Articles By Glenn Dietzel

Expert authors know that they must be careful with the words that they choose. Everything that you put before your readers must not just be engaging, but it has to keep their eyeballs glued to the page and their hearts pounding with every idea.

This is the third in a series of articles with brain-tempting tips that will enable you to make your dream of authoring a book a reality.

Once you have an idea for a book and a plan for how to get it written and marketed, it's time to put your brain to work with some writing exercises.

A large box arrives from a New York Publisher. It's here! YOUR BOOK! You hurriedly rip it open and take the first book out. There it is! YOUR NAME as the author of your first book. You forget to breathe and your heart skips a beat in excitement.

Business is about influence, or leverage. Your book that you will author is a tool to leverage your credibility. And the first step in preparing your mind for success is to see yourself as an expert.

Most people tend to dismiss what they're good at. Part of it is that you become so accustomed to having whatever skill you have that you cease to notice it. Sometimes it is out of a sense of false humility. But every single person has innate talents and gifts that enrich people's lives.