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The Publishing Author’s Mindset – Dealing with a Bad Review

Posted on 23. March 2017 by fmoebius

It will happen eventually, once your book is available. A bad review will drop, and you will actually read it. And cringe. What happens then totally depends on your mindset. You could go into a death spiral of doubt and … Continue reading →

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The Publishing Author’s Mindset – Marketing

Posted on 9. March 2017 by fmoebius

Now, first of all, I have to admit something terrible: I don’t have the key to successful marketing, either. I have no magic script, no sure-fire solution – and to be honest, I’m not good at it, either. Yet. Because … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Block – Conclusion

Posted on 20. October 2016 by fmoebius

I hope I could show you that there are many, many “good” reasons for you to feel blocked when you want to write. And even though all those reasons are “in the mind”, they don’t mean you’re lazy or mad. … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Block – Royalties are not Safe

Posted on 29. September 2016 by fmoebius

The rules in our family system have often been created from experiences in the past, and then handed down through generations. More often than not, they are never challenged. A number of those rules revolve around safety, and how to … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Block – Writing is not a Job

Posted on 22. September 2016 by fmoebius

Our families have rules about everything. And of course, they have rules about how we’re supposed to earn money and make a living. There are traditions in the family which jobs to hold, and if you look closely at your … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Block – Scared of the Haters

Posted on 8. September 2016 by fmoebius

We authors tend to pour a lot of ourselves into our books, even if they are non-fiction. And we’re rightfully proud of what we have created once we have a finished, edited manuscript, or even a finished book, ready to … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Block – Flow or C..p

Posted on 18. August 2016 by fmoebius

As writers, we demand a lot of ourselves, and we hold expectations about how our writing has to happen. One of those is that we have to be in flow in order to produce beautiful sentences and paragraphs. That’s what … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Block – Waiting for Inspiration

Posted on 28. July 2016 by fmoebius

I’ve seen many, many writers who believe they need to be inspired in order to actually sit down and write. Or that they need inspiration to write a great piece of art. Here’s the tale of someone who things along … Continue reading →

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The Success Experiment – Family Entanglement

Posted on 7. July 2016 by fmoebius

For this last post about success and family system dynamics, I want to talk about one of the strangest things that can happen in family systems: Entanglement with another person in the system. You see, one of the fundamental rules … Continue reading →

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The Success Experiment – No Fame!

Posted on 30. June 2016 by fmoebius

Another family rule that might completely block your success as author is one about how visible we may be in society. Because visibility can be dangerous. Right now, we can see societies, where being different and visible is quite dangerous. … Continue reading →

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