Welcome to Optimist Writer!
My name is Victoria Ichizli-Bartels. I am the author of over 15 books, and I am also an instructor, coach, and consultant in the areas of Self-Gamification (for personal and work-life) and S1000D (especially, business rules).
Check out all my books and an online course here:
Motivational Books
New in September 2020!
Turn Your No Into Yes
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Here is the original version of Turn Your No Into Yes, written and published on this website in 2016. An updated version is available on various online stores starting with September 2020. See above.
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Published in June 2020:
Gameful Writing
Book 4 in Series “Gameful Life”
A Parable with Seven People, Seven Stories, Seven Lessons Learned
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Published in April 2020:
Gameful Isolation
Book 3 in Series “Gameful Life”
Making the Best of a Crisis,
the Self-Gamification Way
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Published in March 2020:
Gameful Healing:
Almost a Memoir; Not Quite a Parable
Book 2 in Series “Gameful Life”
This is a story about learning to navigate health conditions without judgment; making progress towards healing in small, incremental steps; and approaching those steps with a fun, gameful attitude.
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Published in January 2020:
Gameful Project Management
Book 1 in Series “Gameful Life”
A practical guide to improving the flow of your projects
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Published in February 2020:
The Who, What, When, Where, Why & How
of Turning Life into Fun Games
A Compressed Version
of the Self-Gamification Happiness Formula
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The Self-Gamification Happiness Formula:
How to Turn Your Life into Fun Games
Read the book and learn how to motivate yourself by practicing self-gamification — a unique self-help approach to implementing game design elements into your life.
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Available also as an audiobook!!!
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Online Course:
Motivate Yourself by Turning Your Life into Fun Games
Practice Self-Gamification, a Unique Self-Help Approach Uniting Anthropology, Kaizen, and Gamification
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“Great tool for overcoming procrastination!”
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“Must Read for Authors and Writers”
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Business Books
“A book all entrepreneurs should read.”
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Get a better understanding of S1000D business rules.
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“Vital publication for S1000D starters.”
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Unpublished: August 23, 2017
More details and reasons for unpublishing: click on the image or here.
Fiction Books
Standalones
“A great book, couldn’t put it down.”
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Between Grace and Abyss:
A Short Story
What will happen when a hopeful person
meets a grieving one?
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“A deeply moving story,
very beautifully told.”
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Series “A Life Upside Down”
“Read it one sitting –
held my interest completely.”
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“Love & Espionage!
An engaging, thoughtful book!”
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