I’ve got a special author interview today! M.C. Simon is
talking about a book that can benefit all writers: FENG SHUI FOR WRITERS. Check
out the details below and her interview.
Title: Feng Shui For Writers
Series: How To Master Your Life
Author: M.C. Simon
Genre: Non-Fiction
Format: Paperback and Kindle
Length: 152 pages
Publication Date: June 16, 2015
Publisher: IML Publishing
Kindle Price: $7.99 Kindle
Paperback Price: $29.26 Kindle
DISCOVER
HOW TO MASTER YOUR WRITING LIFE
The
fully illustrated, comprehensive FENG SHUI FOR WRITERS provides all the dots that you have to connect to control
the flowing Chi for each writing category. What is harmony for a romantic novel
writer is different from what is harmony for a journalist writer, and for sure
very different than for the writer writing for the horror domain. To bring the
Feng Shui technique into the writer’s life, it is not enough to merely explain
general principles and ideas; we have to dig deeper because the branches of
writing are so numerous.
Find Out HOW TO:
- Attract productivity, successful publishing and money
using Feng Shui
- Overcome writer’s block with Feng Shui help
- Organize your writing place to achieve your goals
- Influence your writing life through colors
- Use crystals for creative writing
- Use lighting to Feng Shui your writing space
- Choose the plants that will boost your creativity
- Influence your “writer’s zone” and the creative mind
- Boost your children’s creativity (yes… children are
young writers also)
And much more.
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1. What
inspired you to write this Feng Shui For Writers?
To make the explanation short, while
I was working on a novel, I realized that my surroundings didn’t influence me
as I wanted.
I suddenly noticed that the Chi flow
around my desk and office was stagnant for what I needed to write. Instantly
the cogwheels in my brain started working at a high-speed level, and a new
creative idea was born… I have to Feng Shui my office, to let the Chi flow
freely, to accurately boost my environment for this writing project. I did it…
and for some time I wrote like never before; I almost couldn’t be stopped by
any external influences.
But… after a while I realized
something; I couldn’t keep this information only to myself. I had to share it
with my fellow writers. Thus started the process I dubbed “the birth of my second
first book”. Yes, like this I referred to my project through which the book
“Feng Shui for Writers” was born. I called it “the birth” because even the
smallest ideas we have, cross through a birth process before manifesting into
this world. I called it “my second first book” because it is my first published
book, but the second one to be implemented and emerge from the embryo phase.
And this book was born for YOU -
the Writer!
2. What
books would you compare to Feng Shui For Writers?
As I know, Feng Shui for Writers can’t be compared with
any other book. There are tons of books talking about Feng Shui, but none are
dedicated to the writers. There are also several articles on this subject, but
all of them are general and don’t treat each writing genre, as this one does. I
can say that until this moment, Feng Shui for Writers is unique.
3. Did
you do special research for Feng Shui For Writers?
Yes and no. Because Feng Shui was one of my subject of
interest ever since I’ve decided to be a writer, all the research I have done
during my life, I applied in this book for the writer’s world, trying to
separate the information according with the type of writer everyone is. For
more details about this, you can check an extract from the book on my website: Who Is A Writer?
4. If
you have a pen name, can you explain how you came up with it?
M.C. Simon is my pen name indeed. I really love my real
name, but it is hard to spell in English. At least until now, each time when an
English speaker wanted to say my name, it brought a huge smile on my face. None
of them succeeded to say it correctly. Therefore, I decided to choose M.C.
Simon as a Pen Name, which, in fact, is only a short form of my real one. This
gave my readers the chance to say my name with a correct pronunciation.
5. What are a few things we would find in or
on your desk?
Other than a regular laptop for my daily computer
activities like checking emails, and the writing laptop that I use only for
writing articles and books, you can sure find tons of “To Do” lists, notebooks,
and colored watermarks. I simply love colors and everywhere around me that’s
all you see; the only exception to this rule are my clothes because I mainly
prefer black clothing.
6. Can you tell us about your journey to
publication?
Since the moment when I decided to self-publish, I
focused only on the steps that I must do to reach my goal. I have to admit here
that the main role was played by my husband, who is my webmaster and designer
also. Because he is an expert in these fields, it was not too hard to first see
my Kindle book up on Amazon and after that even easier to touch the physical
version of Feng Shui for Writers. For us, the hardest part of this process was
the painting phase for the illustrations in the book. We decided to manage all
the steps ourselves.
Therefore, all the paintings included in the book are our own
doing also; I painted all of them and my designer converted the paintings to
digital format. This process was… let’s say about 60% of the time dedicated to
publishing our book.
7. How long have you been writing?
I suppose I have been writing since the first day I
learned to write J .
But the decision to become a writer and a published author was made exactly one
year ago, when at the same time I decided to quit my job as an engineer and also
to move from the country in which I was born and lived.
8. What lessons did you learn early on in your
writing career?
Maybe it will sound like a common lesson, but I think the
main one that I learned was to always believe in myself. If anyone can do
anything on this planet, this means I can do it, also!
9. If
you could write anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
Anywhere where there is an ocean or a sea, and I can hear
the waves crashing on the shore.
10. Your
advice to new writers.
Never forget that the real power in this world belongs to
the writers. Through their words, through their imagination, they can really
influence on all levels life on this planet. My advice is to never forget this
important mission that a writer has: to make this world a better one. Always
write from your heart. Nothing else matters. Always, always, always rise up
after a fall. Never give up. Your book is there inside you. Your mission is to
make it real.
BIO:
Writer, translator, engineer, researcher, project
manager, blogger, eternal student… these are only a few words to describe MC
Simon.
She strongly believes that energy is ours to use freely,
and we need only to open our hearts to regain the lost perception of our true
powers. She thinks that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. For
this reason, M.C. Simon has never hunted the information but rather waited for
the right moment when she would be ready for the information to find her. In
the same way, she knows that when someone needs her, the Universe will proceed
in such a way that the meeting will take place.
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