Pets, Pets and More Pets, oh my!
Do you remember all your pets from your childhood days? I do, and there were a lot of them. I had fantastic parents who let me have all the animals …
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Free Hugs
I was just reading a message from someone who had just finished reading my latest book. They were telling me how they had needed a laugh and I had provided …
Paying it forward
There was a time in my life where I hit a rough patch to say the least. It was after my divorce from my first husband. My son was barely …
Laughter is always the best medicine
It started out to be a depressing day for me; one of those days where if anything could go wrong, it would. The weather was cold outside; barely at the …
Burning the house down
Recently, I was thrown in Facebook Jail for posting a sentence which read “I would burn the house down.” The conversation I was having was about spiders. A friend had …
An Attitude of gratitude
Gratitude is defined in The Merriam-Webster Dictionary as: thankfulness. Thankful is defined as: conscious of benefit received, expressive of thanks. Today’s world has lost all sense of the word gratitude. …
The Story of Me
Recently I was doing a program on writing and talking not only about how I got started writing but also explained why I write. Several friends were in the audience …
How To Create Ripples – Part 7
Natural self-promoters don’t say it once. They say it many times. We have to make multiple impressions. So keep those ripples going. Here are a few more ways to create …
How To Create Ripples – Part 6
Name recognition is an asset we can take to the bank. Keep in mind that IT’S NOT ABOUT SELLING BOOKS! It’s about SELLING YOURSELF. Think about it. We writers are …
How to Create Ripples – Part 5
Let’s talk publicity. First rule of thumb is “Be Prepared.” You need to be prepared for that phone call from the media, a radio talk show or even Oprah Winfrey. …