I first wrote this five years ago. The post remains relevant! There are a number of reasons why readers don’t write reviews of books. Below are five. As I evaluate my progress over the past years in the world of independent publishing and mark off checklists (website –check, blog – check, email capture – check, […]
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Not everyone understands the benefits of blogging. Whenever I complain about not having enough time to do everything I think I need to do–family responsibilities, writing and publishing books, writing articles and submitting them to magazines, marketing, maintaining my website, and blogging—my husband, the accountant, asks: “What has the potential to make the most […]
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Happy birthday to me! It’s my birthday. You reach a certain age and giving gifts becomes more important than receiving them. What can you give someone who has everything? I plan to celebrate my birthday by taking two of my grandsons to see Toy Story 4 then out for a treat. However, there is something […]
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What do you do when life knocks you down? Get up and dance! At least that’s what the members of the Reese family and their friends strive to do. Sign up for my email list and receive the first book of the Dancing through Life series for free! Meet Sara, a senior at Michigan State […]
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As the queen of goal setting, imagine my surprise when I went to look for my 2017 writing goals and didn’t find any! Yes, I had gone a whole year without having any goals written down. How had that happened? I really don’t know. I guess I was busy with other things and forgot. This […]
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In the fourth book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, there is a maze that the students compete in that changes it’s pathways as you walk through it. This means that you can’t go back the way you came in because that way no longer exists. Driving my car […]
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I’ve had a great July. I focused on writing the first draft of the next novel in my Dancing through Life Series. The only problem is that in order to do that, I had to neglect others aspects of writing and life. So now I’m playing catch-up, while trying to revise what I wrote […]
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I need your help! I have completed the first draft of the next book in my Dancing through Life Series, An Irish Slip Step. Now, time to pick a cover but which one? I love them both. I guess that’s a good problem to have. I would love to have your input on which […]
Read MoreThe WordPress meet-up I regularly attend has a “Bring Out Your Dead” meeting every other month where you bring in your problems with your website and more experienced members help the less experienced ones. They first held this close to Halloween, hence the name. Members liked the concept so the name stuck. It was at […]
Read MoreLimited time offer – sign up for my newsletter and the first twenty people will receive a free audio version of my book, Magnificent Failure. Be the first to hear about upcoming events, new releases and book giveaways by receiving my monthly newsletter. Just hit the yellow button on the right. Magnificent Failure Is it […]
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