You only need to go one step at a time, but you do have to begin — You’ll never be ready. No one’s ever ready. But you still have to start. Take the first step. That makes today the right day for you to begin the author business that’s been calling to you. It can be full-time, part-time, or extremely part-time. Maybe it can even be a…

10 strategies for staying with a journey that is already underway even when it feels like there is no movement — As a coach for authors building author businesses or working on reaching milestones (finishing a manuscript, finding an agent, finding a publisher, or self-publishing), I encounter the expected smattering of popular issues in my clients: income generation, accountability, juggling multiple priorities and projects, imposter syndrome, work-life balance.

40 things you can ask for as you learn the joy of receiving, accepting, reaching out, and appreciating others’ generosity — Asking for help. It’s the hardest thing for many of us to do and, in some ways, it’s the number one, all-purpose business hack. You know who doesn’t have a hard time asking — for help, for support, for ideas, for solutions to challenges, for answers to questions? Kids. And…

Real authors and publishers I know have sold books at all these places, often in larger quantities than at bookshops — It can be SO hard to sell books. Until it isn’t. When you start seeing readers and opportunities everywhere. When you start recognizing where to find and how to find your customers and fans. Because it’s so easy to fall into thinking that no one reads anymore. Except that 331…

Plan a part-time or full-time author career by working with these revenue streams — As you may know, I’m a fierce advocate and cheerleader for authors, especially authors taking an entrepreneurial approach to their work. I think that all authors can be entrepreneurs. That all authors can build profitable, sustainable author lives they love. That all authors can create holistic, rewarding cottage industries, sidelines…

They WILL be standing in the way of reaching your goals — The sole purpose of a threshold guardian is to test your mettle, to see if you are ready for your own hero’s journey. — Lindsay C. Gibson Congratulations, Author! You’ve done it. You’ve committed to taking the big leap. To going for a major author goal. This is the day…

You don’t have to love conflict, just don’t avoid it — We’ve all encountered fellow authors, writers, and creatives who make a mad dash away from conflict and uncomfortable situations. They avoid. They don’t return calls or promising leads. They let unpaid invoices go. They let previously solid partnerships and opportunities wither away. Maybe we have met these people…and they are…

Make it enjoyable, keep it real, and incorporate it into your daily life — Ifyou’ve made it through the first 40 ideas in this series spelled out in Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4, you should be well on your way to understanding the thinking behind — and power of — ongoing relationship cultivation to the sustainable success of your authorpreneurship ventures. Below are…

Lead your communities and constituencies by modeling pro-social behaviors — Setting good examples is not just for parents, teachers, or role models guiding children. It’s an element of distributed leadership and it’s for all of us. We can all lead through our use of and modeling of pro-social behaviors as we go about our days, business lives, and author-hoods. Here…