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Why Writers Need Their Own Author Website

December 26, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Why Writers Need Their Own Author Website

Many book authors decide that they do not need their own book author websites. These authors feel that they can get enough exposure by listing their book on the various online book sites.Yet, if you are truly interested in giving your book the best online marketing opportunities, you need to have your own author website. […]

Filed Under: Building an Author Website, For Writers, Publishing and Marketing Tagged With: author websites, Phyllis Zimbler Miller

Sassman Memory Farm

December 21, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Sassman Memory Farm

It all started with a single strand of Christmas lights put up by a brother in memory of his sister, who had passed away due to cancer. Now, 19 years later, the Christmas light display at Earl Sassman’s Memory Farm at 3446 Point Pleasant Road in Elk Grove has grown to 150,000 lights and can be seen from […]

Filed Under: For Readers, For Writers, Life on the Farm, Lifestyle, Reaching Out Tagged With: Earl and Judy Sassman, Sassman Memory Farm

Having Never Really Lived

December 19, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Having Never Really Lived

When the 14th Dalai Lama was asked, “What about humanity surprises you the most?” he said: “Man, because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.  Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health.  Then he is so anxious about the future that he doesn’t enjoy the present.  As a result, he doesn’t […]

Filed Under: For Readers, For Writers, Lifestyle, Spirituality Tagged With: 14th Dalai Lama, living in the present, The Chi Center

Feed for Thought; Grain Corn Harvest

December 12, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Feed for Thought; Grain Corn Harvest

Feed is the largest single production expense on the dairy farm. No feed means no milk. Period. Regardless of all the other factors that enter the equation, such as cow genetics, health and management, the dairy feeding program most affects productivity and profitability. So, from the dairyman’s standpoint, the marketing slogan “Got Milk? easily translates […]

Filed Under: For Readers, For Writers, Life on the Farm, Lifestyle Tagged With: combine harvester, Got Milk? Milk cow feed, grain corn

Steal This List/10 Writing Craft Techniques

December 5, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Steal This List/10 Writing Craft Techniques

Today’s post reflects how lazy (and totally out of ideas) I am, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be rewarded for stopping by. If you’re a fiction writer, that is. Because I’m passing along an article by Janis Hubschman called “Steal This List.” In it, Janis shares ten writing craft techniques that have saved her hours (if not years) of frustration. […]

Filed Under: Book Talk, For Writers Tagged With: 10 fiction craft techniques, Janis Hubschman

14 Invaluable Sites for Improving your Blog

November 21, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

14 Invaluable Sites for Improving your Blog

Does your blog content provide a valuable service? If you’re a serious blogger, you should be asking yourself this question on a regular basis. Because if the answer is no, why on earth would anyone want to visit or follow your blog? In her newsletter I Love Great Curators.  Are You One?, Jane Friedman says, “Curation is one of the most valuable services you […]

Filed Under: Building an Author Website, For Writers, Reaching Out Tagged With: Blogging Resources, Clicky, Flickr, Google Page Rank Checker, Jane Friedman, MyFreeCopyright, Ping, Pininterest, ShePosts, StumbleUpon, TheSitsGirls, TinyPic

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