About this episode
Debra Eckerling discusses her journey in goal-setting, freelancing, and supporting authors in the publishing industry.
This interview is with Debra Eckerling. Debra has a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin -Madison and is the author of 52 Secrets for Goal-Setting and Goal-Getting. She is a speaker and consultant who assists people in achieving their goals. Her specialty is coaching authors with book proposals. She is a podcast host of GoalChatLive and the Taste Buds, a food writer for non-cooks, and the founder of DebMethod.com. In this interview Deb explains how her ambitions were to pursue a more creative direction but, as an alternative, she developed her career as a freelancer. She reflects on her early years employed at Barnes and Noble and how an opportunity to build a support group for writers came to be. Her story continues as she talks about moving from Chicago to Los Angeles, where she constructs a support group similar to the one she did in Chicago. However, this time, it expanded to attract entrepreneurs, freelancers, and other independent professionals. She talks about how this endeavor was only part-time and highlights that her day jobs in finance and project management helped her develop skills in the above undertakings. She conveys her experiences working for…
People in this episode
Host: Mickey Horvath
Guest: Debra Eckerling
Topics covered
- goal setting
- freelancing
- support groups
- publishing industry
- author coaching
Keywords
- goal setting
- freelancing
- publishing
- author coaching
- support groups
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Wisconsin -Madison, GoalChatLive, Taste Buds, DebMethod.com, Barnes and Noble
Books & works: 52 Secrets for Goal-Setting and Goal-Getting
Places: Chicago, Los Angeles
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