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Why Is It So Hard to Start, Finish, and Start Again?
Understanding the Creative Cycle The Creative Cycle at a Glance If you have ever stared at a blank page, a new business idea, a fitness plan, or a half-finished project and thought, “Why is this so hard?” you are not alone. Starting is exciting. The middle feels endless. Finishing is exhausting. And sometimes, after finishing,…
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Why I Wrote Echoes Beneath: A Project Enterprise Story
Do you like to know what went on behind the scenes of a story? As a long time reader, I’ve always been curious about how an author came up with an idea, or “met” the characters, or why they chose to tell a story that way. That’s why I make a point of doing a…
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Ancient Tech. Modern Trouble. No Backup.
You know it’s bad when the bird is nervous.
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Do Romance Novels Have to Be Explicit?
Not all romance novels are explicit. Discover the difference between sweet, moderate, and steamy romance and how to choose books you will love.
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Parlez-vous Français?
My marketing mentor, Narelle Todd of Get My Book Out There, encourages us to step outside our comfort zones. I should mention that my comfort zone is deep, wide, and not unlike a sucking black hole determined to keep me inside. No matter what color it is, I like being there. However, I also do…
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Time Is Broken, But The Books Are Still Coming
It is somehow already more than halfway through January, which clearly explains how 2025 went by so fast. Clearly, time is speeding up. We cannot see it happening, because clocks are speeding up too. That is just science. Possibly questionable science, but science nonetheless. I will admit my data is entirely anecdotal. Still, I know…
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Welcome to the Uneasy Future: Where New Orleans is Still… New Orleans!
Ever wondered what New Orleans might look like a few hundred years from now?
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Turning the Page: Finding Joy in New Beginnings
January always feels like a blank page waiting to be written on.
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Stories to Carry Us Forward
As one year closes and another begins, I always find myself looking back through the stories that filled my days. Some were mine, most belonged to others, but all of them left a little light behind.
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Merry Christmas from My Family to Yours!
Merry Christmas from my family to yours!