Ask Yourself These Five Questions As a writer, I have had my share of rejections. It goes with the territory. Hopefully, it doesn’t defeat you and you continue to get out there with your work and keep submitting potential freelance clients, publishing houses, agents, and contests. Of course, we all…

I found the perfect antidote to writer burnout We’ve all learned how certain practices support others. Such a taking a walk can help us work out a problem or vacuuming the carpet encourages the resolution for a dilemma. For me it is hard labor of picking fruit and canning that…

Tips On How to Grow Your Business Faster and Maintain Momentum For new companies that want to ramp up quickly, the “go to” approach for fast growth is “growth hacking.” Growth hacking is a method for start-ups to reach larger audiences in a short amount of time. …

Writing is about inhabiting an entire world and everything we experience When we walk through life in the real world, there are things around us we don’t necessarily notice. We just absorb the sight and smells that make up our reality. However, in order to bring your book and the…

It’s easy if you follow the rules — Whether you are writing for work or plan to write a book, several skills apply across the board. Unfortunately, few of us can sit down and pound out a perfect novel at one sitting. Writing is learned and practiced and constantly requires editing and revision. So, let’s look at what…

Even if you are not in the news business — For many writers, the term deadline sends shock waves through their writer’s spines. It’s one of the many reasons potentially good journalists stay far away from a reporting job. I live with deadlines every day. It’s how I get my work done. Without a deadline, I’m “dead” in the water…

What if you knew you might never see your child again to save its life — Ten-year-old Ilse Hoenigsberg’s father was arrested and sent to either Buchenwald or Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, in March 1938. She tells us, “My age was ten. I was not present when he was arrested by the Nazi Police and taken away in custody in 1938.” …

This is her story — Even with all the possible options of communication, human trafficking and cults are still alive as ever. I never knew about Maggie’s past until she broke down crying one day. Her history caught up with her, and she needed to unload her story. Maggie, my friend, told me that one…

This is a detailed account of how I researched the book and landed my literary agent — Warning: This is not a short post. I wrote it because I’ve been asked repeatedly how I first decided to research my new book, how I got my agent (in detail), and where it all stands now. So, here goes: The subject was the woman I had been in contact…