Career Planning

The movie, What the ?*&! Do We Know? explores the idea that our perception of reality affects that reality ‘ that we can influence our own futures more than we may realize. I’ve long been a believer in writing down my goals and dreams as a way of putting them ‘out there’ in the universe, and reminding my subconscious to be on the lookout for every opportunity to make these goals and dreams reality. Recently I discovered another tool that I’ve found to be even more effective.

From the workshop by Karen Drogin aka Carly Phillips, Lori & Tony Karayianni aka Tori Carrington, and Harlequin Editor, Brenda Chin presented at the Romance Writers of America Conference, Chicago.

Business is harder for women than for men. We're genetically more sensitive. At least I choose to think we are. We tend to apologize more which makes us appear weaker. And lastly we also tend to want to please. Taken all together, this put many of us in the position of acting too passive in our careers.

This article is the 5th and final in a series covering the necessary steps for creating a career plan for your writing life.

This article is the 4th in a series covering the necessary steps for creating a writer's career plan.

This article is the 3rd in a series covering the necessary steps for creating a career plan.

Part 2 in Lucy Monroe's career planning series for writers.

This series of articles will cover the necessary steps for creating a career plan. While the focus will be on career planning for the unpublished or newly published author, these concepts taken from the corporate environment lend themselves to those further along in their publishing careers as well.