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Author Spotlight: Writing a Memoir with Lisa Marie

Lisa Marie Runfola is a world traveler, a mother of five, and the author of A Limitless Life in a Powerless World: A Memoir, released in February 2019. We first met her in the Fall of 2017, when she scheduled a call to talk with one of our matchmakers. From our first...

How to Write a Memoir: Five Books to Get You Started

They say there’s more than one way to bake a cake. While I’m not sure about that (I live in Colorado, where altitude ensures that all of my cakes come out like, well, pancakes) it is true when that “cake” is writing your life story! In this video I introduce you to: ...

The Secrets to a Memoir Outline

It may seem like a memoir would be one of the easier books to write. After all, a memoir—in today’s parlance—is a book about your own life, focused on a particular time period, event or theme. Pouring your life story onto the page sounds simple enough, right? It’s not...

[VIDEO] Choosing an Ideal Reader Is the #1 Secret to Writing a Self-Help Book

People often ask me what was the most important or surprising thing I learned while publishing my own book. Truth is, I learned so many lessons it’s hard to narrow it down! But one of my top-favorite lessons was: The importance of writing the book for someone. I was...

How to Self-Publish in 2019: The Exact Steps You Need to Publish Your Own Book

What’s so cool about being an aspiring author today is that there is literally nothing standing in the way of you having a book in the world. You don’t have to receive permission from the Great Gods of Publishing anymore. You can simply DIY and self-publish! That...

[VIDEO] How to Publish Your Book: Three Great Options

I don’t know about you, but I like to have options. When it comes to getting your book published, you may think there’s only one option available to you. How wrong you are! There are, in fact, three great publishing options available to aspiring authors today. You...

The Topic For Your Self-Help Book Is Right In Front of You

About 10 years ago a psychic/intuitive whose books I was editing told me my guides had a message for me. He said, “They say you’re going to have a big organization.” “It’s going to be online.” “It will be kind of like ‘Kelly Notaras University.’ Not exactly that, but...

[VIDEO] Your Step-by-Step Guide to Finding a Literary Agent

It’s one of the great mysteries of the publishing process. Will I find an agent to represent my book? How do I even start looking for one? What specifically are literary agents looking for? I often say that finding a literary agent is like finding a best friend. You...

Why Self-Publishing Has a Bad Rap: Three Pitfalls and Their Antidotes

Let’s face it, my friends. Self-publishing has a bad rap. Publishing your own book is snootily labeled second-class, amateur, slipshod, self-centered, unprofessional and much worse. In the “bad old days” (before the digital print-on-demand revolution rendered...

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