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Years ago, a pastor suggested reading through the Book of Proverbs every month. One chapter per day, 31 chapters in the book, seemed like a reasonable idea. Especially if you’re looking to be wise. Wisdom isn’t a highly sought after commodity in many circles. People are content to “know enough” to do their jobs, take …
Last week, I wrote about how small goals got me published. And I talked about the three-step process I used to attain that goal. But does that help you set goals you can reach? Because if you can’t set reachable goals, you’re never going to move from where you are now to where you want …
The next time you visit my website to read a new blog, it will be 2017. Which means it’s time for me to think about a new theme to guide my posts and thoughts in the New Year. Thanks to plenty of reflection (and facing a few scary things), I’ve decided to banish fear in …
It’s that time of year again. The end is in sight and us type-A types start thinking about setting goals (or making resolutions) for the new year. Setting goals got me published. It sounds trite, I know. “If you want something, plan how to get it.” Don’t dream it, do it. And a million-and-five other …
During NaNoWriMo, I trained my Dragon. I know you are thinking: “NaNoWriMo is supposed to be about writing words.” Silly you. I got Dragon Naturally Speaking software a couple years ago. My husband knew I wanted to try speaking my writing. The next year, he bought me a new computer which had the Microsoft version …
By the time you read this post, it will have been four weeks since I mailed out my queries for Doomsday Dragons. The first week after they were gone, I was still combing through the manuscript. I read it aloud. Strengthened the sentences with stronger verbs and more precise nouns and descriptors. Tried to polish …
#BePositivein2015 is my annual focus. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve been barraged with posts having this hashtag or something like #Positiveattitude. Does that mean I haven’t said a negative word all year? Or that all my thoughts have been positive and uplifting? I won’t dare God to send a lightning bolt my way …
I’ve got the blues. Since sending my two fiction books to beta readers in late January, I have been floundering for true writing direction. Fiction or nonfiction? That is the question. Let’s face it, most people who dream of writing, dream of writing a knock-out, impossible-to-put-down novel. They want to weave the perfect story with …
This whole “promoting” thing just isn’t my thing. It feels like tooting my own horn. Or going door-to-door with a case of encyclopedias. Sure, I mentioned every stage of writing this book on my Facebook page. I posted about my release date on social media forums, but it felt superficial. How do you promote your …
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Here’s a sampling of the research I’m doing on my current work in progress. What do volcanoes, China, surfing and horse anatomy have in common? They make an appearance in my book. Now the question of the hour: What’s in your One Note (or Evernote or Scrivener or whatever you use to keep your …