Become a Book Review Ninja: 10 Steps to Mastery
Guest post by Scott Dinsmore of ReadingForYourSuccess
How do you get someone to find real value in your book review; Let alone read the book? With only 10% of books being read past the first chapter, it’s a tall order indeed.
The simple answer: you must become a ninja. Only a true master of the written word [...]
12 Life Lessons from Warren Buffett to Being a More Compassionate Writer
Guest post by Scott Dinsmore of ReadingForYourSuccess
Last week I spent a day with Warren Buffett at his annual meeting. The education was profound, and surprisingly serves to make us all better writers, bloggers and entrepreneurs.
12 Life Lessons from Warren Buffett:
1. Lose money and I will forgive you, but lose even a shred of reputation and I will be ruthless. [...]
What Would YOU Read On A Tropical Beach?
By Mary Jaksch
A short while ago I was about to travel to Tonga for a chill-out. A couple of days before getting on the plane, I completed the most important pre-flight preparation. Guess what that was. No, it wasn’t getting travel insurance. Nor was it finding my passport. It was much more important:
I visited a [...]
8 Things I Did To Help Me Complete My First Book
Keep things simple.
By Leo Babauta
A good number of you are either published authors, or more likely people who want to be published authors. Well, I’m happy to say I’ve joined the ranks of those who are published!
My first book, The Power of Less, comes out tomorrow (Dec. 30, 2008), and I’ve created a site to [...]
The Tremendous Importance of Reading for Writers, What Leo’s Reading, and an Ask the Readers
Photo courtesy of shaycam.
If I am asked for my best advice for newer writers, I always respond with two things they absolutely must do:
Write a lot.
Read a lot.
If you do those two things, you won’t be able to help getting better. Of course, there’s more to writing than that, but if you’re looking for a [...]
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