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Sebastian should be reading quarter of an hour a day said his teacher across the desk at his school interview...

When I was writing my book How to Make a Silver Lining – I got stuck! Time was eluding me with work, parenting and managing a household taking my valuable attention. So when the opportunity arose to work on my book with my coach I snapped it up!

Do you have a book that's bursting to come out? Have you started writing stuff down in a private file somewhere but you're too scared to make it public? Well, if you've started writing your book and would like to get it ready for viewing then pull up a pew and read these nine tips on how to write your book.

I decided to chuck my fear of rejection out the window and ask Jo Seagar to write the forword for my book. Jo was a NZ tv cooking icon who gained her reputation in the 90's with a cooking show with a liking for the "easy peazy" approach. My book had a cooking bent with how I mastered "cooking without looking" as well as a recipe for my infamous truffles at the back of the book so - when I thought of who in the cooking industry I would like to write my forword she was my first choice.