ANDREW’S TOP CREATIVE TIP: If you love writing, then you must write. Whether or not you get published, and whether or not you make a dollar, is secondary.
AUTHOR INSIGHT
Why do you write? I write to share simple concepts that I wish I understood when I was younger, for example:
- consistent daily effort is more important than genius
- happiness is not an accident – it is a choice we make.
What would you be doing if you weren’t a writer? I would be doing other things that I enjoy doing now – cartooning, painting portraits, presenting to corporations.
What was your toughest obstacle to becoming published? Because I write books about happiness, publishers thought I needed to be a psychologist.
What’s the best aspect of your writing life? I receive many emails from readers in different countries who say things like, “Your books helped me through a tough time,” or “Your book helped my son to be more confident.”
—the worst? There is no downside.
What would you do differently if you were starting out now as a writer? I never intended to be an author. Writing and illustrating books evolved from my interest in giving seminars and my love of drawing. I wouldn’t change anything.
What do you wish you’d been told before you set out to become an author? Write only about the subjects that you enjoy. The writing that you love doing the most has the best chance of success.
What’s the best advice you were ever given? Use simple language. Short words are better than big words. Edit and re-edit.
BOOK BYTE
How Life Works is about:
- why the same things keep happening to you
- why bills come in bunches
- how to find the love of your life
- how to find the work you love
- why some people always fall on their feet – and how you can be like them.
How Life Works explains why:
- it’s not WHAT you know
- it’s not WHO you know
- It’s all about how you FEEL.
How Life Works is available here.
Andrew Matthews latest book, HOW LIFE WORKS:
THE MYTH: success makes you happy.
THE FACT: happiness makes you successful.
How Life Works It is about why the same things keep happening to you.
It is about why:
- rich people get richer
- lottery winners end up broke
- positive thinking works – but only sometimes
- happy people succeed more often.
Available at:
- Amazon kindle: http://amzn.to/XO3QQn
- The Book Depository: http://bit.ly/1G9LiLl
Andrew Matthews Bio
Andrew Matthews is one of the world’s most widely read self-help authors. His books, including Being Happy!, Follow Your Heart and How Life Works, have sold over 7 million copies in 42 languages.
Andrew illustrates his own books.
Andrew is a popular international speaker and he has addressed over 1000 international corporations.
He has appeared on 3,000 radio and TV programs on 5 continents. He lives in Queensland, Australia, with his wife and publisher, Julie.
Andrew’s Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Andrew-Matthews-Author/108867285809877
Andrew’s web page: www.andrewmatthews.com
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