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A Step-by-Step Guide to Self Publishing by Chris Rachael Oseland
Welcome to part two of the incredibly informative interview with Chris Rachael Oseland. You may remember her from her post last month all about how-to build your writer's platform. Start way in advance of publishing your book. Those are the people who will support...
Dear White Male Professor. There’s nothing to fear!
When I came across this Vox article from “Edward Schlosser” this morning, I was all primed to agree. A friend whose politics I trust recommendeded it. It appears on a site that generally I generally enjoy. And if you know anything about me at all, you know my disdain...
Oh Charlie Charlie, how time leaps and flies away from us
The doctor thought Charlie would arrive early. He didn’t. He was almost two weeks late. Funny that even with that extra time, my doctor didn’t make it to his birth.
And then, it’s a whole year later. How swiftly time passes when you’re not pregnant.
This is my birthday card to Charlie!
Interview with Chris Rachael Oseland: Find your own Party Geeks Who Craft
Whats the best way to learn how-to and where-to publish and market your own books? Ask authors who have been there and done that. Chris Rachael Oseland, blogger at Kitchen Overlord and the author of many self published cookbooks gives you her sharpest advice.
A Portrait of Lila on the Eve of her 11th Birthday
I lost track of you this last year. Call it pregnancy brain if you will. I stopped making breakfast for you in the mornings, because I was too nauseated to toast bread. At night, our bedtime chats cut short because I was too large and uncomfortable to fit in bed with...
Writing Prompt: What will you say about yourself when you’re gone?
It’s not easy to think about the time after your death. When will it happen? What will the world be like? What will you say?
Two examples within. Then you write your own.
Holy Crap, I Did It!
This time last year, I was in the midst of applying for Argentine residency and couldn’t leave the country. The idea of being stuck and unable to travel was, to say the least, uncomfortable, but since I was also hugely pregnant, the discomfort of an extra 40 pounds...
50 Mentors! 50 Hours! 50 Women! Sign up for my mentoring exchange!
The 2015 Women's Mentor Exchange has ended. Thank you to all who took part. It has been an amazing experience, and I'll be doing it again next year so sign up for my newsletter and I'll send you all the details. I have a custom. Every year on my birthday, I give gifts...
Dearest Margaret: On Love and Abundance
This post talks about death, but really it’s about life. It’s about us, humans, as an evolving species as we expand our experience and become more open. It’s about abundance and about flowers in a garden on the other side of the planet.
Happy new year!
An Ode to Johnny Vagabond
“People are funny,” I told him. “And nuts.”
“Thank the gods,” he replied. “Otherwise I’d be bored shitless.”
And that right there tells you everything you need to know about Wes Nations and why he was such a damn fine storyteller.
Yeah, he was a fabulous storyteller, but that’s not the only reason I’ll miss him.