Incentives to Africa: Kruger to Cape Town Safari Expeditions
Incentive professionals understand the importance of rewarding employees in order to drive productivity. It is also their responsibility and challenge to find the most rewarding destination with which to motivate and excite incentive participants – one that provides...
The Power of Outlining: How to Structure Your Nonfiction, Memoir, or Self-Help Book for Success
Outlining is the difference between a scattered draft and a polished book. Learn how to structure your nonfiction, memoir, or self-help manuscript with proven tips on outlines, blurbs, and narrative flow so your writing stays clear, engaging, and true to your message.
How to Decide If Your Nonfiction Book Should Be Practical, Inspirational, or Both
Every nonfiction book falls into one of three categories: practical, inspirational, or a blend of both. Choosing the right approach shapes your voice, structure, and impact—whether you’re writing to heal, to inspire, or to establish authority in your business or industry. At Firehorse Media, we help leaders, survivors, and entrepreneurs turn their stories into books that matter.
Define Your Book’s Big Promise in One Sentence
Planning & Outlining your Book If you cannot explain your book in one sentence, your readers will not be able to either. Clarity at the beginning of your writing process determines how powerfully your book will connect once it is finished. At Firehorse Media, one...
Your Soul Voice Is Your Strongest Asset: Writing Beyond Grammar
When writers focus on perfect grammar, they often overlook the very thing that makes their work memorable: their voice. Readers don’t return to a book because every comma is in place. They return because they felt the writer speaking directly to them. Voice is the...
How to Write a Book in 20 Minutes a Day — Build a Daily Writing Habit That Lasts
The perfect time to write your book will never arrive — you have to create it. Take the first step today.
Your First Draft Isn’t a Book — It’s Raw Material
Your first draft is not a verdict on your talent, it’s the starting point of your craft. Just get it out your head and onto the paper. Then you can start the refining prociess. Don’t strangle your story with perfectionism before it can breathe. It is useful to work with a writing coach to help you stay focused, motivated and writing to The End.
Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time to Write Your Book — Start Now, Even 10 Minutes a Day
I help aspiring authors go from idea to published book — with clarity, strategy, and encouragement every step of the way.
Your Book is a Business Card That Never Expires — Here’s Why
Want a business card that works while you sleep? Three years ago, a coach I worked with published her first nonfiction book. She wasn’t a celebrity. She didn’t have a massive social media following. But she did have expertise, a story, and the courage to put them into...
How to Love Yourself More: Break Free from the Cycle of Self-Doubt that Holds You Back from Living Life Fully
What if you decided – right now – to love yourself exactly as you are? Without the stories, the memories or excuses. Not when you lose weight. Not when you accomplish more. Not when someone else validates you. But now. Self-love isn’t about being perfect. It’s about being real. It’s about showing up for yourself, even when you feel unworthy. Because the truth is – you have always been enough. You just forgot. And it’s time to remember.. You don’t have to believe every thought you have. In fact, most of your negative self-talk is habit, not truth. It’s a loop that our egoic mind feeds itself.
BOCCA REWARDS WITH GASTRONOMIC ROOTS IN ITALY
My dinner date at BOCCA, the Italian word for ‘mouth’ taught me two things: don’t be late for a date with a German, and BOCCA proprietors Guido and Adnana Brambilla mean to tantalise every single one of the 10,000 taste buds in your mouth. Find BOCCA at the junction...
Hayward’s Grand Safari Company wins big at the Sanlam Top Destination Awards 2017
Caption: mage: (L-R) Representing Hayward’s Grand Safari Company on the night and seen here receiving the award is publicist Mercédes Westbrook of Firehorse Media with Michela Balpiaz, owner of Ayama Wines and wine sponsor of the evening, together with celebrity...