Moving along

I'm very excited to have published author Jill Charlotte Stanford http://www.jillcharlotte.com/ as my mentor in this project. She has published two books and has another one to be released in July. Her mentorship and advice will be so valuable!

As I'm writing, I'm also thinking of how to build my "brand" on the I was Born searies. I'm currently in the trademark process. My son, Brad who is an awesome graphic artist is creating my logo and my Brand. I can't wait to see what he comes up with. I also purchsed a block of 10 ISBN codes for all of my projects. My DVD Trick and Fancy Riding, Past, Present and Future http://rodeotrickrider.com/rodeotrickrider_033.htm was released without an ISBN code. I was ignorant about this at the time and now I have about 900 DVDs without ISBN numbers. Hopefully, now that I have an ISBN, I will be able to get it out to major retailers. I've still been able to sell my DVD to many countries, however I want to get it on Amazon, etc... I guess.....just because.

OK.. Back to writing!

Writing a Book

When I decided to write a book I had an idea. Once I started to put my thoughts on paper, my ideas took a turn. That turn became a series of "I was Born" books (at least two for now).

My books are how to achieve your goals and how to get out of your own way to achieve them! I want to show you how to quit doubting yourself and just get it done!

Writing a book is difficult! Here is a list of obstacles I have dealt with.

Research for subject matter
Getting FREE copy write/royalty free photos
Figuring out what program to use for writing
Lay out
Writing and re writing what I wrote
Getting sidetracked on layout
Fighting with software and layout issues
Researching writing software and layout forums
Figuring out ISBN numbers and where to get them
Deciding on publishing
Promotion and where to go once the book is out!
Deciding on an editor
And sitting down to write and write