• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Kevin W. McCarthy

The Professor of On-Purpose

  • Book Kevin to Speak
    • Programs
    • Be On-Purpose®
    • Making Meaningful Money™
    • Leadership Mettle™
    • TOUGH SHIFT®
  • About Kevin
    • Endorsements
  • Blog
  • Search

Publishing

Authorship: Making Yourself Write

June 30, 2010 By kwmccarthy

The Writing processImage by brainpop_uk via Flickr

About once a week a would-be writer approaches me to ask for my pearls of wisdom for how to write a book.  The answer is simple: start, finish, edit, rewrite, edit, share, rewrite, and stop short of being totally satisfied.  (Tip: You will never be completely satisfied.)

The first step, "Start!" is the most difficult.  After that the Finish step is the most difficult, followed by the edit step… you get the picture.  Writing is work folks. 

I stumbled upon 50 Strategies For Making Yourself Work, an article by Jerry Oltion.  It offers great advice for getting the writing process started.  These 50 strategies are accurate and spiced with humor.  

So read (oh, yes, and apply) Jerry Oltion's advice.  Surely, there is at least one of these strategies to get your book started sooner rather than later.  So now you know how to write a book – easy wasn't it? 

How to sell a book?  First, the writing is the easy part.   Need I say more?

Related articles by Zemanta
  • 5 Must-Know Copyright Facts for Freelance Writers (plagiarismtoday.com)
  • Novel in Progress (lailalalami.com)
Enhanced by Zemanta

The On-Purpose Person

January 4, 2009 By kwmccarthy

TOPP_3D_PrintedBook The On-Purpose Person
Making Your Life Make Sense

Let's skip the usual jacket cover hype here.  Instead, I'll post bits and pieces of the back story – how the book and message of Being On-Purpose came into being.

There isn't a week that goes by when I don't get asked by someone about becoming an author.  It seems everyone wants to write a book.  Few actually step up to the challenge – and it is a challenge.  Even fewer find the commercial success they expected.  So you better understand why you're writing a book in the first place.

Please post your comments or questions here about becoming an author or about my books or publishing experience in general.

Ask YOUR Questions here about publishing a book and I'll share one best selling author's perspective.

Be On-Purpose!

Kevin

Related articles
  • Can You Put It Into Words? (kevinwmccarthy.com)
  • The On-Purpose Leader Experience Preview (kevinwmccarthy.com)
  • Do You Want A Simpler Life? (kevinwmccarthy.com)
  • Will You Have A Happy, Healthy, & Prosperous New Year? (kevinwmccarthy.com)
  • How Do I Find Peace In My Life? (kevinwmccarthy.com)
Enhanced by Zemanta

Footer

Search this site.

  • Making Meaningful Money™
  • Leadership Mettle™
  • Booking Kevin
  • About Kevin
  • Endorsements

Copyright © 2025 · Kevin W. McCarthy, Winter Park, FL