Ron Vitale

How to Become a Successful Author While Working Full-Time Ron Vitale

Unsure how to hold a full-time day job, a second career as an author and have a life outside of working? This book provides not only the details on how to enact a plan that will help you achieve your goal as an author, but also gives you the tools to deal with the stress of juggling multiple jobs, making time for family/friends and committing to practicing self-care. Each chapter provides a roadmap on how to be successful by helping you define your goal, write a business plan, create a schedule, commit to yourself as well as how to prevent burnout and implement a marketing strategy for your book. Specific tips are given not only in marketing but also how to remain healthy in mind and body for the life of your career. Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Starting Out



Chatper 2: Defining Your Goal



Chapter 3: Creating a Schedule



Chapter 4: Commit to Yourself



Chapter 5: Juggling the Beast



Chapter 6: The Truth About Burnout



Chapter 7: Meltdown



Chapter 8: Finish What You Started



Chapter 9: Create Your Business Plan



Chapter 10: Launch Your Book



Chapter 11: Reassess Your Goals



Chapter 12: Dealing with Change



Chapter 13: Starting Over Again



Chapter 14: Are You Happy?



Chapter 15: In It for the Long Haul



Appendix:







Schedule



Practical help to lower stress



Light visualization exercise



Creative board



Writing tips



Networking



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Research/learn



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