Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be an author?

Do you have a story to tell? …a story to pass on to future generations?

Does the thought of writing a book feel a little scary?

What if you don’t tell your story?

Is there someone else who would tell your story for you? Or will it leave with you when you leave? Perhaps your story can shed light on an event that, if told from your perspective, could change how we view it. Maybe you have a story told to you by your mother as her mother passed it down. Is it your turn to pass the story along? If you don’t share the story, will the sharing of the story stop with you?

Where do stories come from? Think about stories that originate with Grandma’s recipe books, papa’s bedtime stories, your father’s memoirs, your journey in search of uncovering a hidden truth, or the novel you started to write in your teens, and it is still in that old shoe box.

Your audience can be any age group speaking in any language on any continent.

Think about all the books you have read throughout your lifetime. What if the authors had never written them?

Is there room in the world for your story?

Do you think that your story may not be important? How important is a story? A story can change lives.

Are there stories you read as a child that still stand out in your memory today? Whether you grew up with Dr. Seuss books or Superman comic books, the fact that someone took the time to create characters and share them with you in print offered entertainment that you could capture over and over again. All you had to do was open the book and enter their world. Taking a giant step forward in time, we meet Harry Potter, for one, and Shrek, for another. And there has been an assortment of memorable characters between then and now, not to mention the thousands of movies with stories to tell.

Whether you are young or younger, whether you feel good about your writing or not, whether your story is fiction or nonfiction and whether you can write a sentence or not, your story matters. There are so many ways today to address any shortcomings you may think you have when it comes to getting your story out there.

Is there room in the world for your story? Why wouldn’t there be room?

Does your book have to be a story?

Your book can be fiction or non-fiction. It can be as a story or as wisdom shared or as lessons learned. One of the books that I had fun writing was Lessons I Learned from the Tortoise. I am a huge fan of Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare. It is so incredibly rich with metaphors. The lessons I culled from that original story will apply for centuries to come.

May I challenge you?

Do you feel called to write? I will not challenge you to a seven-day writing exercise or one of those 50,000 words in a month marathon, but I will challenge you to consider the potential importance of the influence of your words.

What helps? Feeling inspired to write. I want you to bring the full weight of your enthusiasm to the project.

There are many who thirst for new knowledge or for the next best-selling fictional thriller by a favourite author. Could that author-in-demand be you?

I often hear words from writers who want to be authors: "I have no idea where to start.” Working with a reputable manuscript coach eliminates the guesswork and gets you on track to write with purpose and by design.

If you have a business, you should have a book. It gives you credibility. It gives you authority. Taking the time to write the book speaks to the level of commitment you are prepared to make to see a project through.

Having your own book makes a difference. How do I know? I launched my business with the release of my first book.

How important is it for you to have your own book? What would having your own book do for you?