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To Embrace Change or Not

25 October, 2016 by Debra

defeat in the boxing ringChange slapped me in the face a few weeks ago. More accurately, it slugged me so hard it knocked me down.

Has that ever happened to you?

For most of us life ushers in change. Getting married, having a baby, a child heads off to college. Or losing a loved one, a devastating illness, getting laid off.

When you’re in business for yourself—and yes, writers fit into that category—changes often include [Read more…] about To Embrace Change or Not

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Filed Under: Fear and Doubt Busters, Motivation Tagged With: change, fear

How to Engage Your Audience

21 October, 2016 by Debra

Today’s post is by award-winning author Kathy Nickerson, author of 4 books and counting. This year she released The Secret of Serendipity and Rose Hill Cottage, each a different genre. Her debut novel, Thirty Days to Glory, won the 2014 CSPA Book of the Year. Her books are engaging, fun, and always have a twist at the end.

Author Kathy NickersonHow to Engage Your Audience
by Kathy Nickerson

“Name one job you could do that does not require reading or writing.” This challenge is dangerous, and I throw it out like candy when [Read more…] about How to Engage Your Audience

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Filed Under: Guest Posts, Marketing Tips Tagged With: Kathy Nickerson, marketing

Be Confident as You Promote Your Book

17 October, 2016 by Debra

baseball field“If you build it they will come.”

We’ve all heard that before, and it worked great to promote Kevin Costner’s baseball-cornfield. But somewhere down the years, many people embraced that slogan concerning their own products.

By now I’m sure you, like me, have discovered that for anything else it doesn’t work!

You can’t put a book out there on Amazon and expect [Read more…] about Be Confident as You Promote Your Book

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Filed Under: Marketing Tips Tagged With: Abba's Promise

The Book Outline—Dispelling the Myth

11 October, 2016 by Debra

Outlining. It’s one of those touchy subjects among writers—should you outline your story or not?

But like my recent post “Are You Crippling Your Creativity?” there is a certain misconception about outlines many beginning writers have that I hope to dispel today.

Most of us grew up being taught the traditional outline. [Read more…] about The Book Outline—Dispelling the Myth

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Filed Under: Writing Skills Tagged With: outline, outlines, outlining, plot, Writing Tips

How does the power of observation affect our writing?

3 October, 2016 by Debra

candle flame blown by airGod designed us with 5 senses—hear, taste, touch, see, and smell.

In the majority of manuscripts I read, the sense of sight is heavily relied upon. It’s understandable to describe what we see in our world, but there’s so much more we can use [Read more…] about How does the power of observation affect our writing?

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The Art of Being Creative

1 October, 2016 by Debra

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Why Technology Matters

1 October, 2016 by Debra

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Just a Typical Day at Work

1 October, 2016 by Debra

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