Eric Koester
@erickoester
Author of 7, Father of 3, Founder of http://Manuscripts.com | Professor @Georgetown | Join Our Exclusive Community of 2,500+ Modern Authors & Writers
Exciting day -- the launch of The Pennymores, a novel created with my daughters. This began during the pandemic as a collaborative bedtime story and turned into a full novel. It was like trying to bottle childlike imagination -- the hardest & most fulfilling book I've done.
“I sat shiva for 10 days. Then I started plotting.” Chills. Use your challenges to drive impact.
It’s reported that Stacey Abrams worked relentlessly to register over 800,000 new voters across Georgia who were affected by voter suppression in time for the U.S elections. That is some impact 👏🏾🇺🇸
“Hot take: get comfortable with criticism. The most important minds to have around you are the ones that call out your bad ideas” – @nabeeleats
“Books Are Our Happy Place”. Why Our Travel Theme Is Working When Quinn declared, “Books are our happy place,” we leaned in. Now everywhere we go, our family has a standing travel rule: ✅ If you’ll read it, we’ll buy it. 📚 If it’s not at the library in 2 weeks, we’ll find a…
"Something that makes you nervous is probably worth doing." Another great quote from the founder of Twitter. I love it because it's so true.
Who are the people who have achieved similar goals as you want to? What can you learn from them?
What's the strangest thing that's ever happened to you in a meeting?
“That idea’s half-baked.” Normally, that’s an insult in a meeting. But last week, it turned into one of the most productive moments of the day. I was teaching a group of 50 executives in an innovation sprint. During the break, a few of them were debating a weird idea they had.…
“We are all natural-born creators. Society has coerced too many of us into becoming mindless consumers.” – @SteveOnSpeed
“Solopreneurship 101: Spend 30 minutes a day building an audience and never ask them for anything. Just give, give, give. Next year? Ask.” – @thejustinwelsh
3 years ago, I started writing my first novel: - No idea what to do - No creative writing degree - No fancy publisher But I showed up daily. Now I have a Goodreads Choice Novel and people asking to acquire movie rights. The secret is to start.
She’d had the outline for three years. A solid title. Chapter summaries. A vision board, even. But the words just… wouldn’t come. We were on a Zoom call when she finally said it: “I think I’m waiting to feel like it actually matters.” That hit me. Because this is what I’ve…
“Today, re-reading your draft’s early chapters because you forgot what your own book was about, counts as writing.” – @CountsAsWriting