Dr. Loretta Breuning On The 5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer

If you’re writing for money, you have to do what sells. If you have another source of income, you have more freedom. I have not made money to live on from writing. I was a college professor and took early retirement to write.

Some writers and authors have a knack for using language that can really move people. Some writers and authors have been able to influence millions with their words alone. What does it take to become an effective and successful author or writer? In this interview series, called “5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer” we are talking to successful authors and writers who can share lessons from their experiences.

As part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Loretta Breuning. Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD, is the author of Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin and Endorphin Levels. She’s Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. Dr. Breuning’s many books, videos and podcasts explain the brain chemistry we’ve inherited from earlier mammals, so we can find our…