Thinking of Valentine’s dinner at Chez Expensif, a box of vitamin-infused chocolates and a Tiffany mood ring for your sweetheart, heartthrob or secret-crush-you’re-working-up-the-courage-to-ask? Or maybe fancying up some Trader Joe’s fare for a “home-cooked” meal by candlelight, while you don a lacy red negligee or leather undies underneath a slinky…

A great insight. I often use journaling as a way to get me into a writing flow, and then I move to a bigger project like an article or book. I wonder if that would be helpful.

If you’re like most Americans you share that dream of becoming a published author one day. Maybe it’s for that new dream career of public speaker, coach or consultant. Or perhaps you want to transform the world one reader at a time. You might fancy yourself as the next Elizabeth…

Imagine someone publishing a book so much like the one you’re writing. It could be devastating to discover “someone wrote my book,” but there’s another way to see this as an opportunity. “What do you do when you find out a book was just published that is almost exactly what you had in mind writing? I feel so deflated…” I received this in an email the other day from one of my Bring Your Book to Life® participants and I felt for…

You’ve probably heard of the benefits of a “news fast” or “social media fast” or “screen fast.” Sometimes we just need to slow down and take a step away from the fast-paced, constant stimulation of the modern world and its screens. What you focus on instead of screens can make…

As I’ve been meeting with students in my Bring Your Book to Life ®Program, several have had moments of overwhelm: “I can’t believe I signed up to write a book. There’s no way I can do it in the middle of this stressful time.” And I get it. But I…

“How long does it take to write a book?” If you’ve asked this question, you’re not alone: I hear some version of this several times a month. You probably know what I’m going to say next: It depends. The Factors How long it takes to write a book depends on the type…

Eye opening. I look forward to Dana Williams' book! Why don't we know this and learn about this aspect when we reach Toni Morrison in school?!!!

Tim, what a beautiful story. Seems like maybe Grandma had a hand in all of the large and small miracles of the day.