thrown off balance but picking myself up

DAY 2

I have wasted about about 15 months now doing endless outlining without actually moving forward with the writing of the book. though the book becomes clearer and clearer, it can be forever before the book sees the light of the day. my biggest problem has been a self imposed writer's block that is fed by perfectionism. Now perfectionism has delayed all my goals. I had clear cut goals on what I wanted. i had a schedule of the book writing process but I kept on going backwards and forwards doing endless outlining. I have realised that I have too major weaknesses that I need to work on:
(1) Perfectionist tendencies - hoping for an international bestseller when I still have to learn the craft and at least deliver something to the market. I have heard from -- I think it was Brian Tracy- - that if its worth doing then its worth doing poorly at first
(2) lack of committment to action: I made a significant improvement these year in that I can visualise my project , my book, each and every day. But I remain with one challenge that I am fighting hard this time; the tendency to schedule but not acting on the schedule. I have seen that my plans on paper are perfect.

in mid-2005 I started looking at the possiblity of writing a business book, I kept on clarifying my thoughts on the book and even designing rough covers as well as learning about publishing. By April 2006 I had settled for self-publishing with the printer of choice being lighting source. Around August 2006 ,I went back into serious ouline and these has taken me a whole year. the major problem i have been having is that I over-depend on free material on the net due to my location and financial circumstances. in 2008 I hope to actually buy material on writing , Speaking, and innovation. I spent the large part of 2007 up to october looking at public speaking, writing and innovation without basically doing much about it. I also spend a lot of time in amazon.com looking at book reviews and the types of books in my field that are on offer.I believe its good to always be in bookstores so you know whats big on the market and how others are doing it.

I am now more than dertemined to work hard and achieve my writing and speaking goals.

2008 Purchase List (not specific)
in 2008 I would like to buy
(1) writing books especially Dan Poynter 's self publishing book and all of Aaron Sheppard's books on self-publishing. Aaron's Aiming at Amazon and Perfect Pages are a must for and self-publisher.
(2) Professional speaking books and videos of business speakers
(3) Innovation books
(4) I would like to join toastmasters
If you have any good pointers or recommedations please email me on the following address,
dezekiels@gmail.com, or leave a comment on this blog