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This week in Indie Publishing News
This week in Indie Publishing from Don. Don Massenzio Self-Publishing: An Insult to the Written Word or a Boon to the Industry? In an article by author Laurie Gough titled Self-Publishing: An Insult to the Written Word, she argues that self-publishing is devaluing to the art of writing, disrespectful, and less desirable than sharing “a… Continue reading
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The World We Live In
We wake up in the mornings and we go to work or we go to our office if we work from home. We get the children ready for school and send them off. Kiss our husbands. Kiss our wives. We complain about our jobs or the traffic on the way. We go to the grocery… Continue reading
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Dare to Struggle
To the champions. Dare to struggle. Dare to win. Continue reading
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Revision and Technique
Excellent advice on Revisions and Technique. Skylander Press Before beginning a revision project, it’s important to consider several technical matters. Just as important is to keep in mind that these aren’t rules, but principles that will encourage you to make informed choices about your work. For every suggestion or example, there are exceptions, and nothing… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – 5 Harlem Renaissance Women You Probably Don’t Know
If you’re anything like me, you get tired of the same repeated history. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston. These are names to which we are exceptionally familiar. They were great but we know them. Let’s talk about something else. Admittedly, I didn’t have a… Continue reading
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Writing and Financial Stability – The Harsh Reality
When I was in the eleventh grade, Mrs. Labno, my AP Lit teacher, gave us our end of the year assignment. We were to write an autobiography or rather, a condensed version of where we saw ourselves as adults. I still have that paper today and looking back on my own words I laugh. I… Continue reading
