Working Smarter Not Harder in Your Author Business

Focus on these things that make a real difference

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Here’s a rough outline of my recent Author Lunchtime Zoom Discussion that focused on Working Smarter Not Harder. Future Author Lunchtime Zoom Discussions (open to all authors) can be found on the Conspire Creative Events page or by signing up for my brief, free, three times per month author business coaching email newsletter.

Three Pillars to Author Life

Many aspiring and new authors think about becoming an author and the publishing process sequentially and organize their activities and goals along a linear timeline: 1) Write the book. 2) Find a publisher or choose a publishing route (as in self-publishing or hybrid publishing). 3) Create an author platform and begin marketing.

No. Yes, these are the three main pillars of author life. But the order is wrong. The thinking is wrong. This path is harder this way.

It is the thinking and approach of a wannabe author. But you don’t wanna be a wannabe. You want to be a working author. And a smart working author manages and works all three pillars at the same time.

You don’t have to wait to be published to be a working author. And you shouldn’t wait. Declare that you are a working author…