Writing a book is fun and wickedly creative. But once you enter the publishing door, you don't realize how book promotion will start taking your full attention, loads of creativity, tons of energy, and sometimes a little (or a lot of) money. You learn how to cultivate a following. You are not known in your [...]
"Creativity, decisiveness, passion, honesty, sincerity, love. These are the ultimate human resources and when you engage these resources, you can get any other resource on earth." -Tony Robbins Let me let you in on an insight about passion and curiosity I didn't quite understand 10 years ago when I first started blogging: I didn't think [...]
I'm writing now inspirational memoir - the sequel to Accidental Soldier and I'm finding it to be a lot less stressful. Like you, I knew that I had a valuable message to share with the world. And like you, I struggled to get my book out of my head and onto book shelves. Instead of [...]
It's a strange thing, yes, this concept called building your "platform." And I think I'm beginning to understand the energetic side of it and how it translates into social media. Allow me to share with you my breakdown. Because everything begins and ends with social media. And while social media constitutes just 10% [...]
I am writing this post with a full and happy heart on the bus ride home from New York City where I just did a two minute pitch at the Jewish Book Conference for my soon-to-be-released Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces. I’ve been practicing my pitch since [...]
Each day when I go to write at our local library or our neighborhood coffee shop to write my memoir, Silence: What the Israel Defense Forces Taught Me about Faith, Empowerment and Courage, I'm already filled up with nervous anticipation: will I make progress with this scene? Can I get into the right mood and [...]