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Checkup From the Neck Up

By on December 7, 2013 in 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, Encourage Me!, Life Coaching, Reba Hoffman

I know it’s happened to you. You’re tired, overworked, overwhelmed and trying to just keep your head above water in the middle of your world falling apart. Then right in the middle of your perfect storm some well-meaning loved one says something like, “When life throws you lemons, just make lemonade.”

Seriously?

Congratulations for resisting the urge to hurl them through a plate glass window. Never mind the fact that you HATE the lemonade they suggested you make with the sour fruit you seem to be overrun with at the moment, and the fact that lemons make you break out in hives.

They really did mean well. They just didn’t know what to say and somehow felt obligated to say something. But that’s for another blog post. Here’s the meat I want to get to.

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Finding Balance in Writing & Life: The Necessity of Layovers

By on December 4, 2013 in Lisa Jordan, Nurturing the Soul, Writer's life

I realized the importance of layovers. Direct flights aren’t always possible, so planes land to let off passengers, then refuel for the next flight. Layovers allow passengers a chance to stretch their legs, catch their breath and maybe grab something to eat.

We, as writers, need layovers in our lives. When we’re juggling family, church, work, friends, sporting activities, school functions and trying to meet deadlines, we can become exhausted very quickly.

We need to schedule layovers in our daily planning so we can refuel our bodies and our minds. We need to learn to delegate, say no and prioritize our commitments. We need to take time to sit and enjoy our surroundings. We need to relax and reflect.

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Crazy Reindeer Specials from My Book Therapy!

By on November 29, 2013 in 1. Discover your story, 2. Create Your Story, 3. Publish your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, Delivering Convincing Proposals, Encourage Me!, How do I Pitch my Book?, How do I Promote my book?, How do I write a Synopsis?

Santa’s Reindeer have taken over My Book Therapy!
It finally happened.
The Reindeer have had it with Santa getting all the glory. We all knew the inevitability of the revolt after Dasher demanded his own Sugar Cookie break over Finland. And then Vixen said she absolutely, “wouldn’t fly over Prague without a mint-hot cocoa.”
The source of their discontent? Santa’s sack of goodies.

“We’re the ones pulling the sleigh. Why does he get to distribute all the gifts?” Prancer said on the eve of the takeover.

The Reindeer assumed control of the MBT Warehouse during Thanksgiving, sneaking in under cover of night, cloaked as Moose. (“After all, people confuse us all the time,” Comet said in an cell-phone conversation from inside the MBT HQ)

And now, they’re offering MBT Bundles of Reindeer Specials at CRAZY prices.

And giving away FREE STUFF!

With these kinds of deals, it’s clear the Reindeer have lost their minds!

But, until MBT re-assumes control of inventory, it’s your chance to take advantage of these Crazy Reindeer Specials for Writers.

The culprits and their bundle offers are listed below…

(and Visit the MBT Marketplace to catch all their latest craziness!)

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How to sell that NaNoWriMo project!

By on November 25, 2013 in 3. Publish your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, 7. Search by Author:, Delivering Convincing Proposals, Encourage Me!, How do I Pitch my Book?, How do I Promote my book?, How do I write a Synopsis?, Learn the art of Social Networking, Susan May Warren, Writing Conferences
I am so excited about this product – it’s been months (okay, years!) in the making, but I’ve taken everything I know about selling novels (and I’ve sold 40 of my own, not to mention helped countless others with their proposal projects) and put them in this step-by-step, 8 lesson video/audio series, complete with writable PDF handouts for you to fill out on your computer.
And examples from my own files.
And an easy method for writing that dreaded synopsis. And even a template for the marketing part of your proposal (the yikes! part). It’s like a proposal paint-by-numbers!
And, oh yeah, an optional workbook for those who like to scribble out their ideas by hand.
Frankly, it’s everything just short of me coming to your living room and looking your shoulder while you put your proposal together. And probably you wouldn’t like that anyway, because I get hungry and I’d humbly ask for hot cocoa. And popcorn.
This is a popcorn free product. But pretty much everything else is included.
AND…during the month of November (NaNoWriMo!_
we have 3 Novel Proposal deals!
  • Deal #1: First…from TODAY until December 1st, get $20 OFF – yep!, that’s nearly 30% OFF the regular price! JUST Enter: WRIMODEAL in your coupon code.
  • Deal #2: During this special only, get the Novel Proposal Workbook at 25% off the cover price!

And that’s not all.

  • Deal #3: We want your story to be epic! So, our epic Novel Proposal sale comes comes with the FREE audio/video class:
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