Author Spotlight interview with Nick Fewings

As a speaker, Nick Fewings is often asked whether he has a book. As it’s assumed and expected. And Nick’s answer was always no. With 30 years’ experience of working with teams all around the world, he had plenty of content but not enough time. Although that changed in March 2020! Like many of the…

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Author Spotlight interview with Ashley Wong and Alan Walton

I was recently asked to give a talk on marketing, which I named ‘Beyond the Book’. Because my best piece of advice is to start marketing your book from the moment you start writing it. If not before! When you start to talk about your book and do your research in the early stages, you…

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Author Spotlight interview with Sarah Chapman

Many people feel that you have to say something new when you write a book. I don’t agree with this. Because we all have a different approach, unique stories and the ability to engage our audience in different ways. BUT you do need to find a hook that wows your audience. When Sarah Chapman signed…

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Author Spotlight interview with Dr Carol Samuel

The start of the pandemic last year prompted many people to decide to write a book and today’s featured author is one of these. After her book had sat in her head for the best part of 10 years, Dr Carol Samuel made the decision to write her book, The Tenacious Student. At the same…

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Author Spotlight interview with Jim James

Every author goes on their unique journey writing a book. We love to find out what’s worked, what hasn’t and what could have worked better. A few weeks ago, I shared some of the stories from authors who have recently been published. And my colleague, Sheryl Andrews, recently interviewed Jim James for the Author Spotlight…

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Case study – Zana Goic Petricevic

As I write this email, I’ve just come off Zana Goic Petricevic’s online book launch with dozens of people from all around the world being called forth to step into their boldness. Immediately an Amazon bestseller in the US, the book has already stimulated insightful conversations and encouraged readers to take risks and rewrite their…

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The messy middle

Last week I wrote a book. It was only supposed to be a short book, but as the days moved on, it got bigger and bigger. And by Friday, it was over 14,000 words. OK, it’s not a complete book yet, although it’s getting there… It went well for the first few days. I purposely…

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Interview with Karen Mason, author of Pause

After 20 years in a corporate career, Karen Mason felt undervalued upon returning from maternity leave. This took years to recover from. It was the trigger for setting up her business, her motivation for writing her first book and the hook in the first line of her writing. On a quest to find out if…

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