Jul 18, 2025 | Personal development, Professional development, Women in business, Write a book
In today’s world, information is abundant – you can look up practically anything, find step-by-step guides, processes, insights, and more. Yet, amidst this sea of data, one thing remains elusive: someone you trust to guide you through a process. This is...
Sep 6, 2025 | Book Planning, Write a book
A good foreword serves as a credibility boost and a reader hook for your non-fiction book. Written by someone with established authority in your field, it tells the reader where your book sits in a wider context, validates your expertise, and signals to readers...
Jun 16, 2025 | Business growth, Personal development, Professional development, Women in business, Write a book
What is self-authorship? It is the crucial internal process of developing and refining your own foundational beliefs, identity, and social relations based on your own choices, rather than simply imitating the beliefs and values of those around you. It’s a lifelong...
Feb 18, 2025 | Book marketing, Business growth, From 'Smart Women Publish', Professional development, Smart Women Publish Podcast, Women in business, Write a book
Who would love more potential for BULK BOOK partnerships and corporate sales?? Not surprisingly, the Business Book ROI Study in 2024 found that: “Book sales were not the primary predictor of success; many authors accomplished their goals despite selling fewer...
Jul 17, 2024 | Business growth, Personal development, Professional development, Women in business, Write a book
Louise Phelan and I have a common interest in professional development for women – and we found we have a common love of the work of author and career counsellor, Barbara Sher, who also helped people write and publish books. One of my favourite mantras, derived...
Jul 1, 2024 | Book Planning, Personal development, Professional development, Women in business, Write a book
Any good business retreat offers uninterrupted time and concentrated learning, feedback, and focus so you can percolate ideas, make important decisions, and take big steps. It is an investment in your long-term business and personal success. So too is a retreat...
Mar 8, 2023 | Book launch, Book production, From 'Smart Women Publish', Write a book
Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people. I call the process of doing your art ‘the work’. Seth Godin, in Linchpin: Are you Indispensable? Your book is a low-cost gateway for readers to get a glimpse...
Mar 7, 2023 | Book launch, From 'Smart Women Publish', Write a book
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the centre of your work. Anne Lamott, in Bird by Bird: Some instructions on Writing and Life The success of your book...
Mar 7, 2023 | Book launch, From 'Smart Women Publish', Write a book
You have to believe, in the deepest part of your soul, that it is a good thing for readers to buy and read your book. –Tim Grahl, author of ‘Book Launch Blueprint’ You will hear much about author platforms: this is simply a marketing term that...
Jan 25, 2023 | Book production, From 'Smart Women Publish', Write a book
‘Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft.’ — Anne Lamott, in Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing...
