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How a failed retail store launched my writing career
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What is the inciting incident that takes creative people from amateur to professional, or from aspiring writer to successful author? For writing coach Karena Akhavein, it was launching and running a retail store- home and fashion accessories, if you must know, and ultimately "failing" at it and becoming a successful professional writer and a happy writing coach.
In this entertaining episode of the How to be an Author podcast, writers will hear about how hard-won real life business lessons provided the transformational mindset shifts that led to a successful writing career. If you want to stop dreaming about writing and finally:
-Finish and publish that novel
-Earn money from your writing
-Sell more books
-Build a community of writers and readers
-Be the kind of author you dreamed of being
You'll want to listen to this episode. You'll learn about the importance of investing in yourself and in your career, the good thing about when horrible things happen, the importance of a little desperation, how to build community, dealing with critics and trolls, the secret ingredients in writing success, and much, much more.
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