| Dah-link, you look mah-velllllous!
You are a very attractive person. Smart as a Kitten with a Whip. If only everyone else knew it. If only you didn’t dismiss every compliment. If only your perfect AUDIENCE and CLIENTS and READERS and AGENTS found you attractive, right???? Your Auntie Sam is here right now to tell you: You have everything it takes to be a HUGE SUCCESS. Right now. By the Way, You Look Really Great Today |
|
Hi!
You really really want to have the confidence to get your work out there, yes?
You keep thinking that you just have to:
work on your mindset
get another certificate
wait for the right time.
But that’s not getting your book published, now is it?
Here’s what’s fun —
I’ve got a new INSTANT-RESULTS way for you to win the confidence game – it’s so fun and easy – oh and it’s free:
|
Art Explains Our Feelings to Us
That’s what art is for.
Unexpressed, our feelings just muddle around confusing us with their unreliable ways. Feelings contradict themselves. They contain multitudes.
Put a feeling into words, however, and the light bulb goes on in the basement.
Put a feeling into an image, and our spirit relaxes, cozy and safe in bed.
Put a feeling into movement, and our bones know communion with the garden dirt.
Feelings aren’t a snob
We’ll cry just as hard at the cheesy greeting card as at the opera as at the 30-second reel as at the Louvre.
We weep with recognition and relief that we are not alone.
We laugh with recognition and relief that we are not alone.
We tuck the memory of the art into the pocket of our heart so we remember we are not alone.
You don’t need any special qualifications to express feelings as art.
You don’t need talent. You don’t need training. You don’t need to be good at it.
I get grumpy when people say they aren’t artists.
So I wrote this poem to explain my feelings.
Perhaps it has made you feel something, too?
That is the alchemy magic eternal flame joyful union spontaneous joining of souls beyond time
that is art.
You’re welcome.
Now it’s your turn.
– Sam
©2025
|
|
| Midway on our life’s journey, I found myself In dark woods, the right road lost. To tell About those woods is hard—so tangled and rough And savage that thinking of it now, I feel You might recognize that as former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky’s translation of the famous first lines of Dante’s Inferno. Later it says: As flowers bent and shrunken by night at dawn Read it aloud to yourself if you can – whisper it, even. Delicious, right?? So vivid and gorgeous….our shared human story of moving from from darkness to sunlight; fear to courage – so perfectly expressed. Dante published that in 1321. Can you imagine your words living on for 700 years? Gives me chills. Not knowing what to do with your book idea is a dark and lonely place. And not to go from the poetic to the plebeian, but babe, when you publish your book, you IMMEDIATELY get: Much, MUCH Higher Speaking Fees But every month that you stay confused about publishing is another month your book stays invisible, unread, unfinished, and unable to contribute to the world, the health of your career, and your life…. maybe even to future generations. P.S. Not a writer? I bet you know one, though, yes?? Please share this email and link: https://www.lanelit.com/find- P.P.S. Wait – you ARE a writer? Oh, good. Take a moment right now to connect with the voice of your book. Hear that quiet clamoring?? Your book idea is worth these 45 minutes of serious consideration, don’t you think? – S. P.P.P.S. Wait – is “quiet clamoring” a thing? Hmm….oxymorons are fun. – S
By the Way, You Look Really Great Today |
|
Hi!
YAY!
I am so glad you’re joining me for this complimentary training:
How to Make Money from Your Book…Before It’s Even Written
Wed. May 7
9am PT / 12noon ET / 5pm BST
—–> CLICK HERE TO ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR
You’ll want to be there live to get your questions answered –
AND
Because you are 97% more likely to PROFIT from this training if you are there in person**.
(** OK, I totally just made this statistic up, but it’s kinda true, right? 
)
Plus it’s way more fun when we’re together.
Write me back if you have any questions or thoughts –
Yours,
Sam
By the Way, You Look Really Great Today
