Welcome to one of the June 25th stops on the blog tour for Your Writing Matters by Colleen M. Story with iRead Book Tours. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.
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About the Book
Your Writing Matters
How to Banish Self-Doubt, Trust Yourself, and Go the Distance
by Colleen M. Story
Publishing 28 June 2021
Midchannel Press
Genre: Non-Fiction
Page Count: 263
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Does your future as a writer feel uncertain?
You write day after day. You dream of bestseller’s lists and royalty checks, but despite your best marketing efforts, those dreams remain out of reach.
You wonder if you’re wasting your time. Does your writing even matter?
Author Colleen M. Story, a long-time professional writer and writing coach, helps you decide whether you truly have a writer’s DNA. She examines why you feel pressured to make money with your work, why the search for a readership is both motivating and discouraging, and why it’s so common to doubt yourself along the way.
Step by step, you’ll gain a clear-eyed view at the challenges a writer faces in the outside world, while taking your own journey inward to discover what writing really means to you.
Should you continue on this path, or adjust your course now before it’s too late? Don’t waste your precious time in indecision. Let Your Writing Matters guide you to your truth and you’ll never look back again.
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My Review
My Rating: 5 Stars
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I was granted eARC access to Your Writing Matters as part of my participation in a blog tour for this title with iRead Book Tours. Thank you to all involved in affording me this opportunity! My thoughts are my own and my review is honest.
Hey look! I’m finally reviewing a writing resource on one of these tours that’s targeted at fiction novelists! (Yes, I absolutely volunteer for the writing resources tours for selfish reasons.)
This book explores how to find inspiration and confidence, how to push through writer’s block, how to realistically evaluate publishing goals, and even bravely asks the question “What if you never publish?” As in, is that fine with you? Your answer determines how much the rest of the advice applies.
I appreciate the fact that this book is full of references to sources and covers self-help and survey sources that aren’t necessarily about writing but apply to this goal of ours nonetheless.
If you truly love writing and you want to get started, this is the perfect resource for you!
About the Author
Colleen M. Story inspires writers to overcome modern-day challenges and find creative fulfillment in their work. Her book on author platforms, “Writer Get Noticed!,” was a gold-medal winner in the Reader’s Favorite Book Awards and a first-place winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards. “Overwhelmed Writer Rescue” was named Book by Book Publicity’s Best Writing/Publishing Book in 2018 and was an Amazon bestseller. Her novel, “Loreena’s Gift,” was a Foreword Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards winner, among others.
Colleen frequently serves as a workshop leader and motivational speaker, where she helps attendees remove mental and emotional blocks and tap into their unique creative powers. Her first course, “How to Finish the Creative Projects You Start,” is available on Teachable.
Go to Colleen’s website for free chapters of her books.
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Giveaway Alert!
Enter to win a $15 Amazon Gift Card courtesy of Colleen M. Story, author of YOUR WRITING MATTERS! (one winner/USA only) (ends July 5)
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Thanks so much for this well-done spotlight and review, Jenna! I appreciate the review on Goodreads as well–so helpful. (If you can do Amazon too that would be awesome, though I know it can be more restrictive.) I’m thrilled to hear you enjoyed the book and I hope it helps you on your writing journey! :O)
Sounds like a great read.
Sounds like a good read
This sounds amazing! The perfect tool to help writers succeed!