A new year is upon us. Are you imagining one of promise and opportunities? Of change? Of better things? Or are you facing the year with doubts and maybe even a degree of fear? Take heart. Today’s post will help you set your feet on solid ground and design a year that will excite you…
Wow, this year has flown by! I am normally reviewing my goals for the year and planning next year by this time, but I am woefully behind. I still don’t have the draft of my next book written, and I had planned to release it this month. Ferguson and Maisie are getting a bit teed…
Today I want to tag onto a post I wrote back in March for my reader blog, DebraLButterfield.com, about expectations. I stated, “What we expect, we look for. Which means, we will see the bad we expect rather than the good we want” (or vice versa). Expectations have been a lifetime battle for me. Somewhere…
In my last post, I discussed through lines for nonfiction. Today, I’ll attempt to cover through lines for fiction. Allow me to repeat part of the last post: How many of you remember McDonald’s “special sauce” advertising for the Big Mac? I was around when they first used it in 1974. (After all these years,…
How many of you remember McDonald’s “special sauce” advertising for the Big Mac? I was around when they first used it in 1974. (After all these years, I wonder if the recipe is still the same. I’m not promoting McDonald’s.) So what’s special sauce got to do with writing? It’s my way of creating an…
My personal/professional development coach, David Neagle, recently said during a morning meeting that you can’t manage time, you can only manage your calendar. How true! But how many of us actually look at it that way? There is so much out there on the Internet about time management. And I’ve blogged about it too. But…
As you know, I’ve had some setbacks with my latest novel. It sent me back to the books to learn more. The following are those I’ve read this year. Secrets to Writing a Series by K. Stanley and L. Cooke came recommended by a friend from my critique group. Here’s a portion of the sales…
It’s time to talk about preparing for holiday marketing. I hear you moaning already. “It’s only August.” Yes, that means you have time to strategize, plan, write emails, create memes, and get it all scheduled. Which also means, you can relax and enjoy the holidays instead coming up with marketing ideas at the last minute….