Image by Mandy Fontana from Pixabay The reason I originally joined Medium was not to write but to read. I am a voracious speed reader. I consume at a minimum of five articles a day on average. I choose random articles because I have never read their writing. I have favorites where I read everything they published. My …
Image by GraphicMama-team from Pixabay “If you are not making someone else’s life better, than you are wasting your time “— Will Smith I am participating in the She Engineers Virtual Summit. The summit is a five-day virtual event that will take place from November 18 to November 22 — sponsored by Stephanie Slocum, who wrote the book. Her …
Shameless Self Promotion Image by Дарья Яковлева from Pixabay “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”― Mae West My first two books have won 2019 Gold Awards from Reader Favorites. Publishing the first book was really hard, the second only slightly easier. Image by the Author I am surprised and grateful. While …
One and Done Image by Alina Kuptsova from Pixabay Ok, team. What are you trying to tell me with one clap? I suck? You didn’t like the article? Do I need to reconsider my chosen profession as a writer? Look. If you don’t like my writing, I understand. I admit I write about whatever strikes my fancy. …
Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay Growing up, I wrote all the time, however, per my mom and dad, I needed a profession that could financially support myself and my family, so I became an engineer and corporate manager. I worked in corporate American for years and years, writing memos, budgets, project reports and productivity documents. I …
Be A Better Writer Daily Writing Is No Joke…Once You Stop, Restarting Is A Bitch Image by succo from Pixabay This month, I broke a 31-week daily writing streak. I felt just like a writer while getting my Hemmingway on every day. Since I write early, the completion of my minimum writing task for the day, started me on …
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Photo by Nextvoyage from Pexels You don’t know what you don’t know. Keep going. Self-publish your book. Writing my first book almost broke me. I self-published. I believed that self-publishing would take the delay out of the process. I was wrong. Self-publishing added an overabundance of new non-writing related tasks that took time to learn to …
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Image Source-Adobe Stock You’re not writing for them, are you? Write for you. If you are writing for anyone other than yourself, consider it changing. Everyone who reads your words will have an opinion about your writing. Friends, family and other writers will not hesitate to let you know what they think. Over the last …
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Image Source-Adobe Stock Writing my seventh book, drinking and thinking about the journey. It feels good to figure out what you should be doing. I’m a writer. I wrote my first book because I was desperate to get my ideas out in the world. I didn’t know I was that hungry. The writing rules are …
