“Work is love made visible.” — Kahlil Gibran On Valentine’s Day last month, I sent a heartfelt “thank you” to all my clients, past and present, for the honor and pleasure of working with them to help them tell their stories. In his book The Prophet, poet Kahlil Gibran asked: “And what is it to [...]
More and more people are investing in electronic forms of books. While storing these new e-books is a whole new challenge for those of us still holding on to treasured paper books the challenge of displaying and organizing them still exists. Creating a home filing system for your books is the best way to handle [...]
Salem Literary Festival is offering a two days of workshops and other opportunities for writers for only $5, September 23-25, 2011. Among the offering are events titled Independent & Self-Published Authors Workshop, The Changing Face of Publishing, What Every Writer MUST Know About Publicity, Agents’ Panel, Writing Strong Women Characters, Writing Dialogue, Writing Historical Fiction, [...]
This transformative book by Pedram Shojai helps de-mystify Eastern philosophy for the Western reader. Having studied as a Taoist monk and student of several masters throughout the years, the author takes this valuable information and conveys it in an easy-to-read book filled with interesting stories and powerful tools for self transformation. The key is for [...]
Organizing works when you know where you’re going but don’t know how to get there. But sometimes organizing isn’t enough. When you’re eager to make a change in your life, but you’re unsure of your new destination, you need to SHED. But it’s not just about throwing things away! The SHED process is more about [...]
As a literary publicist, many authors seek me out in order to raise their book’s visibility and their individual profiles in a crowded marketplace. I’ve often been asked what I love most about the work I do, as it appears tedious on the surface; however, during the course of my daily tasks of media relations, [...]
How many of you have said you’d love to write a book, but . . . you just don’t have the INSPIRATION? You tell yourself you can’t think of anything interesting to write about. You can’t put our thoughts onto paper. Who’d want to hear what YOU have to say? Is this FACT, or FICTION? [...]
The Diva Toolbox presentsSuzanna Gagnier, Author of Putting on the Blitz, A Footbal Book for Women Putting on the Blitz, is a fun way to learn about football . The book is geared toward women, and the men who have read the book also completely enjoyed it. The book design includes line drawings of actual [...]
Where are all the empowered female business executives? The role models for young women ready to storm the professional world and shatter the glass ceiling? I know the ins and outs of working in corporate America. From being the founder and CEO of a very lucrative advertising agency to learning the hard way how to [...]
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