You cannot get distracted by every text. You cannot get discouraged by every speed bump.

Study all of your failures. What are you doing wrong?

You will never be able to find your own path in an industry if you are mimicking the work of others. Learn from them, yes. But, differentiate yourself.

I did not want to become just a poet of the internet
Picking anguish and appreciation here and there
Depending on what’s user friendly or not
Depending of thumbs ups.

She was running towards an exciting and uncertain and even scary future (“I have to perform and do well!”). She wasn’t running with relief and the fading of fear. She was running towards the fear.

Dorie shares key strategies on what it ultimately takes for anyone to adapt to new changes in the world of today and become a powerful source.

“What makes you tick? I want to know.”

Choosing yourself means taking risk, means not being afraid what people think, or your chances of success or failure.

“How many of us can articulate our thoughts as perfectly as they are when they hit like eureka? Expression is a miracle.”

As self-publishing adds so many more books to the marketplace — and as digital publishing means that nothing goes out of print — can we continue to dodge the issue of what talent might mean in the potential success for writers?