overnight Success: What Does It Really Look Like?

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I’ve traveled a lot this year to conferences and mastermind meetings, and I’ve met a lot of interesting people and learned a lot of amazing things. It’s been a transformative year in many ways, and I’ve recently received compliments on my “overnight success.”

Tip: If you ever want to see an otherwise articulate entrepreneur speechless, just compliment them on their overnight success.  

I’m not a strict constructionist, but to me, “overnight” has a meaning that simply isn’t congruent with success. Whether “success” is defined as having achieved a comfortable financial level and a certain amount of visibility and standing in a chosen field or publication by a prestigious publisher, success isn’t something that happens overnight.

 

What does success look like? 

 

  • Success begins long before others wake up.
  • Success begins with a dream, a plan, a strategy, and concrete goals.
  • Success is built on a strong foundation of learning, growing, sharing, and giving.
  • Success is starting, stumbling, stopping, and starting once again.
  • Success doesn’t always depend on spectacular leaps, but upon the day-in, day-out doing of little things, and the readiness to make that spectacular leap when the opportunity arises.
  • True success looks far ahead and does the thing that will matter in twenty years, rather than in twenty minutes, or twenty days.

The kind of success I’m interested in is the success that achieves balance between personal vision and professional mission. This sometimes means that visible overnight success takes longer to arrive, but when it does, it’s congruent with my deepest values. It’s that authentic, creative, and abundant vision that makes the journey worthwhile, and builds the kind of success I believe in.

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