I’ve been so busy writing sweet cozy fiction short reads these past few years, my empowering nonfiction has been collecting dust.
I self-published my first nonfiction, How to Give Yourself the POWER to Succeed: Recognizing the things you’re doing that may be keeping you from the things you want, way back in 1996. That was before Amazon made it easy to self-publish and market books.
I remember working with a local artist to get that first cover just right. I formatted the inside contents myself on Publisher. Then, I drove five hours to deliver the print ready layouts to a shop in Ohio who was willing to run off as few as 1,000 copies. Yes, 1,000 copies – that was a major leap of faith on my part.
How was I going to sell 1,000 copies? Remember, this is 1996 before the internet took off and we had no social media.
I pulled up my big girl pants and decided I had to overcome my shyness. I started speaking to women’s groups in my area and a year or so later, Clemson University contacted me to travel the country keynoting their Professional Develop for Women Program. I started selling my books and had to order more!
Yep, those were the good old days.(Sigh)
In the early 2000’s my husband and I moved my parents to the desert Southwest and decided not to travel as much. We became caregivers for several years. During that time I began writing for a women’s website called BellaOnline.com. I wrote weekly for over five years. I also began my own blog and posted weekly.
Posting consistently helped me develop a huge library of material. I began organizing all those articles into themes and categories. The categories became the ten plus books I self-published on Amazon.
About three years ago I began focusing on fiction – cozy mysteries and sweet romance. Even though writing fiction has become my main focus, I am passionate about women empowering and supporting women! That was my mission in 1996 and it is still my mission in 2020. With that in mind, I am going to be reminding women that I have some powerful self and professional development books available.
This is the time to go for our goals!
This is the time to believe we can and will make a positive difference!
This is the time to step out and take that leap of faith!
You’ll want to go to my Amazon Author Page and scroll through all the empowering nonfiction books.
https://www.amazon.com/Sharon-Michaels/e/B001K7V2K4/
Sometimes we get so busy with our day-to-day lives, we forget about the “things” we did in past for which we should be proud.
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