Next week…
I’m heading to London for the massive London Book Fair Exposition. For those who know me, you know that I love events. I worked in the Events business for nearly 20 years, organising educational conference programs for different industries in five countries. I know exactly how events work, and I even have friends who work for the company putting on the London Book Fair. But I am no longer on the organising side. I will be at the London Book Fair, to be an attendee, to make connections, to learn new technologies and most importantly to connect with people as an author. I’m nervous.
For some, being an author is about writing books and getting them published. I, however, think of myself as an authorpreneur. I’m not just writing and publishing my own books, I’m also trying to start a business to get my message out to as many people as possible. If I had learned some of the psychological skills I teach children and adults today, I definitely would have been better at coping with life’s stresses. What I love is that it’s usually the “kids” who get how psychological skills work. The adults are a bit more resistant. Once you get me started talking about this, I usually can’t stop and that’s when my extrovertedness comes out.
Right – so in preparing for the London Book Fair, and for launching my first series of books, I’m working on what feels like a million things—learning new technology, writing, and working with a designer on the covers of the books series. And today, I am happy to say, we’ve finished the first book cover! Whoop!
What do you think?? (Ping me an email at beth @ bethelee.com)
Inside, I make sure that my content is purposeful for the reader. I’m a veteran self-help book reader and can’t stand when an author constantly starts their sentences with “I”. We all have different minds, thinking differently, and approach situations and issues in different ways. What may have worked for me or for any author, will not necessarily work for you. I have made a point of making sure that all my writing takes this simple fact into consideration. What’s most important is to provide education, the skills themselves and then offer some scientific evidence or show you how myself or my clients implemented those skills. Then it’s up to you, to create your own application, Of course my books offer frameworks to help you apply the skills, but really it’s about what works for you.
With this book cover in hand and a very busy daily schedule complete with seminars, coffee, and networking time, I think I’m ready for the London Book Fair. With curiosity at the forefront, my introverted author self can sit on the couch while I bring out my zesty extrovert self to meet new people and learn as much as I can. I only need to get talking about some of the kids I teach and their ability to absorb psychological skills, to bring out that extrovert in me.
If you’re going to the London Book Fair – please reach out at beth @ bethelee.com – I would love to meet up.
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