How Much Should Community Cost?
I don’t believe community should cost money. Too many things in life are inaccessible to people because of the financial burden. I don’t believe the dream of being a published author should be one of them.
Opinion
Writing Struggles: Motivation or Inspiration?
My best writing happens when I’m inspired and the words are gnawing at my soul, champing at the bit to get to the page. No problem finding motivation to write on those days. But how can I find motivation on days I’m not “feeling inspired”?
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Who Likes Sending out Submissions?
In September, I purchased the Writer’s Market Guide to Agents, and I dutifully spent several afternoons scanning the listings to highlight possible “matches.” Yes, I think you can get it online and probably have the listings sorted for genre, but sometimes, a girl needs to do the work. I’m old school. I like holding a …
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Benefits of Going Gluten Free
When I went to the naturopathic doctor and bemoaned my struggle to lose weight, she mentioned that a number of her patients changed only one thing in their diet and lost weight. That one thing was to avoid gluten
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Confessions of an Exercise-a-holic
Hello. My name is Sharon. I’m an addict. Yes, I freely admit it, I’m addicted to exercise. What? You don’t think that’s a REAL addiction? And why is that? Because exercise is supposed to be good for you and that means you can’t be addicted to it? Vegetables are good for you, and there are …
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Not Your Average Book Review
Book reviews. Authors will go to great lengths to get readers to post even the shortest one on Amazon and other book retailer sites. Plenty of authors don’t read the reviews on their books, though. They don’t want to know what people didn’t like. Not me. I think I’ve read every review. Some of them …
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An Author’s Thoughts on Two Authors
Asking an author who their favorite author is might get you all sorts of interesting responses. They might say something like: “Me. Duh!” For me, it’s a loaded question. It might not be tantamount to climbing Mt. Everest or naming my favorite book, but it would be a pretty close third. (I’ll let YOU decide …
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How Do You Feel About Waiting?
If you want to be a published author, get used to waiting. You can wait for up to six months to hear back from queries. Even if you take the indie publishing path, you’ll wait on cover designs, edits and approval of your uploaded files. I used to hate waiting. Okay, I’m still not a …
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Why Kind Makes Right
Might does NOT make right, but kindness sure does. Not sure if you agree? I hope you’ll read on as I disseminate some interesting information from an article a friend shared on Facebook a few weeks ago. The article, “Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds,” by James Clear doesn’t sound like it’s about kindness at …
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Everyone Struggles but Gratitude Can Help
This year, more than others in recent memory, has been plagued with struggles of unique and troublesome sorts for our nation and community. In the midst of this, giving up might seem expedient but I suggest giving thanks instead. It’s been awhile since my year of gratitude (that was 2016), but those #366DaysofGratitude taught me …
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