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Marketing 101 - The Big Bucks
It happens - your marketing has paid off and you've been able to squirrel away some money; or even better, you're earning a steady stream...

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Mar 20, 20241 min read
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Marketing 101 - Mid Budget
I'm defining "mid-budget" as between $300 - $500. This could be a one-time spend or what you can afford to do monthly. However it works...

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Mar 13, 20242 min read
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Marketing 101 - No to Low Cost
In today's economy, there is something to be said for keeping overhead costs around the $Free.99 level as much as possible. For the newly...

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Mar 6, 20242 min read
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Might as Well Write It Now.
You've come this far, might as well see it through to "The End", eh? If you've followed the exercises in this month's blog series, you...

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Feb 28, 20242 min read
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You're Almost Ready to Write
Last week we set up our sections and established some foundational pieces on which we can now build our manuscript drafts, marketing...

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Feb 21, 20243 min read
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Ain't Nothing to It but to Do It
Time's a-wasin'. Let's get rolling on building our books... Grab your Build-a-Book supplies, be they analog or digital. We're going to...

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Feb 14, 20243 min read
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Bring Your Book to Life
Even before you self-publish, you can bring a version of your book to life. Think of this as building a three-dimensional vision "board"...

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Feb 7, 20242 min read
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New Year, New Book
I recently did some work for my "little" brother (he stands a good six inches taller than me). He wrote a self-help/memoir a few years...

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Jan 24, 20243 min read
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Your Turn!
Time to flex those story-arcing muscles. I know you have what it takes to build a story from a spark of inspiration. So here's an...

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Jan 17, 20241 min read
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Make It a Good One
Story by Robert McKee is how I was introduced to the Story Arc, a traditional way to tell a story that has proven to be the foundational...

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Jan 10, 20244 min read
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Ohhh, That Would Make a Great Story!
Inspiration - the spark that ignites the flame of an idea that then leads to the creation of something new. It can come in the form of so...

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Jan 3, 20243 min read
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"If You Fail to Plan..."
Plans are all well and good but unless you take action; unless you DO something, then it's all just a bunch of words on a page or images...

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Dec 27, 20233 min read
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Imagine It's March, 2024
You're sitting in your living room, looking through your (whatever it is you use to track your to-dos and such), and you notice several...

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Dec 20, 20233 min read
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"When You Know Better..."
"...Do better." - Dr. Maya Angelou Let's continue planning for 2024. You've gathered quite a bit of intel from your reflection on 2023....

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Dec 13, 20231 min read
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Flashback to the Time We Had...
I will spare you the rah-rah speech that most often gets hurled at you during this time of year. You know what I'm talking about - all...

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Dec 6, 20232 min read
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Scariest Movie Scenes I've Ever...Seen
Today, I’m sharing with you six of the scenes that scared me silly, from some of my favorite horror movies. These are in no particular...

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Oct 19, 20232 min read
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Scariest Books I Ever Read.
Can’t believe I didn’t post this one first. This is, after all, a blog by a writer. Why on Earth am I just now thinking of the scariest...

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Oct 18, 20232 min read
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Before there was American Horror Story.
Let’s talk television. For a while there, TV shows knew how to bring the chills without all the gore, then came cable, then came the...

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Oct 17, 20231 min read
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"That gave me nightmares..."
As a teenager, I loved the macabre - from books to movies, if it had anything to do with monsters, ghosts, and other assorted creeps, I...

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Oct 16, 20233 min read
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You Should Smile More.
Hey baby. Damn, you sho looking good in that dress. Why don't you come here and talk to me for a minute? Yo', I'm talking to you! What,...

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Oct 15, 20233 min read
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