Amy Collette, Author at Unleash Your Inner Author

Amy loves to work with people who make a positive impact. Amy is a Book Coach, Founder of Unleash Your Inner Author, and the Author of The Gratitude Connection. She is also an award-winning speaker, teaching business and creative groups about the power of their unique stories to build authentic connections in their personal and professional lives. Amy hosts the Positively Powered podcast, teaches author workshops and helps change makers on their journey to become published authors.

Putting your author bio together: step three

October 24, 2016 by Amy Collette 1 Comment

When you are vulnerable, authentic, and generous, your readers trust you to guide them through the transformation that you teach. In your biography, you want to show that part of yourself to your readers. So before you start putting the pieces of your biography together, think about how you feel about books and authors you [...]

Writing your author bio – step two

October 12, 2016 by Amy Collette 3 Comments

Last time I talked about the difficulties of writing your bio - for your book, your website, or your workshops/speaking events. The first step in creating your bio is to brainstorm all the things you might want to say about your awesome self. The second part is how to get into your audience’s head and [...]

Three steps to writing your bio – step one

October 12, 2016 by Amy Collette 2 Comments

Whether your bio is for your book or your “about” page or the flyer for your workshop, people swear it’s the hardest thing to write. All you need to do is let your users inside your head and your heart. Allow them to connect with you and your message. Easy, right? Why is it so [...]

Bridging true love connection and healing with Vicki Draper

September 14, 2016 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

When Animal Communicator Vicki Draper became an author, she said, "it was like a piece of me was complete. It was like coming home to myself. So it gave me more presence in my business. It gave me more confidence - I'm an author!" Vicki was born with a gift for healing, which she realized [...]

How to create buzz for your book

September 1, 2016 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

When is it too early to start promoting your book? Never! Do you know that you began promoting your book the first time you mentioned it to someone? The marketing machine was started then - don't shy away from it now! How do you sell your book before it’s written? By making connections with your [...]

Motivating the Middle with speaker and author TJ Sullivan

August 24, 2016 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

TJ Sullivan is a national speaker, author and self-proclaimed "Alpha" male who doesn't often reveal his "touchy-feely" side. But in this interview he opens up about what it takes to stay positive, to build meaningful organizations, and engage those forgotten treasures in your organization: the people in the middle. In this podcast we cover everything [...]

Goodbye, overwhelm. Hello, success!

August 12, 2016 by Amy Collette 1 Comment

You know that feeling when you sit down in front of the computer (or paper, or typewriter...). “I have this block of time to write. I’m gonna have some fun today and make tons of progress,” you’re thinking. You’ve had that feeling, right? Then you look at the outline or the table of contents to [...]

Advice for authors – afraid of rejection?

July 21, 2016 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

<br/> Advice for Authors from Book Coach Amy Collette - Writers, what if you could turn around your fear of rejection? Listen in to find out how... Rejection: as writers, we're all afraid of it. Our vague fear that "they" won't like our work can paralyze our pens, keeping us from realizing our dreams of becoming [...]

Who has time to write a book?

June 29, 2016 by Amy Collette 1 Comment

Every entrepreneur struggles to find the time to write. It’s not our number one job, so how do we fit it in? I’ve heard (and used) so many good reasons: I set time aside, but something always comes up I had a client crisis to solve I got an opportun ity to pitch a prospect [...]

Finding Balance and Focus with Health Coach Stephanie Flanders Martin`

June 26, 2016 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

Positively Powered with Amy Collette - Featuring Health Coach Stephanie Flanders Martin There's not a more positive, fun, supportive Health Coach than Stephanie Flanders Martin. Known as the "Gratitude Ambassador," her approach helps you get results. (I know - she's my health coach!) You can find her at: The Lavender Elephant Health and Wellness Stephanie works [...]