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| Margie Yee-Webb, Marsha Dowd, Lynn Tosello, Teresa LeYung-Ryan March 2016 North State Writers meeting |
A couple of years ago I had the privilege of listening to Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Margie Yee-Webb when they spoke at a meeting of North State Writers. They gave us a presentation on Teresa's book "Build Your Writers' Platform & Fanbase in 22 days". It brought home this blog post I wrote but hadn't posted yet so I decided to go ahead and post it.
How many times have you heard that writing is a craft? I'm not sure I truly understood this until I started writing myself. Like anything else in life, practice makes perfect. In other words, write, write, write, the more you write the more creative you become and the better the end result will be. I am loving the journey I've started. It helps to consult with the experts and I wanted to share a few books that have helped me.
There are so many books out there it's difficult to make a list of all of them but here are a few I've read over the years that I feel have helped me with life in general, business or the craft of writing:
Probably not complete and in no particular order:
- The Secret
- The E Myth, Michael E. Gerber
- 10 Things a Millionaire Taught Me, Richard Paul Evans
- Multiple Streams of Income, Robert G. Allen
- Between the Lines, Jessica Morrell
- Writing Subtext, Dr. Linda Seger
- The 3a.m. Epiphany, Brian Kiteley
- Book in A Month - Great tips on organizing your process and on creating characters. Once I retire I should be able to I can find the time to write one in a month. I'll have to try Nanowrimo someday.
- Anything in the genre you are writing in
If you have any other suggestions please share them, I am always looking for the next great read. Hope these help you on your own journey wherever you are headed, keep writing and reading.
Linda Sue Forrister
Author of "The Poisoned Queen, A Joe Fish Adventure" (coming soon)
