Born To Create

I'm excited to bring you our very first live book coaching call! The purpose of these calls is to share a real-life book coaching session to help an author or entrepreneur develop a book idea that can grow their influence and impact. My guest is Dan Cumberland, founder of The Meaning Movement, which is a blog, podcast, and community of people pursuing deeper meaning in what they do. Dan has been helping people find their place and their work in the world since 2005, starting with high school students and then initiating and organizing groups and guest lectures in graduate school. He started working professionally with clients one-on-one in 2011. Since then, he has facilitated classes, taught, and spoken often on the topic at various events, schools, and forums. His work has also been featured in Fast Company, Entrepreneur Magazine, ​the Chicago Tribune, US News and World Report, CBS, and many other places. On this call, we work through Dan's initial idea for his book, how it ties into the big picture of his b

If you have enjoyed books by authors such as Scott Turrow and John Grisham, you'll love today's interview. My guest is Alexandra Shapiro. She is a former federal prosecutor with nearly 30 years of experience, and co-founder of Shapiro Arato Bach LLP, a prominent New York litigation boutique. She has argued in the Supreme Court, won numerous appeals resulting in the exoneration of previously convicted criminal defendants, served as President of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, and handled many high-profile cases.  Fun fact: Alexandra was one of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first clerks on the Supreme Court. Alexandra is the author of the new legal thriller Presumed Guilty, which is based on her real-life experiences on both sides of criminal cases. The novel depicts how prosecutors, because of their motivations and mistakes, can at times destroy lives and promote unjust results. Alexandra walks us through her process of structuring and writing a legal thriller while also being a wife and mother, and s

Have you ever tried to gather all your writing and content into one location, such as a website or a collection of Microsoft Word or Google docs? Maybe you were trying to build up a portfolio of your work for prospective clients or just trying to put as much of your writing into one place as possible. If you’re like me, you were probably trying to pull from some combination of blog posts, podcasts, articles on various websites, YouTube videos, and more. And you probably gave up after a while. My guest today is here to help writers solve this problem of having your online content scattered all over the internet. His name is Eric Hauch and he is the Founder and CEO of Authory.com. Authory is the first automated platform to bring together all the content you create. You can take control of your content by having your articles, videos, podcasts and more in a single place, no matter where you publish them. You can back up your articles automatically, turn your readers into email subscribers, and find out how your

One of the common misconceptions among writers is that success is a mystery. Many people believe that some books are just magically successful for no good reason, and others languish forever with no readers. It’s all just luck of the draw, right? Not so fast. My guest today is here to help us understand the simple yet incredibly effective formula for crafting a bestselling book. Her name is Honorée Corder, and she THE self-publishing expert. Honorée is the author of dozens of books, including: You Must Write a Book, The Prosperous Writer book series, Vision to Reality, Business Dating, The Successful Single Mom book series, and many more. She is also the co-author of The Miracle Morning book series, which has over a dozen titles. Honoree coaches business professionals, writers, and aspiring non-fiction authors who want to publish their books to bestseller status, create a platform, and develop multiple streams of income. She also happens to be my writing and business coach, and I’ve benefitted greatly from he

As a writer, you probably spend lots of time, like I do, taking notes from conversations, books, meetings, and brainstorming sessions. But what do you do with all those notes, and how do you ensure you have a system for accessing that information later on? My guest today has thought a lot about this problem, and he’s here to offer some brilliant solutions! His name is Jeff Brown, and he is an award-winning radio producer and a former nationally syndicated morning show host. After more than 25 years in the radio and music industries, Jeff went boss-free in 2013 and launched the Read to Lead podcast, which has millions of downloads. Jeff is also the co-author of the fantastic book Read to Lead: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career. In this conversation, Jeff helps us understand how to take better notes and get organized by understanding different note-taking archetypes and which tools are the best fit for each type. We also dive into the story of writing the Read to Lead book, how

Many of my writer friends not only create their own content, they also do client work such as editing, writing articles, or ghostwriting books. As you probably know, I’m a full-time ghostwriter myself. I’m excited to share this conversation with Paul Klein, who is a business consultant and entrepreneur, and host of The Creator Revolution Podcast. From his days as a 1980s hair band guitarist, he has been a lifelong entrepreneur. He has experience starting and scaling a successful SAAS company as well as consulting some of the biggest brands including Target, Neiman Marcus, Starbucks, Holiday Inn, and other global brands. Paul helps consultants, freelancers, and solopreneurs price their services and stop under-charging so they can build their 7-plus figure businesses. In this conversation, I get to ask Paul all my questions related to pricing strategies that can help increase our rates. You’re going to learn the best ways as a service provider to increase your income and use price anchoring to set the conversa