Author Confidence or Self-Doubt?

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A few weekends ago, my husband and I attended an event featuring the bestselling financial guru, Suze Orman. My husband’s employer Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah Georgia sponsored the community outreach program. The day of the event, we headed out early in the morning over the Savannah River to the Westin. Hundreds waited in line for [...]

Writers and Authors: How Many of You Have Heard “Get a Real Job”?

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“Mom, get a real job” For several years, I worked as an adjunct at a local university. Recently my fifteen year old daughter who is a smart athletic social butterfly turned to me and said, “Mom why don’t you get a real job? Like work back at the college like you use to?” My fashion [...]

Amazon Bestselling Author Theresa Ragan says: “Write!”

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Like many writers, I spend too many hours every week reading blog posts and articles on publishing: Are we “indies” or are we “Self-published”?  How are sales? Do you copyright your stories? What’s new in marketing and promoting? How do I get noticed? Should I do a blog tour? Over the past twenty years, I’ve [...]

Writers Facing Fear for Our Characters and for Us as Human Beings (Part One)

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There are a few things (okay maybe more than a few things) I simply don’t like.  Arrogance and entitlement. Waiting (even having four children I still have the bare minimum of patience.)  People who have loads of money but still cry poor mouth. Chaos.  Poor hygiene. You get the point. The bottom line: there are [...]

WG2E Guest Angela Brown (WG2E Write Well Series): In Your Life’s Tag Cloud…Remember “You”

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Please give a Big Ol’ WG2E Welcome to our Guest, Angela Brown! She’s got fabulous scoop to share with us as part of our new WG2E Write Well Series! We can’t produce great writing and run successful epublishing empires for the long term if we don’t take care of ourselves along the way… Imagine life [...]