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There are so many things, so many elements that go into becoming a best -selling

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award -winning author. But what I believe is at the foundation or the thing that has

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to be the foundation before all the craft things and the marketing, the branding

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things, and the business things, is belief. We have to believe that we have

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something to say. When I was a kid, I went to a basketball camp, and for the

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first time I heard that old saying, If you believe you can or you believe you

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can't, you're probably right. And when I was starting out, I didn't believe I could.

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In fact, I was so nervous about writing, and I was so nervous about putting myself

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out there. I was so concerned that I didn't have anything to say. I literally would

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not comment on a blog post, let alone write a blog post. I wouldn't even comment

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on a blog post because I was so scared of putting myself out there. And I think a

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lot of people are in the same spot. Maybe you're in that spot. You're not exactly

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sure if you have anything to say. We have to know that. We have to know that deep

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inside we have some very powerful things to say and things that need to get out,

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things that readers absolutely 100 % need to read.