Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an author, learner and career-changer. I studied physics, worked as a research scientist, and now create educational media. I’ve written two ebooks, Read The Bible This Year and 5 Steps To Get Ready For A Career Turn. Each book comes from personal experience and includes stories about what I’ve learned doing both of those things!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book, 5 Steps To Get Ready For A Career Turn, was inspired by my own career turn! I went from researcher to writer, and learned all kinds of useful things the book talks about. I want to help people find the best career fit for their life, and this book is a step in that direction.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write an hour each day, first thing after breakfast, in my home office. When I get stuck, I take a break to play guitar or do pullups on my door-frame pullup bar 🙂
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tim Ferriss, Jon Acuff, Jeff Goins, Michael Hyatt, Tim Keller, S.C. Gwynne, Dave Ramsey, and Parker Palmer have all influenced me through their writing.
What are you working on now?
Career Turn: Making the Leap to Work You Love is my current project. It gives advice and encouragement to anyone who wants to change their career, based on a better understanding of their calling. Career Turn is due out this winter.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
To promote my books on Amazon, I use their Free Book Promotion that lets me ‘sell’ my ebook for free every 90 days for 5 days. This promotion lets me place my book on many free book websites and drives downloads. Through this method Read The Bible This Year has been downloaded over 700 times.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Make your writing a habit. However much you do, do it consistently.
Invest in understanding yourself and your purpose in writing. Clarity and meaningful work will follow!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
It’s not exactly advice, but friend of a friend once observed: in the story of the tortoise and the hare, the tortoise wins every time!
What are you reading now?
Tim Keller’s book Counterfeit Gods – a fascinating analysis of modern spiritual attachments and the hope offered by Jesus.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I look forward to working with the outstanding editor Chantel Hamilton on Career Turn, publishing with an on-demand printer, and developing dialogue with readers about how they are being led vocationally.
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?
I’d take the Bible, Thomas Merton’s autobiography, a book of John Donne’s poetry… and a book about How To Survive On A Desert Island 🙂
Author Websites and Profiles
Ed Burdette Website
Ed Burdette Amazon Profile