If there are a couple of expenses worth paying for publishing a book, that’s professional editing and book design. However, we have incredible editing tools like ProWritingAid and Grammarly that catches many spelling, grammar, and style—with its evolving A.I. system and adapting to my writing style. However, there are still nuances in the human language that requires a human…
“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.” —T.S. Eliot When I start writing a book, specifically a poetry book, I begin with two foundations to ensure its success: a poetry book outline and a poetry writing process with a template. The poetry book outline is the broader picture of the book, asking the following…
Sometimes I need help with capturing the few ideas that are the best. The key to a great idea is how well you know about the topic or how many questions you have about the subject. I had intimate knowledge I accumulated over the years, writing and reading poetry. In addition, I’ve been obsessed with…
The System! Here we are in the final stretch and the part that separates the amateur dreamer from the professional – systems. Systems are much cooler than goals, and like ideas, goals are usually just fancy fantasies toward the desired result. The problem with goals is that they set you up for failure, e.g., I…
