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January 7, 2022

The Hardest Lesson I Have Had to Learn as an Authorpreneur

One of the biggest mistakes I made on my Authorprenur* journey was doing everything for free. Everything from book reviews to interviews to consults was free at one time. I gave everything away. I even taught people the steps needed to publish books on their own without them giving me a dime. *A play on… Continue reading

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December 28, 2020

Dear Indie Authors, Please Identify Your Target Audience in 2021

Entrepreneurship has been the talk of 2020. With the COVID-19 virus sweeping the world, many new businesses have been born. It is a delight to see people take something as detrimental as a deadly global pandemic and use it as the catalyst for stepping outside their comfort zones. Every day someone is beaming about their… Continue reading

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September 16, 2020

Why I Say “Thank You” (and why you should too)

This post is longer than I would like, but I think the message is necessary. If you’ve been following me online for any significant amount of time, you know I am always saying thank you or reintroducing myself to new readers. I do this because of my firm belief in the phrase, “people don’t have… Continue reading

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March 1, 2019

Dear Black Entrepreneur: You Are Enough

I was sitting here drafting a Black History Fun Fact about the first black-owned TV and radio stations but as I read I noticed a disturbing trend. A trend we can still see present today. To start, I was researching WGPR-TV, first black-owned television station in the U.S. and W.E.R.D., first black-owned radio station in… Continue reading

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The Hardest Lesson I Have Had to Learn as an Authorpreneur

Dear Indie Authors, Please Identify Your Target Audience in 2021

Why I Say “Thank You” (and why you should too)

Dear Black Entrepreneur: You Are Enough