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BOOKS BY LAURA LEE:
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"If you plan to read one book this year, I encourage you to consider Find Your Reason to Be Here." Jed Diamond
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- “If you truly want to have more love in your life, you couldn’t find a better gift for yourself, a friend, or a lover...” - Jed Diamond
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- Midlife Magic is now available as an e-book at Smashwords.com!
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How to know when your blog becomes a business
After over five years as a blogger, I am finally starting to think like a business person instead of someone who enjoys writing for free. I just noticed recently how my thinking has changed. First of all, everybody and their … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming an author in midlife, Believing in yourself as a writer, Blog Coaching, Blogging, Blogs and advertising, Fort Collins author, Fort Collins writer, Learning how to become a writer, Making a living as a writer, Marketing your blog, Marketing yourself as a writer, Stresses of becoming a writer, The psychological challenges of becoming a writer, Writing and Self-worth, writing as a business
Tagged bloggers unite!, Blogging as a business, blogging for a living, blogging for money
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Is it time for you to clear out the archaic furniture?
“The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming an author in midlife, Believing in yourself as a writer, Fort Collins writer, Learning how to become a writer, Stresses of authorship, Stresses of becoming a writer, the process of writing, The psychological challenges of becoming a writer, writing and meaning, Writing and personal growth, Writing and self-discovery, Writing and Self-worth
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How to believe when the going gets rough
Sorry, I’m been doing a very bad job of keeping you up on the progress of my new book: Find Your Reason to be Here. The reason is simple. This book really took it out of me! First the editing … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming an author in midlife, Believing in yourself as a writer, Fort Collins author, Learning how to become a writer, Making a living as a writer, Marketing your book, Marketing yourself as a writer, Stresses of authorship, Stresses of becoming a writer, the need to be heard, The psychological challenges of becoming a writer, Writing and authenticity, Writing and loneliness, writing and meaning, Writing and personal growth, Writing and self-discovery, Writing and Self-worth, writing as a business, Writing the truth, Writing to learn more about yourself
Tagged how to survive midlife, mental torture, midlife, midlife success, sales statistics, writing and confidence, writing and self-doubt
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Are you thinking about self-publishing?
Here’s a new BBC article about the present “existential crisis” in the book industry.
Posted in Becoming an author in midlife, Believing in yourself as a writer, Fort Collins author, Learning how to become a writer, Making a living as a writer, Marketing your book, Publicity for writers, Stress Management for Writers, Stresses of authorship, Stresses of becoming a writer, the need to be heard, The psychological challenges of becoming a writer, Why self-publish?, writing and meaning
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Success at last!
Find Your Reason to Be Here: The Search for Meaning in Midlife is out! This is the research project I have been working on for the past few years, containing important information for boomers, those looking towards midlife and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Find Your Reason to be Here, Laura Lee Carter books, midlife psychology
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What makes us a writer?
I’ve been enjoying some lovely writing in the new book “The Paris Wife.” As you may know, this novel is a well-researched fictionalization of the early years of Ernest Hemingway with his first wife Hadley. Reading this fine work inspired … Continue reading
My problem with writing groups…
I have been rewarding myself lately for the completion of my third non-fiction book, by reading a GREAT novel! Have you heard about “The Paris Wife” yet? I find it to be the perfect distraction from all the pressure I put … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming an author in midlife, Believing in yourself as a writer, Blogging, Fort Collins author, Fort Collins writer, Learning how to become a writer, Making a living as a writer, Stress Management for Writers, Stresses of authorship, Stresses of becoming a writer, the need to be heard, the process of writing, The psychological challenges of becoming a writer, Writers' groups, Writing and authenticity, Writing and loneliness, writing and meaning, Writing and personal growth, Writing and self-discovery, Writing and Self-worth, Writing critique groups, Writing the truth
Tagged can I learn from writing groups?, committed writers, Paula McLain writing, serious writers, The Paris Wife review, writing groups
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The stresses of writing a book
“Those who think they can, and those who think they cannot are BOTH right.” – Henry Ford I just completed the editorial phase of my new book: FIND YOUR REASON TO BE HERE: The Search for Meaning in Midlife. … Continue reading
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Tagged completing your book, Find Your Reason to be Here, midlife and meaning, the editorial process of publishing, The search for meaning in midlife, writing
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When is the best time to FOCUS on your writing?
I have been studying this question for myself recently, and have discovered that first thing in the morning is the ONLY time that I can write with full focus and no distractions. That’s BEFORE I get online and start doing … Continue reading
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Tagged distractions and productivity, how to focus better, how to regain focus, the Internet and distract, working without distractions
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