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    How To Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated: Tips for Aspiring Authors
    How To Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated: Tips for Aspiring Authors
    How To Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated: Tips for Aspiring Authors
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    How To Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated: Tips for Aspiring Authors

    By John Hennessy

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    Are you stuck when putting words to screen? Does it frustrate you that you cannot stay focussed on your writing task?

    Are you looking for a way to earn your living from writing? This guide can help!

    Writing can be a hard and lonely activity. Aspiring authors can make a lot of mistakes along the way. But let me show you how you can bypass a lot of the pitfalls. If you really want to make a living as a writer, let this book give you some practical guidance so that you really can punch your weight above an increasingly competitive marketplace.

    In this book, How to Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated: Writing Tips for Aspiring Authors, you'll be introduced to many things about the writing process you may not have considered. This can harm your book, future books, future sales, and undermine your chances of making a living at this.

    I'm in my seventh year of writing books. The money I earn has not happened overnight. It is still a hard road to traverse. I'm not a millionaire, and this book makes no promises that you will be either. However, if you work hard, and put the tips in this book into practise, I am confident you will be on your way to becoming a full time writer.

    Join me there by reading this book. You can sample it, so you have nothing to lose, and keep up to date by visiting:-

     

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    ˃˃˃ What other reviewers said.

    "A refreshing air and nice thoughts that will help new authors think about how to publish and tips on how to do marketing".

    -Editorial Review - Poet Gentleness.

    "I recommend this book to all aspiring authors and also to all established authors.The book has great advice for both."

    - Editorial Review - B.M.

    ˃˃˃ Want to write? Want to win? Want to make a living at it?!

    Good. So read this book as it contains a simple to understand system, with actionable steps in each chapter. You'll learn:

    - How to install a permanent writing habit

    - How to get organized and focussed

    - How to set and achieve writing goals

    - How to harness discipline and motivation

    - How to unplug from chaotic and damaging procrastination

    It's time to make a permanent shift in your writing. Let's get moving!

    Scroll up and grab a copy today.

    See you on the inside.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hennessy
    Release dateApr 6, 2016
    ISBN9781524221614
    How To Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated: Tips for Aspiring Authors
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    John Hennessy

    Born in 1988, John Hennessy became entranced by the world of fantasy and sci-fi at a young age, playing video games and reading books for many long nights/early mornings. He started writing his debut novel Life Descending during his junior year of High School in 2005. He wanted to write something different for fantasy readers, something without any stock copy/paste characters, supreme evil lords, who you never see and who are just evil because they are evil. A story without class-defined skills, mana potions, and the usual D&D adventure group out on the same old quest. He wanted to write a new story that gets away from the stale fantasies with farmer boys, blacksmith apprentices, and peasants who turn world heroes. Oh yeah, and he really wanted to get away from stories with prophecies and 'chosen ones.'After he graduated from Western Washington University in 2011, he hired Sara Stamey, the editing/publishing professor at Western, edit Life Descending (The Cry of Havoc, Book 1), finally releasing his debut after six years of crafting, learning, rewriting, and absorbing caffeine as fuel so he could stay awake at the keyboard. Life Descending has since been praised by reviewers, even earning a finalist spot in ForeWord Magazine's 2011 Book of the Year Awards. Darkness Devouring (The Cry of Havoc, Book 2) has since been released in late 2012.In 2012 he released At the End (The Road to Extinction, Book 1) as a self-published book. Having spent all his cash on Life Descending (sadly without return), the book went unedited by a professional editor. Despite this major flaw, At the End was well received by most. In February 2013, Permuted Press approached him with an offer to re-release At the End and publish the rest of the trilogy. A second edition of At the End (fully edited!) is forthcoming 2013.John now lives in the Rose Lands of Portland, Oregon, with his wife Katherine, their furry feline Phoebe, and their two budgies Lola and Pablo. He is now at work finishing The Road to Extinction Trilogy. Visit his website at: http://www.johnhennessy.net

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      How To Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated - John Hennessy

      How to Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated:

      Tips for Aspiring Authors

      ––––––––

      Are you stuck when putting words to screen? Does it frustrate you that you cannot stay focussed on your writing task?

      Are you looking for a way to earn your living from writing? This guide can help!

      Writing can be a hard and lonely activity. Aspiring authors can make a lot of mistakes along the way. But let me show you how you can bypass a lot of the pitfalls. If you really want to make a living as a writer, let this book give you some practical guidance so that you really can punch your weight above an increasingly competitive marketplace.

      In this book, How to Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated: Writing Tips for Aspiring Authors, you'll be introduced to many things about the writing process you may not have considered. This can harm your book, future books, future sales, and undermine your chances of making a living at this.

      I'm in my seventh year of writing books. The money I earn has not happened overnight. It is still a hard road to traverse. I'm not a millionaire, and this book makes no promises that you will be either. However, if you work hard, and put the tips in this book into practise, I am confident you will be on your way to becoming a full-time writer.

      ––––––––

      Original Edition © John Hennessy 2015

      This Edition © 2020

      John Hennessy

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      First published in the United Kingdom in 2015.

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      How to Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated:

      Free Books and

      Invite to Join my Readers’ Group

      Copyright

      Dedication

      So Why are you Writing?

      Getting Your

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