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CHANGE means…celebrating a great tradition
It’s that time of the year again—Thanksgiving—a tradition rooted in English customs dating from the Protestant Reformation and associated with harvest festival. These days, it’s primarily celebrated as...
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A Holistic Approach to Book Marketing
Indie publishing is alive and well, and book marketing has become a thriving business. In fact, many books have been published on the art and science of book marketing. Blogs abound with tips and links...
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Out-of-the-box Book Marketing Tips
My recent blog post—A Holistic Approach to Book Marketing—attracted a great deal of attention from members of a LinkedIn group, who have very kindly shared some of their innovative book promotions,...
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Guidelines For Guest Bloggers
Hello, and welcome to my blog. My name is Belinda Nicoll, and I work as a freelance writer and creativity coach. I’m an active blogger and author of a memoir titled Out of Sync—a story about my...
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When All That Writing Ambition Shit Gets Real
Daniel Romo is one of those types of artists I revere: a poet—you know, those writers who can tell a whole story in a few abbreviated lines and make is sound romantic, and sexy, and intelligent. He’s...
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What is the Gist of Your Story? #1
THE HALLMARKS OF GREAT WRITING A Sound Premise and Compelling Themes Congratulations—you have defined the genre of your writing project, are creating a bond with your characters, and the plot is...
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What is the Gist of Your Story? #2
THE HALLMARKS OF GREAT WRITING A Sound Premise and Compelling Themes Last week, I discussed the need to identify your story’s themes in order to construct a sound premise that will convince both an...
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A to Z Blogging Challenge 2013
In addition to the ongoing marketing of my memoir, Out of Sync, another important goal this year is to make good progress with my novel and creative writing guidebook. As you all might know, book...
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What is the Gist of Your Story? #3
THE HALLMARKS OF GREAT WRITING A Sound Premise and Compelling Themes In another addition to the series on literary themes and premise, I’d like you to join me in welcoming Kim Wright. Kim’s bio Kim has...
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What is the Gist of Your Story? #4
A sound premise and compelling themes are undoubtedly the hallmarks of great writing. In another addition to the series on literary themes and premise, I’d like you to join me in welcoming Kathleen...
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What is the Gist of Your Story? #5
A sound premise and compelling themes are undoubtedly the hallmarks of great writing. In another addition to the series on literary themes and premise, I’d like you to join me in welcoming Mary...
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What is the Gist of Your Story? #6
A sound premise and compelling themes are undoubtedly the hallmarks of great writing. In another addition to the series on literary themes and premise, I’d like to review the much loved memoir, The...
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What is the Gist of Your Story? #7
A sound premise and compelling themes are undoubtedly the hallmarks of great writing. In another addition to the series on literary themes and premise, I’d like you to join me in welcoming Paige...
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What is the Gist of Your Story? #8
A sound premise and compelling themes are undoubtedly the hallmarks of great writing. In another addition to the SERIES on literary themes and premise, I’d like you to join me in welcoming Susan...
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A to Z Blog Challenge ALERT
Let me tell you a little more about how I got to be an author and a teacher of creative writing. More specifically, since my A to Z Blog Challenge series will be mainly about my creative writing guide,...
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A to Z Blog Challenge #1
AWARENESS Awareness incorporates both our internal and external worlds. Whereas sensory awareness helps us to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel aspects of our environment, introspective awareness puts...
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A to Z Blog Challenge #2
BOUNDARIES Do you have a healthy sense of self, or do you try to be who everyone else wants you to be? To define your identity you need to set clear boundaries on physical, emotional, mental and...
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A to Z Blog Challenge #3
CHANGE The classic maxim, the only constant is change, is as true of the ever-evolving social media and information technology phenomena as it is of the increasing complexity of life in today’s...
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A to Z Blog Challenge #4
DISASSOCIATION I’d like to introduce the concept of disassociation as a state that occurs on a continuum of pathological (dissociative disorders) to non-pathological (mild detachment from immediate...
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A to Z Blog Challenge #5
EXPRESSION - an MFA craft essay - Expression is the “act of transforming ideas into words”…you know—that stuff that writers do to convey mood, setting, thoughts, dialogue, emotion…tell stories. In a...
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