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The Journey from Grief to Gratitude – ASU Osher Life Long Learning Institute

November 30, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

The Journey from Grief to Gratitude – Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

P. L. Brooks Seminars, LLC – Speaker, Author, Consultant, Faculty – www.plbrooks.com

In partnership with Gifts of Sisterhood – a book about sibling loss, grief and healing.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – Osher Life Long Learning Program www.asu.edu

Thank you for allowing me to present this workshop to:

the ASU Polytech Campus and

the Sun City Anthem community center in Florence, AZ

§ Grief’s Meaning

§ It hurts uniquely during the Holidays

§ Seek supportive/understanding people

REFLECTION: The Snowflake theory for me is important because……

§ Grief’s Mysteries

§ Everyone does not go through all the Stages

§ Take a break to compose yourself

REFLECTION: The Grief Journey’s physical and emotional areas that surprised me were……

§ Grief’s Impact

§ Most areas of my life were affected

§ Stay busy but allow your feelings

REFLECTION: I will begin to Do something I have always wanted to Do for me and that is……

QUOTE: “Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much.”

A. J. Cronin

§ Your Perception

§ Death is a natural part of life

§ Grief stages are an integral part of living

REFLECTION: I will feel Death by allowing myself to acknowledge the loss/process the pain by…………..

§ Your Response

§ Stop expecting others to understand

§ Don’t let Grief be your unfinished business

REFLECTION: I will build my Grief Space and allow myself time for silence by……..

§ STAGE ONE – Loneliness/Depression

§ Feeling all alone and depressed

§ Shock/Denial – emotional release

REFLECTION: I will Reflect in my writing or Meditation positive thoughts that can help me find an emotional release by….

§ STAGE TWO – Your Possible Side Effects

– Lack of concentration and Memory loss

– Anxiety and Isolation from others

– Fatigue and Reduced productivity

– Increased accidents and errors – Disorganization

§ STAGE THREE – Your Anger/Hostility

§ Acknowledge your anger and hostilities

§ Panic attacks/anxiety – Guilt/Shame

REFLECTION: I welcome a Grief Partner where my confidentiality will be honored by….

QUOTE: “How happy a person is depends on the depth of his Gratitude.”

John Miller

§ STAGE FOUR – Letting Go to Heal

§ Address the physical symptoms and get active

§ Forgive yourself and seek acceptance

REFLECTION: I will learn to Journalize, identify my Triggers and address them by .….

§ How to Cope – Progress

§ Move along, let the tears flow

§ Allow for times of silence, honor yourself

REFLECTION: I will acknowledge the loss and that I am not 100% by ……..

§ How to Move Forward – Liberation

§ Accept the blessings of the relationship change

§ Know your experience is unique

REFLECTION: I will not rush my Bereavement and be patient with myself and my timeline by……..

QUOTE: “He who forgets the language of Gratitude can never be on speaking terms with

Happiness.”

C. Neil Strait

How to Search – Answers/Stages

§ Keep the faith, allow time to Heal

§ Believe in you – Gender differences

REFLECTION: I will commit to my Faith and reject Fear as I work at the cost of grief by……..

§ How to Reach Within – Choice

§ Be willing to stop asking “why” – acceptance

§ Don’t isolate – significant dates matter

REFLECTION: I will remember them always as the true impact comes later and it starts with……..

§ How to Move On – Pay it Forward

§ Search for meaning in your loss – give back

§ Be a comfort to others – awareness

REFLECTION: I am willing to Learn to live again by attaching some meaning to the loss through……….

§ How to Grow Beyond – Celebrate a Life

§ Live each day for both of you – senses

§ Open doors when you are ready

REFLECTION: I will show kindness, count my blessings; accept the opportunity of this special time by….

QUOTE: “So much has been given to me; I have not time to ponder over that

which has been denied.”

Helen Keller

Surviving the Death of a Sibling – Wray, T. J. – 2003

The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion – 2005

Connections – Clarke, Jean Illsley – 1999

When Bad Things Happen to Good People – Kushner, Harold – 1997

Hospice of the Valley www.hov.org

Living through Loss www.templechai.com

New Song Center www.newsongcenter.org

Hope for Bereaved www.hopeforbereaved.com

Crisis, Grief and Healing www.webhealing.com

§ P. L. Brooks Seminars, LLC

§ Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC

§ www.blog.brooks.goldmannpublishing.com

§ www.plbrooks.com 480-250-5556 [email protected]

§ Faculty Lecturer: Arizona State University – Business

§ President/Founder: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

Member: AZ Authors Association – 2006 Award Winner

Member: AZ Book Publishers Association

Award Winning Author: Gifts of Sisterhood www.plbrooks.com

Do you need a SPEAKER for your group?

§ Gifts of Sisterhood – a journey on to your own

2006 AZ Authors Association

Literary Contest

Winner– non-fiction category

§ Door prizes for you!!

§ Event price – Gifts of Sisterhood – $10

§ www.plbrooks.com to review FREE chapters of Gifts of Sisterhood

§ FREE one hour consultation on writing or publishing – 2010

THANK YOU for coming – Happy Holidays!

BROOKS GOLDMANN PUBLISHING features their author Rev. Cay Randall May, PhD

November 24, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

New Book De-Mystifies Natural Healing

Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC and

Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

features:

Author Rev. Cay Randall May, PhD presenting a read/sign

at the Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ

at 7:00 pm Dec 3rd with her book

Healing and the Creative Response.

In today’s political firestorm over health care alternative forms of medicine are overlooked. Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC announces a new book and CD by Rev. Cay Randall-May, Ph.D., Healing and the Creative Response: Four Key Steps Shared by Healers and Artists which explains how to use prayer, laying-on-of-hands, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki and Energy Medicine to promote well-being. In addition to reducing the emotional and physical distress of illness and injury, Randall-May asserts that applying the steps in her book can enhance self-expression through a process she calls the Creative Response.

Randall-May, who represents prayer healing and medical intuition on the national Council for Healing and serves on the American Board of Scientific Medical Intuition, is a faculty member of the Energy Medicine University where she teaches natural approaches to healing. She shares examples of natural healing from her more than 30- year career as well as from the experiences of many other healers and artists. Readers who sample this richly illustrated book and CD online by visiting www.HealingCreativeResponse.com will be opened to the possibility of achieving greater well-being while engaging more than the usual senses.

CHANGING HANDS BOOKSTORE: Tempe, AZ – located at the corner of Guadalupe Rd., and McClintock in the Trader Joe’s Shopping Center. Please RSVP: www.changinghands.com

BROOKS GOLDMANN PUBLISHING CO., LLC: For more information or a free hour of consultation contact Patricia at 480-250-5556 or see their blog www.blog.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

MARKETING FOR LESS – Speaking on Nov 10th – Phoenix

November 4, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTHERS ASSOCIATION

November 10, 2009 11:30 pm to 1:00 pm

EMA-Northeast Valley features:

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

publishing consultant, speaker, author

Stone Creek Golf Club – 4435 E. Paradise Village Parkway, Phoenix, AZ

Please RSVP for lunch – 602-432-2537 with Bebe Heng.

Marketing for Less

Patricia L. Brooks

MAOM

Publishing Consultant

author, speaker

Patricia takes you on your first step to Marketing for Less with Passion because she believes you must know you can do this yourself. The journey is fresh and uplifting in its account of how she prepared to go from being a small home-based business owner and part-time university professor in 1996 to a published author and sought after consultant. She is president and founder of the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers and owner of her second business, Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC. www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

Her perspective is generous and worth noting as she shares with you how to get Focused on your goals, objectives and strategies in the “new wave” of social networking and technology that is available to all of us. This entrepreneur shows Wit, Courage and Faith during times of challenge by sharing ideas to help you become more competitive from your own vantage point.

Along with insight into a philosophy of business worth emulating; she will Motivate you. Regardless of your competition, you will be shown how to launch your Vision for Marketing Success in the New Year. You will learn how to take advantage of the promotional opportunities that are available to your business.

Patricia asks you to think about your Vision for new business, and seek the advantages beyond your current efforts. She wants you to be Honest about how much Commitment you have made, and how Prepared and Willing you are to be critical at all check points in your marketing plan. She expects you to ask yourself what makes you a candidate for success.

PATH TO PUBLISHING AND MARKETING – Patricia L. Brooks, Publishing Consultant

October 14, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

Path to Publishing/Marketing – 480-250-5556

FREE ONE HOUR CONSULTATION

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM – Speaker, Author, Publishing Consultant

Brooks Goldmann Publishing Co. LLC [email protected]

? Ernest Hemingway

? “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”

? Why do you want to write?

? Why do you want to publish?

? Editors make great Partners

? Bring the “eagle eye” to mature the work

? Honor compelling, clear copy

? Cultivate a must read book

? Shape it and improve it for the reader

? The “Hottest” Selling Point

? Your title Succinct to Sell – 7 to 10 words

? Dress it up – Clear and Curious

? Make it Count and be Memorable

? The Back Cover Counts

? Short testimonials – no Bragging

? Your photo and Message

? Genre – Price – 10 Seconds to Sell

? The Cover Creation and Design

? 7 seconds to Success from 6 feet way

? Influences the Buying Decision

? Emotion/entertainment/WIIIFM/optimistic

? Interior Design and Layout

? Creatively enhance your work

? Deliver a delight to Read

? Photos and illustrations – harmony

? Printing Particulars

? Digital printing vs. Offset Printing

? Book size, page count, paper weight, color

? Soft cover or hard cover or both

? Marketing You and Your Book – PLAN

? Social networking online – Facebook, Twitter, Linked In

? Websites and blogs – Internet Media

? Bookmarks – Business cards – Fact sheet

? Posters and Banners – events – Media

? Book Launch – You and Them

? Warehousing and storage – wholesale to retail

? Distributors – to the wholesaler or bookstores

? Homework – Reputation – Strategy – Cost effective

? Traditional Publishing Plan

? Book Proposals for niche markets

? Agents to the publisher – Prestige – Advances, Marketing

? Media control, Rights – contracts – attorney

? Self Publishing/Independent Perspective

? In control, make more per book, process much quicker

? Costs for book production/marketing

? Partner: Publishing Consultant/Book Shepherd

? Suggested Reading

? Writing Down the Bones – Natalie Goldberg

? Your Life as Story – Tristine Rainer

? The Power to Write – Caroline Joy Adams

? The Right to Write – Julia Cameron

? Lessons of a Lifetime of Writing – David Morrell

JANA BOMMERSBACH to speak to Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

October 14, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Patricia L. Brooks, president, founder

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

RSVP – 480-250-5556 – [email protected]

[email protected]

SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF

WOMEN WRITERS

WELCOMES: Jana Bommersbach

author, speaker, journalist

WHAT: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers Monthly Meeting

WHERE: Meeting Location: The Marriott Old Town, 7325 E. Third Ave.

Scottsdale Rd., So of Camelback, turn E at the light

WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30, Wed. October 28^h Please RSVP*

WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing and publishing and camaraderie and support.

HOW: *RSVP now to Patricia at 480-250-5556 or [email protected]

HOLIDAY DONATION BOOK DRIVE – Crossroads for Women

Please bring a new adult book for a woman to the meeting on the 28^th to be donated to the Crossroads for Women half-way house’s new library. No children’s books or erotica please. The focus is on the women and their needs. The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers is making this their Holiday Charitable Donation for 2009. The books will be delivered to Crossroads for Women in time for the Holidays. Thank you in advance for your contribution

SPEAKER: Jana Boomersbach www.janabommersbach.com

Author: Bones in the Desert – story of Terri Bosorock of Terri’s Consign and Design and her mother who was murdered by her “domestic” partner and left in the desert. Jana is also the author of the award winning Winnie Ruth Judd story.

Speaker: Topics that have earned raved reviews such as domestic violence issues, politics and overcoming problems in communication.

Journalist: The reporter, editor, column writer and writer of investigative stories. She is direct, pithy, funny, engaging, entertaining and informative.

Awarded the 2009 Humanitarian Award by the Arizona Woman’s Partnership and the 2007 Media Person of the Year award by the American Psychology Association, Jana will share her experiences on writing and field your questions.-

Maria Cimi Speth – the author’s attorney speaks to SSWW 9/30/09

September 25, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

       Patricia L. Brooks, president/founder
       SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS

       RSVP – 480-250-5556 – [email protected] or [email protected]

       SCOTTSDALE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS
       WELCOMES – MARIA SPETH – [email protected]
       WHAT: Scottsdale Society of Women Writers Monthly Meeting

       WHERE: Meeting Location: The Marriott Old Town
       7325 E. Third Ave. At Scottsdale Rd., So of Camelback, turn W at the light, parking near hotel

       WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30, Wed. SEPTEMBER 30th   Please RSVP*

       WHY: The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers gives members access to events of interest, a format for exchanging ideas, an opportunity to network with other women authors, an alliance with businesses relating to writing and publishing and camaraderie and support.

       HOW: *RSVP now to Patricia at 480-250-5556 or [email protected]

       SPEAKER BIO: Maria Speth, a shareholder in the law firm of Jaburg & Wilk, P.C., practices in the areas of intellectual property, Internet law, and commercial litigation. She focuses her practice on assisting businesses in protecting their trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, information technology, and other intellectual property through preventative measures to avoid disputes and through aggressive measures when disputes arise.

         Ms. Speth has authored articles on the topics of litigation and intellectual property, published in The Business Journal, the Arizona Journal of Real Estate & Business, and the Arizona Attorney. In April of 2008 she was listed in the Top Lawyers list published by Arizona Business Magazine.

        TALK TOPIC: This information-packed presentation will teach you how to protect your writings against infringement and how to avoid claims of infringement against you. Ms. Speth will cover basic copyright law, licensing and publishing rights, the copyright registration process,
getting permission to use the work of others, fair use of quotes, and
on-line copyright issues.

        Maria Crimi Speth, Esq.
        Jaburg & Wilk, P.C.
        3200 N. Central Ave., Suite 2000
        Phoenix, AZ 85012
        602-248-1089 and [email protected] at www.jaburgwilk.com

       —
       Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM
       FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/patricia.l.brooks
       NEW BLOG https://brooksgoldmannpublishing.com
       TWITTER – PatriciaBrooks
       speaker, author, publishing consultant, faculty
       www.plbrooks.com
       P. L. Brooks Seminars, LLC
       Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC
       480-250-5556 cell
      [email protected]
       Scottsdale Society of Women Writers – president/founder
       Arizona State University – Morrison School of Business
       faculty associate
       7970 E. Camelback, 710
       Scottsdale, AZ 85251

THE WRITE STUFF – publishing, editing, writing and marketing tips for writers and authors

September 8, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

The Write Stuff

Presented by the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers

Saturday, October 10, 2009, 10 am – 3 pm

Scottsdale Civic Center Library

3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Scottsdale, AZ 85251-4452

Registrants please print legibly:

NAME_________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS______________________________________________________________

PHONE_________________________________________________________________

EMAIL _________________________________________________________________

WEBSITE_______________________________________________________________

WHAT YOU WRITE______________________________________________________

$10 box lunch – includes choice of veggie, ham or turkey sandwich, cookie, tax and gratuity.

Please make $10 check payable to Old Town Marriott Suites and mail to by Sept. 30th:
Patricia L. Brooks
Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC

7970 E. Camelback Road, 710
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

The Write Stuff speakers:

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM

Patricia is the president and founder of the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers and will be sharing her expertise on Marketing You and Your Book for Less and the Path to Publishing.

Patricia is the published author of Gifts of Sisterhood – a memoir – www.plbrooks.com. She owns Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC with her husband – www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com – offering publishing consultation and book shepherd services. She is working on a non-fiction/self-help book and a memoir at this time.

Marilyn McGrath

Marilyn is the author of the novel All You Know On Earth and will be teaching a creative writing workshop. Great fun for writers at all levels.

Marilyn is also a published poet and has written non-fiction for magazines and newspapers in Florida and Arizona. She taught English at Arizona State University and worked as copyeditor for a national golf magazine knowing nothing about the game. Currently, she offers creative writing workshops at local community centers. She lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona, with her husband Mac. Visit her website at www.marilynmcgrath.com

Barbara Nixon

Barbara is an instructional designer who has experience editing books, educational materials, as well as corporate trainings. She will share editing steps for writers as well as provide advice when searching for an editor to hire.

Barbara is a 2003 Telly Award winner for writing Understanding Weather Concepts science video script. She is currently working on her first book for children.

Dana Davis

Dana will share the pros and cons of eBooks and ePublishers as well as anecdotes about her own writing research.

Dana is a four time award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction. Her published books include Desert Magick: Superstitions, Breach of Worlds, and The Mask of Tamirella. Her adult fantasy Deadly Fate: Book One of the Teadai Prophecies is scheduled for release September 2009 from SynergEbooks Publishing. Visit her website at www.danadaviswriting.com

*The Scottsdale Society of Women Writers meets the last Wed. night of the month.

*Any and all women interested in the camaraderie of a women’s writing group are welcome.

*Please feel free to join them at their monthly dinner meetings at the Old Town Marriot Suites.

*Also, please RSVP to [email protected] to attend the upcoming meetings – space is limited.

*Use the same email for any questions.

PUBLISH YOURSELF AS THE EXPERT

August 2, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

} PUBLISH YOURSELF AS THE EXPERT!

} Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM – www.BrooksGoldmannPublishing.com

} QUESTIONS to ponder

? What do you READ?

? Is reading and writing a PASSION?

? Why do you want to WRITE?

? Why do you want to be PUBLISHED?

} Understand What Moves You

? Don’t think about the READER as you write

? Don’t think about your past SUCCESSES

? Envision what you want the BOOK to be

} Understand What Moves Them

? Remember it’s not what they HEAR in your work

? Remember it’s what they are EXPERIENCING

? Remember they want a passionate TEACHER

} Develop a Personal Mission

? Get out of your COMFORT zone

? Learn to deserve your AUTHORITY

? Make it VIABLE

} Honor for Whom you Need to be a VOICE

? Evaluate your ideas in terms of your AUDIENCE

? Note how they will be impacted in a POSITIVE Way

? Show your PERSONALITY, let them get to know You

} A Winning Writing Plan – THE DO’S

? Remember the opening is the immediate HOOK

? Begin in the right place with the BEST info

? Give them good stories with your EXPERTISE

} A Winning Writing Plan – THE DON’TS

? Don’t open with anything but the TRUTH

? Don’t bore us – get to the POINT

? Don’t push HUMOR, let it flow naturally

} A Winning Writing Plan – THE BRAIDING

? Do an element of SURPRISE for the reader

? Use THREE topics or approaches in Braiding

? Allow for “NATURAL” organization in your structure

} Five W’s of Good Reporting

? Who, What

? When, Where

? Why

} Practice Strict Research Rules – Interviews

? Be professional and RESPECTFUL

? Be humble, patient and INVOLVED

? Be accessible and SPECIFIC

} More Research Rules – learn your topic

? Don’t tell us, SHOW us what you Know

? Build your vocabulary with POWER words

? Don’t over explain, LESS is More

} GOALS – steps to consider

? Write a book that is VISUALLY appealing

? Produce a GOOD Product then GOOD Marketing

? Avoid a condescending APPROACH

} OBJECTIVES – destinations to seek

? Give them what they WANT

? Tell them stories with HEART and SOUL

? Grab the reader and KEEP them

} STRATEGIES – action plan ideas to ponder

? Consider a co-author for COLLABORATION

? Be both analytical and emotional – LEFT/RIGHT

? Keep a distinct TONE and PACE

} Research for YOU

? Look to the Future – follow TRENDS

? Push the Positive – seek RISKS

? Press Ahead – MONITOR your plans

} Develop a Pre-marketing Plan

? Set goals (steps) for getting a “BRAND”

? Include objectives (what) for getting a business “MINDSET”

? Be CREATIVE in all your “Strategies” (how)

} The FINAL Analysis

? Why are you the EXPERT?

? What is your EXPERTISE?

? Have you LIVED your Book?

? Are you willing to be AUTHENTIC?

} Be HONEST with Yourself

? Why would anyone CARE?

? Will your Topic hold INTEREST?

? Are these ISSUES really Important?

My Offer ONE FREE HOUR of consultation on publishing or writing

? Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM CELL – 480-250-5556

? EMAIL – [email protected]

? www.blog.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

How to Start a Home-based Business and Market Successfully

May 31, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

How to Start a Home-based

Business and Market

Successfully

Arizona Council of Professional Genealogists

Annual Meeting – Phoenix May 30^th, 2009

www.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM Speaker, Author, Publishing Consultant, ASU Faculty Associate

Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC and Patricia L. Brooks Seminars, LLC

480-250-5556 [email protected] **

Mission: Enhancing the Spirit of the Client’s Organization.

Have Courage, Passion and Commitment – it is Exciting!

Ø Feasibility Study – Business Plan – Marketing Plan

Ø Do you have the START-UP Costs and long term Capital?

Ø Is it the right time to LAUNCH?

Ø Do you know how to PREVENT Failure?

Understand if the idea is viable

Ø Who is your TARGET Market?

Ø Are you going to fill a NEED?

Ø Will you sell enough to make a PROFIT?

Ø Do you have a Competitive EDGE?

Plan, Start, Manage and Visualize your Success

Ø Feasibility STUDY determines if it is a go

Ø Business PLAN tells the story

Ø Marketing PLAN – One Hour FREE consultation w/coffee – in 2009 – MY OFFER!

Ø Do you have Partnerships or Influential Contacts?

Listen to your Legal/Financial Sides

Ø Taxes, Licenses and Compliance

House Rules Licensing and Federal tax ID – Taxes and Code enforcement

Trade Name registered

Cannot change exterior of residence – Notify homeowners association

No retail sales – No excessive pedestrians, signs, ads to impact the neighborhood

Attract Them and Keep Them in a Marketing Strategy

Ø Are you able to BUILD Relationships with features and benefits?

Ø Do you understand GOALS, Objectives and Strategies?

Ø Will you satisfy the MARKETING MIX – product/price/place/promotion

Ø Do you know how to RESEARCH (primary and secondary) Analyze and use Data?

Enhance your Product and Relationships

Ø Web Pages – Links – Blogs – Forums

Ø Linked In – 2003 – professional – $100 M

Ø FaceBook – 2004 – more personal $300 M

Ø Twitter- fastest growing – 1400% growth – personal service/voice 2006 – $57 M

Ø Communication Vehicles – brochures, sales sheet, biz cards, postcards, posters

Ø Public Relations- FREE – print and broadcast media, electronic/viral marketing

Ø TV Media – some paid – some FREE

Ø Radio – local, national and Internet (on the rise)

Hard work, Time Consuming Efforts, Fun and Rewarding Experiences

www.business.gov/start/home-based/

QUESTIONS: Is any of this for me?

Should I take a Webinar?

How do I join? Who do I join?

How will I have the time for all of this?

My blog: www.blog.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com PatriciaBrooks

Facebook: www.facebook.com http://profile.to/patricialbrooks

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com Patricia L. Brooks

**Web: www.plbrooks.com and www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

THANK YOU for coming – best of luck to you!

THREE TIPS FOR WRITING SELF-HELP – get published and make a difference

April 25, 2009 by Patricia Brooks

PATRICIA L. BROOKS, MAOM

Speaker, author, publishing consultant, business owner

and ASU faculty-associate

www.plbrooks.com

[email protected]

480-250-5556 cell

www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com https://brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

Three (3) Tips for Writing Self-Help

“Most people become writers because they are haunted by secrets they need to tell.”

David Morrell, Lessons of a Lifetime of Writing

Ø Why do you want to be a writer?

Why do you want to write self-help?

Ø Writing Inspiration for Self-Help

o Can you be an instrument for change?

o What is our purpose?

o Is your goal to have others follow you?

o Do you have objectives and strategies?

o Will your stories grab your audience?

o Do you understand good writing is not enough?

o What is your passion?

o What moves you?

o What is the cause and effect for you?

o For whom do you need to be a voice?

o What makes you who you are?

o Do you understand it is not about you?

Ø How serious are you about being prepared?

Ø The Importance of Research for Self-Help

o Practice strict research rules – Primary and Secondary

o Stay focused on the goal at hand

o Have a vision for success to stay motivated

o Do your homework and study history

o Realize there is no easy way and no basic formula

o Take copious notes in interviews and lectures

o Carry a notebook and camera everywhere

o Listen to people and ask questions

o Read ferociously on your topic for complete understanding

o Learn everything you can about your topic

o Understand yourself completely

o Have a follow-up plan, but don’t be obsessed

“Research is the reward not the penance to be able to write.”

David Morrell

Ø What gnaws at your soul?

Ø What incident in your life has motivated you to write this book?

Ø The Voice and Structure of Self-Help

o Rely on ideas coming spontaneously from within

o Pay attention to your subconscious

o Don’t doubt yourself, write daily

o Involve all of your senses in your writing

o Be mindfully aware of who you are

o Be clear on your goals, objectives and strategies

o Harness a distinct subject matter

o Secure a specific approach and be original

o Remember the five W’s of reporting

o Give yourself a timeline

o Emulate others you admire

Ø Ask yourself why would anyone care if you wrote this book?

Ø Ask yourself if it will hold interest?

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