Who Is Building Your Author Platform?
This post shares some unconventional advice I got from an unexpected place on building your author platform. “Success is one thing. Impact is another. I live to impact people.” – Ray Lewis, Baltimore Ravens linebacker 1996-2012. One of my goals with writing is impact. Like Ray Lewis, I want to … Continue reading
Micro Reviews of 9 Free WordPress Themes
If you are looking for a new theme for your blog, here’s some brief notes on various free WordPress themes I’ve tried. There comes a point in every blogger’s life where he wakes up one morning and decides his theme no longer works. That moment has come for me. For … Continue reading
Passion For Your Audience Regardless of Size
I was taught a simple formula for success. You find someone successful at what you want to be successful at, in the way that you want to be successful at it, and then you do whatever it is they did to get there. So when someone who’s made it big … Continue reading
Never, Ever Give Up, and Finish the Stuff You Started
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the Short Story contest that Tami and I had entered for students who had graduated from Holly Lisle’s How to Think Sideways (affiliate link) course. The theme was “The Adventure of Creating”. Entries couldn’t be any longer than 2,500 words. The Deadline for sending in … Continue reading
Tolerance May Not Mean What You Think
The news about Jason Collins, the first active player in one of the four major sports leagues to publicly acknowledge he is gay, has sparked many conversation across cyberspace. Many people are showing support for Collins and in doing so believe they are being tolerant. They just might be wrong. We have, at … Continue reading
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