Writing and publishing a book can be one of the most satisfying goals you achieve in your year. Books have the power to make a difference in this world today but also leave a legacy when you are gone. Books and their messages will continue to be available not only for purchase but for impact and influence even when you are no longer living.
My first book was published in 2005. It is a short 37 page book, which makes me laugh and wonder if it even qualifies as a book! But the simple act of writing it and completing it and publishing it was a huge step for me. I needed to start somewhere and finish it so it wasn't just another dream that faded away.
The whole purpose of that first book was to leave my daughters something tangible that their mother completed and dedicated to them. For some that might be art, a craft or collection of some sort. For me, I wanted a book. My daughters can say, if mom did it, I can too!
In fact, one of my daughters wrote a novel in her early teens with about 300 pages that is really good. When I read the draft, I thought to myself, where did a book like this come from? How did I raise a daughter that could write so well?
Then it hit me, she saw me writing as she grew up and so she wrote because she knew if I could do it, she could too. She has watched me write two more (much bigger) books since that first little one, and she now wants to co-author one with me. Wow, the ripple effect continues!
Even if you do not have children, your book can have a wonderful positive impact on readers. It is an amazing feeling when someone contacts you because of one of your books or published stories touched them. You can give others the feeling that they are not alone.
If there is a feeling inside you that you have something to say, and if you want to hold a book in your hands that you wrote and published, then seize the moment and commit to writing that book!
You probably have more to say than 37 pages! Share your experience, entertain and uplift your audience and leave a lasting legacy to your family and friends and any reader that you touch. Let your book be a gift that can keeps on giving during your lifetime and after you are gone.
And if you would like to know more about writing and self-publishing or if you have trouble visualizing your book but know you want to write one, be sure to grab your free visualization recording on http://www.selfpublishingexperts.com.
Get free instant access to resources for your writing and self-publishing needs.
Lisa Shultz, author of 3 books, strives to bring you the latest information and consulting to help you meet your writing and self-publishing goals.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lisa_Shultz
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar