Vulnerability, Posting in Publications, and Distribution Provide Best Results — Statistics is not my strong suit, but after reading Tim Denning’s post about the importance of checking your stats, I looked at my top-earning blog posts to see if I could decipher the magic formula to make my dream of becoming a profitable writer come true! I gathered the data…

I’d Go Anywhere With You — Especially Italy! — I’ve had a fascination with Italy since watching The Godfather in the 1970s. How ironic that Diane Keaton was in The Godfather, and we’re watching her in this movie. I love Diane! I love so many things about Book Club: The Next Chapter. Let me count the ways… The cinematography…

Grassroots Guerrilla Marketing Strategies For Aspiring Authors and Creative Entrepreneurs — The old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words, and the cover sells the book is discounted today with the number one selling book on Amazon that doesn’t even come out until July! Would you buy a book with no cover image and then wait two months to…

How You Can Help Break the Silence and Save the Children — “Storytellers are the changemakers.” ~ Angel Studios What is the most important movie ever made? To me, it’s a movie like Sound of Freedom. Sound of Freedom is a biopic based on real-life hero Tim Ballard leading an Operation Underground Railroad extraction that rescued over 100 children from sex traffickers…

Starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan — Featuring Celine Dion Classic Hits, New Music & Acting Debut — When I asked for a ticket to see Love Again, the young clerk said, “Oh, the romantic comedy with Nick Jonas and his wife.” Who? I’m coming to see Outlander’s, Jamie Fraser! If you are a Sam Heughan fan and don’t read another word of this review, note this: Go…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. What’s Your Story? — What do you think of when you look at this photo of a bench by a body of water? How does it make you feel? It makes me take a deep breath. Relax. Reminisce. There was a time when I thought of disappearing into the sea. It was in Palm…

Gardening, Plant-Based Recipes, Exercise, Faith, Life & Politics! — Seventeen books are in the running for best nonfiction book of April 2023. These books cover everything from urban gardening and plant-based recipes, to exercise, faith, life, and politics! Awaken Your Genius: Escape Conformity, Ignite Creativity, and Become Extraordinary by Ozan Varol (4/11) A Word to the Broken: An encouragement…

National Poetry Month Poem a Day Challenge — The poem I am sharing today for National Poetry Month is titled Healing Hearts. I published it in my SCARS anthology that will officially launch Thursday, May 4, 2023 to honor National Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Month | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. During May, NAMI joins the national…nami.org

National Poetry Month Poem a Day Challenge — The Poets of Madison County anthology was created by Stacy Savage and Janine Pickett in 2016 to benefit Dove Harbor, a housing ministry for women and their children who have escaped domestic violence or some other crisis and are trying to put their life back together. I was honored to…