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One Surefire Strategy Will Grow Writers & Business Owners Online
Dear business owner, writer, newbie entrepreneurs, or aspiring startups who want to make a profitable income online and to live a lifestyle of financial freedom Give me 2 mins, and I'll help you get from where you are in your business and writing to a lifestyle of your heart's desire. Are you ready to create or reinvent your brand as a business owner? Are you a writer desiring to get your works in front of
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How To Write 10x Better: Consider These 5 Things
...Indeed, no woman writer can write ‘too much’... No woman has ever written enough. ~bell hooks Writing has no limitations. Are you ready to write better? Writing is a form of communication. It reveals perspectives, thoughts, perceptions and thinking processes. You often write from your cultural background and experiences. People can use words to convey language via stories, peer journals, research, text, email, letters. etc. Written expression, whatever it is, takes diligence, passion, and practice.
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10 Surefire Ways To Handle Anxiety & Amplify Your Writing
AGITA [aj-i-tuh] n. That feeling of agitation or anxiety can hit the pit of your stomach as quickly as food poisoning. And that's what it is. An unhealthy infection or virus. It will linger for days, months, or even years. This feeling came to me after the loss of an emotional state or attachment. The law of human attraction works in two ways: 1. There are traits within you that are like magnets, which draw
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6 Ways To Offer Help To Someone With Suicidal Thinking
People who contemplate suicide communicate in many ways and as best they can. Talking is difficult. But, when the right person comes along and wins our trust with the right love, it is in this moment we feel safe and hopeful.
The Writer’s Life: When Disappointments Block Your Writing Flow
When Disappointments Strikes Honestly, I find it hard to write certain pieces when my mind and heart are struck by lightning of disappointments. Even if I contributed to or provoked the pain, or I experience the old adage "hurt people hurt people," writing my unfinished books or articles may not happen at that time. One day I received disappointing news from a family member that my favorite older cousin expired. I was home two weeks
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Top 10 Writing Tips From Your Leading American Writers
All writers have their favorite thinkers and authors whose voices they trust for writing tips and advice. This is a must because writers are readers. I enjoy reading. And, my library is full of my absolute favorite authors. Some of the writers I love are known for their classic works. Others are contemporary, but give lots of credit and honor to the traditions of those who've paved the way for us. I've taken up lots
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5 Unique Ways To Write A Hook To Keep Your Readers Attention
What is the Hook? The hook is used interchangeably for both your headline and the opening sentence of your writing piece. If you're writing a blog, essay, or non-fiction book, you will need an opening line that hooks your readers. The hook, whether as a headline or introduction, gets your readers attention. There are different ways to write your hook. This piece will focus on how to write a hook for your introduction. What you're
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Are You Willing To Hear Feedback About Your Marketing Strategies?
Listen to this marketing story. I recently read a post that confirmed my truest feelings and understandings towards marketing. A wise consultant worked with his client on business marketing strategies for years. He and the client met consistently once per week for his consulting services. Their phone conferences sometimes lasted over two hours. The following week they were scheduled to speak, but the client never called or emailed to say anything. About two weeks later,
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14 Signs It’s Time To Leave Unhealthy Friendships
Friendships are sacred and beautiful. Providing all persons understand boundaries and respect one another’s temperaments, real friendships will last. Friendships can give rewarding experiences and last a lifetime. I don't think everyone deserves being called a friend. Real friends do NOT control, manipulate, slander or be two-faced towards you. They demonstrate good aspects of love and care. These virtues are meaningful and necessary for vital living and your life. Hence, real friends allow you the
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How A Growth Mindset Develops Successful Writers & Business Owners
Do you have a growth-mindset that focuses on change and innovation? There are two types of mindsets: a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. The growth mindset is open to new ways of thinking. Desires for a better life, career and relationships sprout from this thought process. Interestingly, early stages of life develop only one mindset, but there's room for growth. The fixed mind says, "not yet" or "this isn't working. It never works!" This
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Minority Dialect & Context In Your Writing Style: Creativity & Authenticity Undervalued
Dialect, context, and style are significant in your writing and to an audience. When you’re with a group of friends, do you intentionally “talk grammar” versus to if you have to stand before a judge or someone with authority? Hopefully, your answer is “Jacqueline, it all depends on the context with my friends.” Context includes your surroundings and the way everyone does things around it. Dialect and language help you communicate the way you want
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How I Began To Love Me: The Necessary Part of Being A Writer & Business Owner
Love. Is loving yourself a taboo topic in people’s personal lives, as a writer or business owner? It’s obvious many people, writers, and business owners are not public with their emotions, pains, fractures, offenses or struggles. I totally understand. And no disrespect to the writer or business owner who hides behind the masks of words and business necessities. Who you decide to be or if you want to be transparent with anyone, of course, is
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How I Learned To Use Sensory Words In My Writing
Can you feel, touch, taste, smell and hear these sensory words? Sighs Drops of sweat peek through his shirt as we walk down the quaint, uneven gray-bricked street. Our shirts begin to stick like wet paper to our backs. Yea, today is a hot one! A piping 98 degrees is in the forecast for Texas. Kids laughter fill the air as they dodge in and out of the magical water fountains that ooze a fresh
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New Writers & Authors: Here Are 5 Dangerous Reasons To Not Own A Website
Do Writers & Authors Need A Website? Looks like the “do you need a website” saga returns for new writers and authors. It’s like this debate comes in waves. One minute some say a website is a must. The next others suggest you don’t need it. Now, let me put this disclaimer out there I am in nowise speaking against other experts that feel like you don’t need a website. We all have various
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God Can Call You To Start A Business & Write For A Living
To start a business and write for a living can begin at any point in your life, especially when you decide to answer your purpose and call to them. Answering the call of God to start a business and write begins at a different point for people. In any event, please don't feel like you're too young or old. That being said, I believe to start a business and write is certainly a call and
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How Listening To Jill Scott’s Music Helps My Writing Flow
It's official. I'm a weirdo writer who needs my Jill Scott playlist on repeat for my writing flow. The writing flow varies for many writers. Some writers require total silence to write. Others will sometimes listen to their favorite music artist to continue their flow. Different strokes for different folks, right? I understand both sides. There are moments when I want total silence or music. The times when I listen to music I find that's
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Free Content & Low-Price Investments Will Grow Your Business
Have you considered using free content and the purchase of low-prices in your business? Using free content and purchasing low-priced things for business was the last thing on my mind. I couldn't figure this out for the life of me. My business budget includes advertising, marketing, and self-development. One thing is for sure, after looking at my numbers, I can see how I remain intentional about all of the checks and balances. However, there came
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Do You Want To Become A Writer & Business Owner? This Too Pays The Bills
Become a writer and business owner? You’ve got to be kidding me. Unless you’re Jeff Goins, Gary Vaynerchuk, or Les Brown, is there even a chance? I never thought this would happen to me. My desire to become a writer and business owner remained tucked in my heart for years. Most of the time, you develop your craft as a writer earlier on in life. While I began writing at six years old, I need
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Here’s What Rich Business Owners Are Really Driving
A Ferrari's price range is $188k up to $400K. The Tesla's starting price is around $102K. I remember driving to upscale car shows as a teenager with some friends and close cousins. We had to see what the "rich" were up to with cars. The shows were an outlet for us on Saturday's to have something to do. My eyes popped out of my head a few times watching the TV shows like Lifestyles of
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How Your Startup Mindset Helps You Become A Self-Made Millionaire
If anyone tells says you don't need money to startup a business, they are not telling you the whole truth. Even self-made millionaires began with a minimum of $20. They're using the approach from Emily Dickinson's poetic line, "Tell all the truth but tell it slant." These folks are giving you a shaded reality, where it's raining money on the other side of the grass. But, on your side, the grass needs to grow. Even if
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