Launch Yourself as a Published Author

I absolutely believe everyone has at least one book inside them, so we spend a lot of time encouraging people to tell their unique story, write it down, and share it with the world. Add spice to the world! You are unique, and the story of your life, your experiences and your ‘take’ on everything is amazing. To you, it’s just you being, well, you. To someone else, it’s a whole new world that’s both different and the same as theirs. Different because of how your life story has unfolded, and the same in the joys, sorrows, and lessons we all share.

There is nothing quite like writing your first book. It's both difficult and exhilarating! For us, as authors at thefluidway, the first book is one of our Life Snapshots, which we look back on with warmth and pride. When you hold one of your books in your hands, you always have a moment where you'll look down at the cover and your heart will skip a beat as you say to yourself, ‘I made this. It exists and touches others because I gave it life.’ Honestly, it never gets old.

I love it and aim to be a creative contagion to others to liberate their story. I want to launch other authors waiting in the wings with a heart bursting with life and a mind running along the story…

Launching into something new can be scary, but...

What can you do with the doubts you face when you decide to put action to your dream and start writing? Use this healthy response to uncertainty to your benefit. I’ll use myself as an example. With each book I start, certain questions come up. Is this going to be valid? Will I connect and add value to my readers?  On and on. Yup, I kid you not. After all these years of doing this and more than 40 books published, I still have these questions popping up at the start of a project.

Acknowledge these doubts and invite them in; sit down with your morning cup of coffee, paper or journal. Write them down. Take the doubts and detach the stories attached to each and look at the doubt itself. You see, you have now framed your doubts instead of allowing them to linger as vague, unformed fears that act as barriers to progress.

Here’s the question to ask of these doubts you’ve written down: Is this true at this moment? Usually your answer will be no; these doubts are not true - they’re not valid, as you are at the launch point, and nothing is yet quantifiable. Neither success nor failure is yet true - only you can decide which one you’ll give life to.

Next, to each doubt, I write down the opposite and best of what I want out of the project and visualise with intention and emotion. I give great detail of how I want to feel and what I want to achieve through the project I am about to start. A clear visual is the image with the accompanying emotions that you'll hold onto to motivate you to start ...and finish your book. Your core powers of intention and emotion will give life to your thoughts because you create your life from the inside out, not the outside in. Look at what you have written next to the doubts as the opposite and best you want in what you are launching. Once you have a clear and emotive visual of what you want, neuroplasticity will begin to cause change in your brain, which will affect how you respond. Now you have a happy, chemical visual in your brain you can recall every time you feel doubt; it’ll make you happy while it rewires your brain and, ultimately, changes your life. Do this every time the doubts come up. It takes a moment, and the happy emotions attached to the visualising release endorphins that make you happy in your body and focus your mind and motivation.

You will never be more ready to start writing your book than you are now. Perhaps it’s time for you to let your story out, too. What do you think?

Click on the 'Tips to Launch' button to access an infographic to visually stimulate you with some good pointers. Use this with the free book 'Start Writing Your First Book' you get when subscribing. It will guide you on what you need to do to start writing and finish your first book. It's a step-by-step guide to get you going.

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