Progress Update – Early May 2010 – Jaki King

Ok, I have said that I would tell you about the journey of the evolution of ~ The Emotional Baggage Diet ~ Here goes ~

This last couple of weeks have been a time for learning more about building a platform for the book. Sieving through lots of advice to do with Websites, facebook and more – There is so much wonderful information. For now I am following guides from Brendon Burchard, John Egen and my mentor Chris Howard. It still feels a little daunting. I am also transferring from a PC to a Mac, waiting for my daughter to give birth to my first grandchild.

A couple of weeks ago I had what appeared to be a major setback. My facebook pages were suspended. It had taken me months to build up my friend page and I had just launched my ‘fanpage’ and bang all of a sudden while I was sending out emails my pages were gone. I had 4-5 days where I was literally sweating, wondering what was going to happen. It turned out that someone had hacked my account and so it had been suspended. Actually it turned out to be a gift. It raised my awareness to creating many platforms not just one. Meaning that if for some reason you lose one – you don’t lose everything. Yes it has created an unexpected job – yet I know that it is sensible.

I am slowly discovering that writing a book is more than just writing. To get to the point I am now I have taken Two years. I had done lots of writing and put together book proposals. I have even been to the States to attend two Mark Victor Hanse Mega book Seminars. In fact it was at one of those that I got the title for the book. It was a phrase that one of the speakers, Barbra De Angelis, kept saying.

Something I would recommend to any budding author is to keep listening to what people say, what phrases keep coming up, keep being said again and again. There have been some amazing books written with titles that have come from conversations, they are catchy and effective. The stir the interest of the reader before they know what the book is about. For example – No Matter What by Lisa Nicholls, Happy for No Reason by Marci Schimoff, Cash in A Flash by Mark Victor Hansen and ….. opps sorry and my favourite ‘F**k It’ and opps again I can’t remember the name of the author – but I will never forget the title

The last time I was in LA I met an agent, showed him my book proposal and although he did not take me on in that moment, he did not dismiss me. The advice he gave me was to create a platform for the book and that even though he did not usually represent people from outside the States I should contact him once I had done this. Can you guess what I did? I left his business card on the table!!!

It is now about six weeks since I gave up my job as a Trainer – yes it is scary, no income and a total gamble that I can do this. Yet I believe in it totally, I know that along the way there may be some challenges – that is OK – I just have to keep believing in what I am doing.

Nobel Prize winning author, Toni Morrison, once said ‘If there is a book that you want to read and it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it’ – So I am and this is the journey of its evolution. I am happy to have you alongside me for the Journey.

I Believe in

The Emotional Baggage Diet

100%

~ I have Lived it ~

~ Breathed it ~

~ It is my Passion ~

Love and Light ~ Gratitude and Faith

Jaki :)

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