Summer Reads Make Us Feel Fine

summer reads

Whether you’ve escaped to the beach for a long getaway or are just taking the afternoon to visit your local park, if you’re like us, you know that nothing adds to the enjoyment of summer relaxation or summer reads more than bringing along a good book. Though summer is nearly over, there’s still time to…

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Publishing Process Breakdown: The 5 Steps to Getting a Book Published

Publishing Process Breakdown: The 5 Steps to Getting Published

For many aspiring authors, the steps of getting a book published and going through the publishing process can appear daunting. Many would-be authors haven’t a clue where to begin. Once you know the basics of how the publishing industry works, the myths, the realities, and what motivates agents and publishers, the process becomes way less…

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When You Should NOT Write A Book

When You Should Not Write A book

I know what you’re thinking: “She’s lost it.” After all, I’m a book coach. Shouldn’t I be encouraging everyone to write a book? Well, I’d be a pretty bad book coach if I were doing that. The reality is that not everyone needs to write a book. In fact, under some circumstances, writing a book…

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Books Are the Key that Unlocks Empathy

This week, as I witness the fallout from another, yet especially blatant abuse of police power, which led to yet another death of an innocent Black man, I am embarrassed by a lot of the commentary from my fellow white people. Commentary such as “all lives matter” in response to “Black lives matter” and condemnations…

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Your Best Content is Clear…Too Clear

Your Best Content is Clear for book blog

The way I see it, at the end of the day, we’re all just fish. I don’t mean literally fish– that’s insane. I mean, we’re all shrink-wrapped to our own consciousness. It’s as if there’s this layer of film clinging to our consciousness, and when we look out, it looks like what a fish sees…

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