Book Publishing Tips Episodes

“You're going to have either a book or an excuse of why you don't have a book.” – Alinka Rutkowska

“I got my first rejection letter when I was 11… But I kept with it, and eventually it paid off.” – William Bernhardt

“Books have been both a refuge and a source of inspiration. And they can be so uplifting.” – Nicole Pope

“I still have a lot of ideas. I'm not done just because the Social Security Administration says I've only got three years left, doesn't mean that that's all I have left.” – Teri Brown

“Writing and publishing your book are two different shoes. Writing a book is really just 50%, and the foundation. Setting everything up to marketing to all the layout stuff is another 50%. So, write a good book. That's important. But also, take some time with publishing.” – Wiebke Tasch

“As I unpacked that with them in their interviews, some of them came to tears because something that is so personal and what some people discounted outside of the walls as something emotional, actually had value and meaning outside of the walls of that church and into very hard-hitting corporate America.” – L. Michelle Smith

“Even if it doesn't mean anything to you, it means something to the person that you're writing for, and it means something to the person who's reading the story.” – Dr. Rhonda M. Lawson

“Life is short, and I spent 11 years of my life doing something that I found interesting, like software development and project management. And this is all wonderful and interesting, but there is an opportunity cost to that. These are 11 years that I didn't write my books, and I don't want that to happen to me again.” – Katerina Stoykova

“If you don't care about that reader, if that's not the main focus, the rest doesn't matter.” – Troy Horne

“Happy people focus on what they have, and unhappy people focus on what's missing.” – Andrew Byrnes Matthews

“Refine your game and make sure you know what you want going forward.” – Nadja Sayej

“You never know how your career is going to zig and zag and develop. And I think the tale here is that you just be open to anything because you just don't know.” – Jean Burgess, PhD

"When we take care of ourselves, we can handle tougher times." – Stacey Olson

“Every time something, an idea, a solution, a way, something happens that I couldn't have thought of myself. Whenever that happens in my life, I really do consider it a miracle.” – Sara Connell

“Having someone just hear you out is so healing. And then when that person has some kind of impact as a result, their life is impacted in some way, then we heal even further because now whatever we're sharing is doing good in the lives of others." – Marcy Pusey

"You have to move with life, not against it." – Giovanna Silvestre

“What better accomplishment could you have under your belt than being able to hand somebody a book with your name on it, saying, this is me.” – Danielle Hutchinson

“Sometimes people are unsure about showing up in online spaces with the value that they have to share with the world, but I always encourage you to do so because when you show up online to add value to others, you create the biggest possible opportunity to make a difference with the world.” – Becky Robinson

“When we talk about how we create healthier work environments, we start with leaders because we know that they drive change and create culture within an organization. And so they have a lot of power to create something that's a little bit better than what it is today.” – Dr. Patricia Grabarek

“When we focus and create space for possibility, it’s up to you to figure out what to do with it.” – Greg Bennick

“When you're taking on a new role as an actor, you do a lot of digging into what makes your character tick and what's not on the page that you need to know to bring that character to life. So, a lot of that translates to helping fiction authors create their own characters.” – Sarah Welch

“Our loved ones love to let us know that they're still very much with us. They're just in another form, in another dimension. We can still very much get proof that we're not alone.” – Melissa Oatman

"Technology has changed so much that the gatekeepers are no more. There's nothing stopping people from writing a book except themselves." – Christopher Greyson

"Self-care is both daily and doable." – Janice McWilliams