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Building Your Reader Community
People don’t tell new Indie Authors that publishing a book does not mean people will buy it. That is why the moment you decide you are writing your book must be the moment you also start building your community. Building a reader community is important because it is the first step toward getting your book… Continue reading
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Do You Know Your Somebodiness?
Crazy to think that in just a few short hours, this day will be part of history. As I write this, I think about how easily today becomes a memory. The question is, will it be a day worth remembering? Will I remember a cold day with clear skies and the birds building their nests… Continue reading
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Signs You Are Not Ready to Self-Publish Part 4: You Are Afraid Someone Will Steal Your Idea
One of the first signs that someone is new to publishing is their obsession with copyright. Everyone at some point thinks about ways to protect what they have built, but obsessing over the possibility of someone stealing your work is one sure way of waving your hands in a crowded room and shouting, “Hey, everyone!… Continue reading
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The Sound of Silence
A lot is going on in the world, so I sit here bathed in solitude and fishing for a thought. Let the noisy silence of second hands and chirping birds lend me the inspiration needed to write. Let the calm of the rain suicide its face onto my windowsill, onto shingled rooftops, ripping puddles, or… Continue reading
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Poetry of the Phoenix
And we sit around the firewatching the golden ball of flameleap and howl and transform the woodinto hot ribbons of light.Somewhere, we hope to be transformed toospark like the flames dancingsearching for some light in the times we live inand come out renewed from the furnace of afflictionthis firepoetry of the phoenix. Continue reading
