Lessons Learned About Authoring My First Book
I have wanted to write a book for a long time and have in the past 10 years or so made many attempts at writing. It was only when I became clear on the big why that I summoned enough juice to finally accomplish this goal.
Most of us look at life in terms of what is missing or what we think we want instead of viewing it from the desired end result. When I became clear on my desired end result and had a big why for the vision I became unstoppable.
But there were a few detours on the path . . . hence lessons learned.
Lesson #1 Stop Editing
The first big lesson I learned about the process of writing was to stop editing as I wrote. Someone had suggested turning off the computer screen and just typing and what a brilliant suggestion that was!
If you have written a book you undoubtedly know this, and if you haven’t, try writing with the computer screen black . . .
Lesson #2 The Buck Stops Here . . .
I also learned that I was ultimately responsible for the end result. During the process of writing and editing the book I employed a copy editor whose function was to be sure the words were spelled correctly and that there were no typos in the manuscript. Although this person assured me that I had a perfect manuscript, I didn’t. The book designer mentioned she had seen a few things that seemed off, so I hired a second editor who found a number of glaring mistakes and corrected them.
Lesson #3 Live Without Assumptions
I had assumed because the first editor came highly recommended that I did not need to check his work. I assumed that if he said it was perfect it would be.
Lesson #4 If You Don’t Like What is Going On Out There, Look Within . .
The events I described caused me to look within because this was not the only area of my life where I was experiencing people who didn’t do what they said they would do. Using the analogy of the mirror I began wondering, "Was I not doing what I said I would do?".
I checked areas of my life that needed some upgrades and this changed much of what I was experiencing.
Lesson #5 Am I Missing Something?
I still found negative attraction patterns in some areas of my life. Reflecting further I realized I had a judgment or charge on the people I was still attracting who showed up in this way. Once that was shifted, the quality of individuals that I attracted changed.
Lesson #6 I can’t believe I did this again! YIKES!!!
I discovered my tendency to believe what I wanted to hear. Imagine that!
Have you ever done that? It can happen when we get so caught up in our mission that we don’t ask the questions that will allow us to really discern the value of what we are considering. It really is another part of our conditioning.
Lesson #7 The party’s over . . .
Sometimes we stay too long in situations that are obviously not working for us. We call this staying at the party too long and there were a few “parties” I had to choose to leave during the journey of becoming an author.
Lesson #8 Satisfaction
The best part of becoming a published author for me is the satisfaction of knowing that I have shared valuable, effective tools and insights from my life and my work with others. In my book I share what has worked for me and for many others and it will work for you too. The Secret is to begin taking away those things that no longer serve you. This book will shift your thoughts and your consciousness and raise your vibration too. All you have to do is read it.