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September 27, 2016

8 Things to Do Before Publishing Your Next Blog Post

Below are some great links from This Mama Learns Blog to help us become better bloggers! I discovered her on Pinterest yesterday and her blog is super cute! I love the way she has branded her colors and incorporated her images all professional and fun looking. Below are articles I found helpful. Enjoy: 8 Things… Continue reading

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#TuesdayShares, beginners, blog, bloggers, blogging, branding, colors, general, google, images, links, secrets, start-up, wordpress

September 27, 2016

Self-Publishing – Laying Bricks Ep 4: The Pathway

People lay bricks for many different reasons. Whether you are building for a brick home, a drive through, or storefront, the process is the same. Like mathematics, as long as you have the basic formula for masonry you can succeed in brick laying. As long as you remember to add, subtract, multiply, and divide you… Continue reading

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September 20, 2016

From Grammarly to WordRake: A Review of 6 Automatic Editing Tools

Writers check it out! Excellent editing tools for those self edits. Use them to edit your manuscript or blog post. But, as the article states,remember: “An automatic editing tool doesn’t replace a human editor. Because language rules and elements of a good story can be so flexible, human eyes will always be superior to the… Continue reading

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#amediting, #amwriting, #TuesdayShares, #WritersLife, #writetips, editing, grammarly, reblog, reblogs, research, tools, wordrake, writers, writing, writing tools

September 13, 2016

To Be Real

Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.’ ‘Does it hurt?’ asked the Rabbit. ‘Sometimes,’ said the Skin Horse, for he was always… Continue reading

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#TuesdayShares, authentic, beauty, hurt, lessons, life, love, moral, pain, realness, story, strength, struggle, The Velveteen Rabbit

September 13, 2016

Self-Publishing – Laying Bricks Ep 3: Cutting The Excess

When applying Mortar, sometimes it’s just too much and you need to cut the excess. When you get your script back, you’ll need to decide what to keep and what to ignore. Cutting The Bricks “A good book needs a good edit: nothing screams ‘amateur’ louder than a glaring spelling mistake or improper punctuation. One… Continue reading

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#TuesdayShares, authors, blog, bloggers, blogging, books, bricks, building, editing, indie authors, pbs, proofread, revision, self-publishing

September 6, 2016

Self-Publishing – Laying Bricks Ep 2: Mortar

“You cannot build your hopes upon unstable foundations and expect a product of longevity.” – Audrey Prim, Quote From heyygurrlheyy.wordpress.com Sure, there are other things we’ll need to do: paint the walls, add furniture, and hire professionals but not now, not while laying bricks. Execution is vital in going from an idea to something that… Continue reading

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September 1, 2016

Lost to History – Unfamiliar Faces: Francis E.W. Harper

Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Richard Wright, and Zora Neale Hurston are among many peoples list of powerful writer influences. Throw in Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, Octavia Butler, and Langston Hughes and you have a dream team of the world’s most quoted, most copied, and most talked about black writer contributors of all time.… Continue reading

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