Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve written dozens, but I’ve personally published 8.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Turning Problems Into Profits is my latest book. It was inspired by the realization one day that all of the problems in my past were potential profit for today, while all of my problems of today were potential profit for tomorrow. I woke up that morning grinning from ear to ear, shouting, “I have problems! I HAVE PROBLEMS!” I’m sure it was hilarious to my husband and anyone else in earshot, but I was truly overjoyed – for the first time in my life – to have all the problems that I faced.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I use Excel spreadsheets to help with editing.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Oh, goodness. There are so many authors I have read who inspire me and who make me believe that writing is not just worth it – it’s one of the best ways to make a lasting difference in our world. The best way to make a lasting difference is to be a parent, second is to be a teacher, but third on that list is to be a writer.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on several different pieces of fiction along with a follow-up to this book called Writing Problems Into Profits.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Aside from awesomegang.com? I would say Bublish.com seems to be one of the best websites to list your books on. My best method of promoting my books, though, is by developing relationships with the people around me. They tend to refer people to me once they know what I am capable of doing. I’ve also gotten my books in magazines because I help with editing them. 🙂
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Absolutely. First, know what your book can do for the people who read it and then know who needs that result more than anyone else in the world. Those people are your target market. Then – get proactive about promoting yourself. You are your own best advocate.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I was ever given is to take 100% ownership of outcomes. You can’t control everything in your life or stop everything that happens to you, but you can 100% control your choice in how to respond to it – and the choice in how to respond is what decides the final outcome. Be responsible for your writing career 100%. Don’t blame agents, don’t blame publishers, don’t blame retailers, don’t blame book buyers. Take it all on you and ask yourself what YOU can personally do to start changing the way things are going for yourself.
What are you reading now?
How To Sell Anything To Anybody by Joe Girard.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I will be teaching at the Las Vegas Writers Conference in April this year as well as at the Act Like an Author, Think Like A Business Conference in September.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Bible which is a book of books, a blank journal because – duh – I’m going to want to write about this, a volume of Lives of the Saints for inspiration on getting through adversity without losing hope, and a guide to surviving on a desert island.
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