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The One Thing I Learned about Rejection from 60 Days of Crowdfunding My Memoir

June 26th, 2017|courage, crowdfunding, defining moments, dreams, memoir writing, new books, new memoir, pain stories, Uncategorized|

Today I want to talk a bit about rejection and how it affected me personally as an author specifically with crowdfunding. When I finalized the decision to go the crowdfunding route for my second memoir Sand and Steel: the Spiritual Journey Home, I was a bit hesitant. I had already published an award-winning book called [...]

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6 Top Lessons I Learned to Plan for Creative Success in 2017

January 2nd, 2017|author platform, authorship, content building, courage, creativity, crowdfunding, marketing, Uncategorized|

Writing a book is fun and wickedly creative. But once you enter the publishing door, you don't realize how book promotion will start taking your full attention, loads of creativity, tons of energy, and sometimes a little (or a lot of) money. You learn how to cultivate a following. You are not known in your [...]

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10 Experts Weigh in: Author Platform Building Mistakes to Avoid

December 9th, 2016|author platform, courage, creativity, crowdfunding, faith, hybrid publishing, marketing, message making, mindset, Uncategorized|

Many of the authors with whom I come into contact with have unanimously said that the biggest frustration with getting online fans for the launch of their upcoming book is knowing how to identify those fans first and engage them. As one who has built my author platform  from scratch for the launch of my [...]

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