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May 14, 2015
Book Review: Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an advance reading copy of Royal Wedding, by Meg Cabot.What is interesting to note, this is the first book in the Princess Diaries series that is an adult title. The book will be released on June 2, 2015, I will not ruin the book for the Meg Cabot fans, but I will review it.It's great to see that the language and the subject matter ages with 
May 13, 2015
Money, Publishing and Writers
What does money, publishing and writers have anything to do with the process of writing? I know we would all love to earn more money with our writing. As much as I'd like to say that there is an wonderful and easy way to do this, there is not. I have to write and publish a book to eventually earn some income, and that part of my life will not change. I write a blog post, and publish it in 
May 10, 2015
Book Review: 17 Carnations: The Royals, The Nazis And The Biggest Cover-up In History by Andrew Morton
Andrew Morton's Book I have put great effort into reading 17 Carnations: The Royals, The Nazis And The Biggest Cover-up In History, by Andrew Morton, and I have to say I will not put in anymore. 17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis and the Biggest Cover-Up in History is a non-fiction historical account of the escapades of Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, and his various 
May 9, 2015
What Is the Key to Success?
What is the key to success? Is it AdSense or Writing? The reason I've had challenges in my writing and eanring income, is the same as you, and that is to make money with Google AdSense you will need to get traffic. When I write about the term traffic and I do mean a lot of traffic I am talking about the readers who come to your blog, and how we can increase this to earn income. By this 
May 6, 2015
Book Review: The Heir by Kiera Cass
I purposely didn't read anything that would give away the storyline to The Heir by Kiera Cass.So when I tiptoed downstairs to my fully charged iPad, being ever so cautious of every sound I made. A simple squeak of the stair or creak of the cupboard would awake my sleeping brood.I downloaded the ebook and began to read Kiera Cass's newest book,The Heir . I fell in love 
May 5, 2015
The Allure of Traditional Publishing.
The beauty and glamour of traditional publishing. As much as things have changed over the years with traditional publishing and self-publishing, somethings still hold true and will never change. The beauty of becoming a more powerful writer is knowing some basic do and don't and not get moved by the glamour of being a published author from a traditional publishing house. Similar to 
May 4, 2015
Book Review: The Elite and The One by Kiera Cass
I've done a book review on the Selection series before, and with the new book coming out tomorrow, here are the other two. With the new Kiera Cass book being released May 5th I wanted to get the readers up to speed. Cass was excited to announce the upcoming book, the heir being the fourth in the series and the fifth (untitled) coming out later.As part of the Teen Challenge I read The 
May 2, 2015
Writing Great Blog Posts
When Publishing A Fine Blog Post What do I need to publish something great? First, define your great. A blog post can be as long or as short as you need it based on your audience. Itneed to capture what you need to say in a way that will eventually help another writer. Writing great blog posts isn't as easy is it may seem because there is always someone who might know more than you do.
May 1, 2015
Book Review: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Even with her new book out, Better Than Before and I plan to read and review it, I decided to read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin first to give me some sense of perspective. In the last year I had a lot of things to be unhappy about. My oldest son is lagging behind in school because of his ADHD, my daughter (the middle child) on a routine eye exam I found out she was losing 
April 30, 2015
Do's and Don't's of Self-Publishing
Self-publishing is a journey where you grow as a writer and as a person who has a business. It's all about hard work, and all about building a reputation as a writer. Self-publishing isn't the challenge it once was but it's not the time to chose it simply because it looks as if it's a good options. Should you self-publish your book? Here are a few of my personal doand don't. Don't: 
