There’s a story you might have heard about a man chopping wood. He’s having a hard time of it, though, because his saw is dull.          A friend sees him and comments.“Why don’t you stop and sharpen your saw?”          “Oh, no, I can’t do [...]

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 Last week I talked about my SNAP plan from an Author MBA class I took. This blog is a continuation on that, showing just how great the SNAP plan is. Quick recap: a SNAP plan shows an at-a-glance summary of your career vision and action plan. The action plan breaks your goals down into the [...]

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I  don’t know how to talk about goal setting for writing without talking about my SNAP plan. Until a year and a half ago I hadn’t thought about treating my writing like a business. I just “followed the muse” and wrote a little of this, a little of that…when I was in the mood. I [...]

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