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Get Out There
I’m glad I didn’t know much about publishing when I published my first book or my second for that matter. Though I surely paid in quality, I’m still glad I was green. Before you judge, hear me out. There’s a lot of information out there. Everyone has an opinion on how a book should be… Continue reading
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3 Reasons Working for Yourself is Harder than Working for Someone Else
It is more challenging to work for yourself in my opinion than someone else. My husband and I both run our own businesses. Here’s why it’s more of a challenge: You Can’t Be Lazy I know, you work for yourself, why can’t you? The truth is that though it’s more freedom, this freedom is a… Continue reading
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Realistic Character Changes
With the exception of books I read for review, during my regular reading times I have this bad habit of reading more than one book at a time. I’ll start reading a book and then stop and mark it off so I can go think about it. My intention is to come back after thinking… Continue reading
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How Different Types of Reading Change Your Writing

Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski: ? You are what you read. That is a simple enough concept, but it turns out that it means more than just that people who read mysteries may become better at writing mysteries. What a person reads fundamentally changes the structure of his or her writing. In June of 2016, the International Journal… Continue reading
