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With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, it is likely that we all will spend a lot of time in the upcoming weeks thinking about love. All too often, when we think about love, we only legitimize romantic love. Love is a multi-faceted emotion that covers a broad scope; […]

I believe that it is our nature to split our lives into sections. When we look back on our lives, we divide them into eras. For me, those eras are marked by whatever book series I was obsessed with at the time—in fourth and fifth grade I […]

Conflict is the driving force of any story because of how it influences the sequence of events in a plot. Conflict may occur within the character’s own mind (internal conflict) or between a character and an outside force (external conflict). No matter what way it is presented, […]

At ten-years-old, I was a tall, lanky fourth grader with grown up teeth far too big for my small, childlike mouth. I had long, blonde curls that my mother insisted on dressing up with ribbons and bows and that was the first year that I could wear […]

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Snapchat—these are just a few of the many social media platforms that can be utilized to connect with friends and family, keep up with world events and to help market your business. As people living in the twenty-first century, we have been […]

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use the more you have.” – Maya Angelou Creativity is one of the defining characteristics of mankind. Humans seem to possess an inherent need to create and that sense of artistry, coupled with imagination and ambition, has led to […]

As a child, I grew up in a suburb right outside of Dallas. My dad worked as a mechanic and my mom worked as a teacher’s assistant at a local elementary school. Needlessly to say, I did not grow up with a lot of money. Don’t get […]

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Imagine that you are sitting down to begin writing the next great American novel. You have a gripping plot and complex characters, but you can’t shake the […]

When sitting down to begin writing your novel, one of the first things that you will need to do is create your main and side characters. This can feel like a daunting task because these characters are the lens in which your readers will view your story. […]

Word of Mouth Promotion – one of the best ways to get book publicity is to get people talking! If you have a book publicist they will work to get a buzz around your book, inspiring people to tell others to pick it up. Nothing sells a book […]

Podcasts and Blogs – in today’s Internet world, everyone has a voice. The sheer amount of Blogs and Podcasts is great for your book publicity! You will need to research the right Blogs and Podcasts that fit your genre and try to place you, or your work, on […]