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The Festivities Begin: **Enter the Draw** & begin processing ‘how to write a book in 45 days’…
Our summer festival is underway!
We kicked-off our ‘Conference-for-the-price-of-a-Book’ with our first TeleConference today on the theme of “Money, Meaning and Beyond: Tapping Into the Unexpected.”
Despite some interesting telephone difficulties on my part, it was delightfully sweet summer fun to deliver the 7 Concrete How-To Steps and 3 Mindset Shifts. Which one were your favorites?
Whether you attended live, or are listening to the MP3 recording sent to you as a book buyer, post here to begin processing what you learned, and, if you desire, make a public declaration as to what you will now do, regarding your book.
Questions, comments , requests and/or arguments and debate will also be read by Tina and Andrea and when there’s something to add, we will. 
And, call notes and MP3 recordings will be sent to book readers very shortly, including notes to the URLs we mentioned in the tools section.
I hope you take advantage of these proverbial ‘festival grounds’ to post a comment. Doing so also enters you into the draw for two prizes, a 100% complimentary seat in Lynne Klippel’s My Book School (value over $300, beginning September) and Andy Wibbels forthcoming Accountability Workgroup to support your writing this summer (value approx $200, beginning July) (link coming.) We’ll announce the winners before the next TeleConference on July 12.
Speaking of which, “next time” will see us go deep into the topic of “Thirty Ways to Get Your Mailing List To Respond (To The Benefit of Your Bottom Line.)” Once again, with a few unexpected ways of looking at these essential business tactics.
I hope you enjoyed today’s call, and if you aren’t part of the ‘book-for-the-price-of-a-book’ festival yet, make sure you peruse the comments to this post, and see the note just below. It’s and easy and economical way to have fun, while boosting your business strength this summer.
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June 28th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
I really enjoyed the call today, Andrea! After I got off the phone I actually pulled out the 3-ring binder that will soon be the gravy pan for the book I’ve been working on for AGES now, and I think it will help me see better what info I actually have.
I had a blog question–when you say to get a blog to organize your ideas, are you reccomending using it simply as an orgainizational tool for yourself or using it also as a public forum to gather more info and see which ideas seem to generate interest? (like and R&D area). I wasn’t that clear on which use (or both) you were reccomending–especially for folks who may not be ready to actually put a blog out into the world and keep it there.
Also, thank you for adding the quote at the end of the call “How much good can you do with your own life” I think that may, in fact, help me over the hump of some of the writer’s (and accountability) block I’ve been having.
I’m looking forward to the next call!
Thank you so much for offering it!
Take care,
Rebecca
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As always, a delight Rebecca.
To answer your question, two things:
(1) Most of the time, my recommendation is that you keep this a private blog. It’s a big container for your use (and anyone else you share with on your team or mastermind, etc., but by invitation.)
(2) Sometimes, depending on the temperament of the author in question, making the book/blog public can be supportive. In which case, a few suggestions:
- Make a public announcement/declaration/whatever you want to call it, to the people who will be visiting, that this is what you are doing at this blog (or this section of your existing blog). In other words, be transparent.
Here is a great concrete example: http://www.TheLongTail.com
See the tagline right under the title: “A public diary on the way to a book.” Even though the book is now, as of July 11, 2006, out in the real world. (So no promises as to how long the tagline stays the same.)
- Be aware that blogging your book in the public’s view gives you a few additional things ‘to do’ or ‘think about’ as you write. You’re no longer ‘just’ writing the content, you’re pre-marketing the book. You’re seeding the market with the concepts in anticipation of the book coming out.
So, it becomes less about generating all the content needed to fill up your book and more about putting yourself out there in a way that makes it very difficult for you to get behind. Specifically -
– refrain from publishing whole chapters, publish snippets instead
– talk about timelines and schedules, for your readers but even more so for you
– write about progress on the logistical end…meetings with editors, progress on the cover, title changes or tweaks…speaking engagements on the book topic, etc.
As the focus on this call on Book-Writing was on completion of the book itself, and most people on the call were stuck at the ‘I just can’t poop out enough content for the book to be completed’ for the most part, I would recommend you do this in private. It’s less about giving you other things to do with your book blog than creating a space to let your content collect haphazardly and in so doing convince yourself your book is real.
Does this make sense? Hope it helps.
Best, a
June 28th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
I’ve listened to and received loads of info on how to write, edit, etc my book(s) but you said things that were new and practical ideas.
I’m buying your book (and not just because I’m Canadian) and will be on the next call for sure.
I already have Andy Wibbels’ book and followed it to make my blog!
June 28th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
Hi Andrea and Tina,
as usual, great material, and even more important to me, great energy and enthusiasm from you, Andrea, on the call. Very inspiring!
Most valuable pieces to me were the blog idea as a way to create both a format for the book, and to test it for responses; the mentor book idea (I’d pulled out ten or so books this past weekend, strewn about my bed and room, for inspiration for my ’secret book project’, so that one hit home!); and the gravy pan concept. I mean to do the first and third ideas above with my myriad book ideas, and see where it leads me.
Please enter me in both raffles!
And a public post: I will complete the final three chapters of my e-book revision, “Win the Inner Game of Success: The 10 Greatest Mind-Tools for Reaching All of Your Dreams” by the next call on July 12th. And a special offer to the group: I’m selling the un-revised version for $17, and buyers will receive the first version, then the completed text once it’s in the can. But to Andrea and Tina’s Festival Attendees, I’m happy to give you a free copy now, and the completed e-book when it’s done. Just email me at coachdon@yourlifefirst.com, and I’ll have my assistant, Donna, send it to you ASAP.
See you on the 12th!
Don McAvinchey
Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 28th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Hi Andrea,
Thanks for a great conference today. This was a great incentive for me. We have a blog and will continue to post using your suggestions. Also, I love your gravy pan .We have our chapter titles and I’m going to get the 3 ring binder and begin organizing ideas, articles, ect.
Is this where I post for the drawings for Andy and Lynne classes?
Looking forward to more great ideas.
Cindy Streekstra
June 28th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
Your call was extremely helpful, as we are in just the right place for this advice. We have started a blog in the past 3 months, so the very fist key is extemely helpful. We also have written a list of 10 issues that we can use as a list or chapters, key number 3 will help us apply a formula to that list. It was also very helpful to hear about choosing a mentor book or two, what a great tip. I will put that into practive immediately. Thanks for the Teleconference.
June 28th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
Thanks for some great information Andrea.
Here my remaining questions/issues:
1 - the whole ‘blog’ idea is overwhelming to me….
having it broken down into concrete steps with a guiding hand would be great….i am shy of ‘new things’ on the computer as my experience has not been that productive
2 - best about the class:
the way you presented it, concretely, step by step,
it was easy to follow…although I took notes I am
looking forward to receiving the class notes as well
3 - loved the ‘gravy pan’ , salad bowl and other metaphores…..it validated what I am already doing without having such creative and inspiring adjectives to describe my process
Thanks again! Looking forward to the next teleclass in 2 weeks.
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Hiya Jaquelyn, thanks for your succinct post…I just love hearing what is working and why and what you’re going to do about it…gogogo!
Re your one question, it bears repeating that yes, blog setup and blogging sustainably can be easy. Our best recommendation is something you’ve heard us say before, and we’ll say it again…because it makes it so easy and clear.
Give Andy Wibbels’ stuff a try. By that we mean his Easy Bake Weblogs training program which next starts July 19. Details at http://www.EasyBakeWeblogs.com
Or, if you’re more book-inclined (haha) go to http://www.GoBlogWild.com to grab the book that’s launched a thousand blogs (or more!) within a few hours of reading it.
Hope this helps J. I know bad computer experiences can tend to linger but blogging is one of the ‘good guy’ tools - shall we say together “let the healing begin?!”
Cheers,
a
June 28th, 2006 at 7:13 pm
Hi Andrea and Tina,
Thank you so much for today’s call. What was most helpful to me was really practical strategies and tools — not just “theory.” The perfectionist in me usually likes to make things harder, longer, and more complicated than they have to be. Today you showed how easy and quick this can be. I can do this! I particularly love your suggestion of a “mentor book.” Right on!
My lingering question to you is what to do when one is just starting out and doesn’t yet have an audience/customer database. I am formally starting my blogging and article writing process this summer. So, I don’t know “who” my audience will end up being or what my audience will need or will be drawn to…and I have about 5-10 book ideas.
Do you think I should write lots of articles and blog for the next 6-12 months to first build my audience and see what topics are “hot” for them, and then pull that material into a book?
Or, should I lead off the launch of my site/business with one of my book ideas and then build from there? Is there a downside to “just going for it” early on? One I can think of is that I would probably write a “different” book if I were to wait — just not sure if it would be a “better” book because by waiting I can tailor it closer to the needs of my audience. What say you???
Please enter me into both drawings please. Looking forward to the rest of the summer festival!
Michelle
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Hey Michelle!
Andrea here. What a great question!
Within the confines of just what you’ve shared here, this is what I can offer:
- Just start blogging in general. Don’t hem yourself in yet. Blog all over the place, as messily as you like, regardless of book title or organization, for now.
- Focus on meeting your market where it is. Remember writing for yourself is a diary…a blog is a public diary and should matter to your readers. Make sure you’re addressing the question of ‘who is your niche market?’
- Deepen relationships whereever you can. See the list of 30 tips from Book Festival TeleCall #2 for more on that…
As you go along, the ‘bones’ and ‘lines’ of the book that most wants to be written will start to emerge. Listen to the biggest questions that you get asked most frequently. Keep gathering more ‘thoughts and material’ in your head/articles/blog as you read, absorb, etc.
What happens next usually looks something like “Hey! I’ve been blogging for X long now, and look, I have quite a bit that can go under the umbrella of Y theme. Maybe I should think about how a book under that name would serve my business strategically…”
Most of all…have fun with it. Remember everything is energy and blogging manages your writing energy so that the book creation part comes easily later.
Hurray!
Cheers,
a
June 29th, 2006 at 6:17 am
WOW! If I don’t attend another call or read any more of the book, yesterday was totally worth the price of admission!
********music to our ears! thanks!
The blog idea is wonderful. Besides having it all where I can see it, I can work on it from anywhere, not just where ever the last copy of the manuscript is stored (in a note book on my desk — opps — or maybe under my desk)
I was just thinking it would be a great adjunct to the gravy pan if I add blog entries with links to articles I’ve read or books that are related so I can keep track of that stuff with the manuscript.
****Yes, yay! You totally got it. It’s a ‘thank god I can just put it there and not have to remember those details’ blog for your book.
One other point I’d like to make. I’ve had a blog for a couple years. (It’s not as active as I’d like, but…) I have the preferences set so that I must approve all comments. I think I get about 100 spam posts a day that must be deleted. It’s not a hardship and I surely don’t read them all, but it’s something to be warned about.
****Thanks for that point Kerch, it’s very valid. A suggestion for some aloe vera here: Find out if you can have a ’spam’ killer plug in installed to your blog. This is a piece of programming that helps your blog manage your spam posts - Andy installed this for us and thank goodness, now I don’t even have to delete, allowing us to get to the good stuff!
Also, I wonder, what’s the danger of posting what’s not complete? Or do I turn off the track backs (which seems kinda ineffectual) Or maybe that’s part of the committement to 45 days? Get it done before someone else does?
******I think there are a few things you’re asking here.
(1) You’re right, don’t worry about someone stealing your ideas. Do what I do and acknowledge this could happen but that only you can present the topic your, through the filter of your experience, with the stories you have to tell.
And yes, let it be the impetus to complete!
(2) See http://tinyurl.com/mcwzh for my answer to another comment from Rebecca, elsewhere on the Money and Meaning blog…I make it clearer, I hope, about the difference between using a public blog versus a private one, for the purpose of completing your book. I think it will shed added light.
I’m looking forward to the next meeting. Thanks so much for so much to think about and really be able to do!
****Thank you Kerch, and everyone reading, for being persistent about getting your message out to the world! You can do it. Keep breathing, keep doing, and keep us posted. Best! //a
Kerch
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Kerch…you make me laugh just thinking of you and the talent show in Orlando at the ADHD conference…keep on slaying those audiences!
In answer to your comments, see above, scattered a bit throughout, okay? Best, a
June 29th, 2006 at 9:37 am
Loved the blog idea - it’s something I keep coming back to but as yet have done nothing with. The way you suggest using the blog - as a support to write a book - will give me more incentive to get one going.
A question - which Brad asked but you couldn’t here - should the blog be public or private?
*****Hi Bev…see answer posted here:
http://tinyurl.com/mcwzh
And my own 2 questions
1. Should the blog be called the title of the book or should it be a general blog e.g. I have just bought http://www.Beverley Hamilton.com ?
****The answer at the tiny url link will help with this one too, but if you have stray questions after taking that in, post again okay Bev? One word of caution - we don’t want you having to blog in half a dozen places, it’s not sustainable. So if you have a private blog for your book, that takes care of that, but if you want a public one, I’d suggest creating a ‘category’ at your general blog that is the title of the book, and post there accordingly. Make sense?
2. If you are writing all the material in the blog and therefore people can get access for free - why would they then buy the book?
****If you can get your fill of samples at the grocery store when they are handing them out, why buy any to bring home?
Or, if you can hear all the songs on the radio, why buy the CD?
How about, if you already have the book, why but the audio tapes?
In other words, people like to have things in their preferred packaging. They can digest things better in the format they resonate most with. And we like to help make that easy for them.
Good call and the most useful for a while from my perspective. Looking forward to receiving the book
****Thanks for that feedback Bev, glad to hear. And yes, you being in the UK, I will send an extra thought over the Pond for a safe arrival soon. Cheers!/a
Bev
June 29th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
Hello Andrea! Just when I think you can’t possibly get any better…you do! What joy to listen to you in action! I am setting an intention, right now, to have my new book arrive in the world by September of this year! Yea! It’s been gestating for a long time. The title: The Magic Click! …selling just got easier. The market: Owners of small businesses, both independent and franchised,
(this includes Coaches:) who are looking for a sales process that is comfortable for them and true to who they are. Thanks for your ongoing and exceptionally brilliant support.
Flo Schell, Founder: Franchise Coaching Systems, http://www.FloSchell.com
June 29th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
I’m writing a book based upon a workshop series I created - Women, Money and Romance - and my take-away from yesterday’s call: to give myself permission to leave room for a sequel. EVERYTHING doesn’t have to shared/revealed in the first book. Many thanks!
June 29th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
I was so struck by thinking of a blog in a whole new way - as a content management system. It’s a very exciting realization because I dream of writing a book AND I am just about to begin blogging.
I am reassured that all my blogging is really me beginning to write my book (the latter has always seemed like a monumental task).
Timing of this awareness couldn’t be better!
Thank you (and I’d love to be in the draw please!)
Philippa
June 29th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
Andrea:
I bought the book before this course was announced and could not attend yesterday’s call. Can I still get the audio files?
Will attend where I can, with 1 or 2 missed dates. Great feedback, as always…
And I’ve started and enjoyed the book already!
Thanks for being a light that I can see and that reflects me easily to myself.
Gail
June 29th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Thanks so much for the Money, Meaning & Beyond calls-Writing A Book in 45 days! Sooo inspirational & practical, too!
Love the metaphors-especially, the Gravy Pan idea…Bummed I will be tandem cycling in Belgium til 17th-but know I must listen to call on the 12th before the next!
Incredibly helpful-now, I know my “mentor book” is MM&B-just never named it! Thanks for writing my mentor book!
Marcia the Transition Chick!
June 29th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Hi Andrea and Tina,
I started writing a book last year and then stopped because it was a bit overwhelming and I felt directionless….where is this going? After listening to the call I feel inspired by the simple and practical steps you offered to get started and keep going. I liked the binder idea where I can gather all my thoughts and resources for the book. The call inspired me to turn a workbook I have already created into a full fledged book and gave me the tools to do it. Can’t wait for the next call. As always your material is practical, accessible and encouraging.
June 29th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
I hate writing. I do it well and if you search for my name in Google, you’ll find many articles authored by me.
However, just because I write well still doesn’t mean I enjoy it. I haven’t put pen to paper to write my book simply because I can’t stand writing.
However, when Andrea said that one way to put a book together is to hold teleclasses, then transcribe them, I let out a sigh of relief. I love speaking and I do alot of it. I even teach a 90-day course and I record each and every call.
Now, I just need to find someone to transcribe 12-hours of audio. Once I find that person, I may just have my book written in just one week.
Thanks for the tip.
June 30th, 2006 at 8:54 am
I really like the idea of the mentor book. I think I’ve been doing that naturally already. But it’s cool to have a name for it.
And I also like the idea of having a book concept or theme - that’s a layer I’d never thought of - plus I love Sarah Ban Breathnach’s work! hee hee
It leads me to think of how Jennifer Louden integrates developing the inner voice and purpose with a date book. That’s an example of how mixing two different ideas can give birth to a fresh feeling product concept.
The thing I know now is that I need to have conversations around the key concepts on my mind.
I know this is my next step.
June 30th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
I really enjoyed listening to the call. This information is exactly what I need right now. I’ve been feeling somewhat overwhelmed by my book project. After listening to the call, your practical steps reduced my overwhelm. I especially found step #6 (Manage Your Time)helpful. You’ve given me permission to forget all the “numbers formulas” and to “write when my writing wants to come out.” Thank you!
Please enter me in both drawings.
June 30th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Hi Andrea and Tina,
What a wonderful, practical teleclass. My partner and I are right where you described. Your suggestions motivated me and gave me hope that we can really do this. I purchased the supplies last night to set up the gravy pan and I am looking for a mentoring book. Your book formulas gave me a way to break the whole process down.
Please enter me in the two drawings.
I was reading the comments and also have the same question as Michelle Huse. THanks for your great teaching and coaching style
Cindy
July 1st, 2006 at 9:10 am
I was so excited when I got off the call the other day I couldn’t wait to share my (your enthusiasm) with friends and clients and my mind has been chugging along and popping out book ideas like crazy. I had been thinking about it but hadn’t taken the first step so now I have a binder, am going to set up a blog and am coming up with titles for my first book (possible titles: Dear Coach Paradise…, Creating Paradise in your life whereever you are (or now). I thought that your seven suggestions were so completely clear and practical and delicious (like the gravy) and doable. Your sense of humor and laugh are infectious so that call exuded a kind of fun and joy that just made me want to keep it all going. Thank you so much. I look foward to receiving your book in the mail and to the next calls.
Public post: I will have a book title, a blog and 3 entries completed by the next call on July 12th -
Anne Nayer, aka “Coach Paradise”
July 5th, 2006 at 6:05 am
What an exciting call at just the right time for me. I’ve been dragging my feet about the blog, but now it has all fallen into place. I am taking my pink spoon “111 mind/body/spirit tips for stress reduction” and turning the tips into blog posts. I am already seeing how it will be in book form. I feel like I’m finally back on track. Sorry there isn’t a call this week, I can hardly wait to hear what else you have to offer. And please enter me into both contests. Thanks so much.
Lorna,
The Stress Reduction Coach
July 5th, 2006 at 3:18 pm
Thoroughly enjoyed the call. I have some new ideas from the MM&B book and was inspired by the case studies. I just closed a number of old doors and am very excited to plow forward on a couple of books I’ve been crockpotting. Now I’m spooning out the dishes and my fingers are beginning to fly! Next stop the Marketing Train.
My Gravy Pan is a journal with the cover of One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish - Dr. Seuss is always inspiring!
July 9th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
I started a book earlier this year and stopped because I became overwhlemed by the process. I think the concept of reading like snacking was very important for me to hear.
I have always found it difficult to write and yet I get good feedback on my writing. I do better with accountability built into my process.
Please enter me in both drawings.
July 10th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Such good stuff, Andrea!
Loved the mentor book, and gravy pan … but if I had to choose my favourite Zinger from the call, it would be: “How much good can you do with your life?”
Big thanks,
Sheila
July 10th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
I’m afraid I wasn’t able to make the call, but I bought the book and am loving it! When will I get the mp3 download of the call? I definitely am interested in the giveaways.
I hate writing as well but loved the idea about transcribing a teleclass as well. Never would have thought of that. Great tip!
July 12th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
Thank you, Andrea and Tina, for providing this multi-part teleclass. It’s a wonderful way for us who have purchased to have access to you, AND it assists us in consuming the material in it.
Too often we purchase audio, ebooks, and/or print books and an arrangment like the one you have put together here is an awesome way to help people put to use what they (we) are learning.
I regret that I was unable to participate on the first live call, but I have listened to the replay on two occasions.
Unlike most people on the call, I am not at a stage where I really considered producing a book. As a consequence of listening to the call, it struck me that I already have tons of material that could quite possibly be fashioned into a book. For example, for several months I hosted a free weekly tele-call called The Inspiration Nation (which now is a more traditional blog), and I have the audio and transcripts on my computer and in a file cabinet.
So I think the biggest benefit to me was that your call got the creative juices flowing and made real how truly possible it is to create a book in 45 days.
I also subsequently discovered a Joe Vitale ebook on my computer that I had not previously read that offers suggestions on how to write a book in 7 days. So what you have done is not only within the realm of possibility but also is nearly guaranteed to happen with crystal clear intentions and a proven system (like you are outline) in firmly in place.
What I also discovered from both you and Joe Vitale is the concept of “snacking” when we read. This is a great concept because it takes a HUGE load off. A book does not have to be War and Peace. This idea expands my vision and I come to understand that many ebooks out there could just as well have been a print book.
One question that comes up for me has to do with the concept of using a blog to write your book.
You mention putting putting all of your blog posts with temporary chapter titles into your blog, and then using the blog forum to move things around, consolidate, delete, or add.
This appears to presuppose that the book is already essentially written — or, at least the blog entries are written.
Is this accurate to say? Is this what you and Tina did, essentially write the blog entries and then dump them into the blog for organizational purposes? Or, did you write the entries directly into the blog as you went along?
The majority of the call seemed to indicate that you used the blog throughout the writing process, but near the beginnning of the call I had the impression you already had the material and was simply using the blog as an organization tool.
Forgive the delay responding on your blog. Bummer! I missed the contest!
However, I am very excited about the winners and would like to send out a giant CONGRATULATIONS! to Marcia Merrill and Trudy Van Buskirk!
July 14th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
In your new book, I noticed the paragraphs are shorter than most books I have read. You also mentioned a new trend where people are “snacking” through a book. Is this shorter paragraph style something you recommend for writing a book? Or only if it is a certain type of book that lends itself to shorter paragraphs?
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Dulcita (lovely name) thanks for your questions.
Yes, the shorter writing style is another manifestation of the ’shorter attention span’ or ’snacking’ tendency we discussed in the call.
Writing shorter paragraphs is something I would recommend on the whole, however you don’t need to go to extremes like we do. Some of our paragraphs are only a couple words long.
So just bear in mind that the really long dense paragraphs of text are less likely to be read, in large part because that’s what the Internet has trained us to read…short snippets.
I have had a grand total of one comment about our paragraphs being ‘too short’ from a reader of the Multiple Streams of Coaching Income book. Apparently they found it hard to read…
Cheers for now, a
July 20th, 2006 at 9:42 am
Hi!
Thanks for doing this Festival-how fun & cool!
Have a question-what’s a private blog-I have one the world can see-how do you do it so only you see?
And thanks sooo much for the nice welcome back of winning the Book School-guess it’s official-I’m doing a book!
So now I need to interview women in their 40s+ who’ve made a career/life transition-any takers?
And thanks Tshombe for the Congrats!
Marcia the Transition Chick
http://www.eCareerCorner.com
July 24th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
I ordered Andy Wibbel’s “Blogwild” book and took the first class for Easy Bake Weblogs thanks to your suggestion. The book is very easy to read and very helpful. In the first class, we set up a blog. I was a little hesitant to take the class and buy the book since I already have a blog. It is so much easier to have all the details in one resource and be guided through the process. I feel refreshed and excited once again about blogging!
July 26th, 2006 at 11:26 am
Hi Andrea and Tina,
Just finished listening to this call – as always, I was nodding my head and saying “yes” and “of course!” every couple of minutes…
I started putting together my first book less than three weeks ago and I’m in the process of editing my second draft right now. How I arrived at this point so quickly was by doing most of what you talked about in this call, although I didn’t realize that I was following the system of sorts that you’ve so generously laid out for us.
So, what I got most out of the call actually has to do with writing my NEXT book… Using a blog to develop my next book is going to make this process even easier, which means I can very clearly see publishing it next year, instead of ‘sometime down the road’. Yahoo!
And just to tag on to something you mentioned at the beginning of the call, that this process can be used to develop other products as well…
The Gravy Pan idea has been a method of writing I’ve been using at least since college, but I just thought it was something I had to do to organize things in my head by having something solid in my hands!
And it is exactly what I did to write my first info-product (21 Easy & Essential Steps to Online Success System), which is 195 pages. I put it together is less than a month, by using the Gravy Pan method.
AND I made a public declaration of when the product would be available, which made all the difference in the world to my actually getting it done and out!
So, on that note, I’ve committed to finishing this book by the end of the summer, but to give it an official deadline, I’m declaring September 3 as my official “done” day – which also happens to be the 1-year anniversary of the launch of Client Abundance…
Cheers,
~ A