The New Book Blog!

My last blog was in January 2010. I had come to a realization that I am waiting for some kind of permission before I can do the things I want to in my life. My 2010 resolution was to really look at my life and uncover the places I feel poor and give myself permission to do something about it.
  
What I have decided to do about it, is to finally settle down and write the book that I have been dancing around for a few years. I have written articles, stories and short e-books but I have never put it all together before, and now I have begun.
 
This is my storytelling book. The book where I finally have a deeper look at what I have been up to for the last 25 years and sift through it for things that I think could be valuable to others. As I sorted, things started landing in piles and I began to put my book into its first tangible form.
 
I followed the pointers, of Dan Poynter, creator of The New Book Model. He recommends getting a binder that you can slide a sheet into the front and back covers. I loved this part. It’s been a lot of fun designing the cover, choosing the working title and planning the inside and outside back covers. I am a kinesthetic, touchy feely person and doing this creative exercise was perfect for me.
 
Still following Dan’s guidance I took a look at the different piles that I had created and chose the sections or chapters of the book. The working title has stood firm so far as “StoryTelling for Life, Holistic Use of Story for Education, Healing and Helping, Cultural Connections and Community Building”. I created a divider for each section and began to enjoy filling in the framework that the binder provides.
 
The binder has become a catch all place for ideas, concepts and reminders. I have a mind that loves to provide me with a constant flow of ideas that usually float off into the ether – unappreciated. This binder allows any idea I have to exist, to take form; at least as a scribbled note in one of the binder chapters, and will have a chance to be considered later. I think my mind appreciates that!