Why (Some) Authors Fail with Arielle Ford

An author can be his or her own worst enemy with self-defeating behavior that can sabotage a career. We'll discuss how to learn from your mistakes in a positive way with guest Arielle Ford, who has been widely recognized as America’s foremost book publicist and was instrumental in launching the careers of many NY Times bestselling self-help authors including Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Neale Donald Walsch, and Debbie Ford. Arielle was the publicist for dozens of other top selling authors such as Wayne Dyer, Gary Zukav, Dean Ornish, Joan Borysenko, Louise Hay, Jorge Cruise, and don Miguel Ruiz. Success is not only about hard work, but about making smart, savvy choices and not being so blinded by your ambition, creativity or ego that it undermines your work. We'll help you uncover the successful mix of perseverance, elbow grease and self-confidence to keep you on the track to success! More about our guest: Arielle Ford is a leading pioneer and personality in the personal growth and contemporary spirituality movement. For the past 25 years she has been living, teaching, and promoting consciousness through all forms of media. Her stellar career includes years as a prominent book publicist, author, literary agent, TV lifestyle reporter, television producer, Sirius radio host, publishing consultant, relationship expert, speaker, columnist and blogger for the Huffington Post. She is the author of seven books including the HOT CHOCOLATE FOR THE MYSTICAL SOUL series, and her most recent, THE SOULMATE SECRET, now in a 4th printing and 21 languages. Arielle is the creator of the at-home publishing study course Everything You Should Know About Publishing, Publicity and Building A Platform and the annual 21st Century Book Marketing event which is the premiere book-marketing event for authors. For background on this topic, read http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-c-sansevieri/why-some-authors-fail_b_534629.html.