Author of the Kill Crime series
Craig Ferguson told an aspiring author on his TV show to write one page every day and in one year you’ll have a book. He got me past just getting started on a book and never get past about 15,000 words. I called it My 365 Page Book and in one year I had a 95,000-word book. My goal was 250 words a day. I wrote 147 pages in 147 days ending on December 31, 2011. July 2012 I hit 365 pages. [Read more…] about Write A Good Book Or Another Book—Guaranteed
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With my business, for 25 years, all of our sales literature and presentations were designed around stories of other people and personal stories so the potential buyer could relate. It took me three years to make my first million dollars after being bankrupt. Great training ground for a novelist. I have not made a million dollars yet from my writing, but I’m going to give it a shot. [Read more…] about Storytelling Made Me a Millionaire & a Bestselling Author
When I Slowed Down
After I graduated from West Point, I felt a little guilty if I weren’t reading about military history, leadership, or anything that might help me as an army officer. But I still read novels occasionally. (10 yrs)
When I Stopped
But when I left the military and was in the business world, I stopped reading novels almost completely. I only read business books, sales, marketing, joint ventures, raising money, etc. I even wrote a business/self-help book. I really felt reading a novel was a waste of time. Why? I wanted to be as successful as possible, and I felt even just one good idea from one business book, could have a huge impact. (25 yrs)
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