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Happy New Year from MBT!

Hello Friends! Happy New Year! We’ll get back to our regular blogging schedule next week.  In the meantime, we have put together a little New Year Encouragement video for you. P.P.S Would you like to get FREE one-time 24 hour access pass to the MBT Advanced Team Member Locker Room and discover what all the buzz is about? Click here, and we’ll also invite you to Thursday Night’s Open House! Join our Membercare/MBT Lifecoach Dr. Reba J. Hoffman as she talks with our 2012 Frasier Award winner, Ginger Takamiya as they talk about how to write through difficult life situation and schedules in the new year! Join us: Thursday, January 3rd, 7pm CST! Register here! It’s free! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/3816828517380804352 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the […]

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Four Gifts No Writer Can Do Without, Part 4: Hope

As we place the period at the end of a roller coaster year and usher in a brand new 2013, the one thing a writer absolutely can NOT do without is hope. There are many reasons why people have lost hope in their dreams of being an author. I’m sure you know many of the reasons so I won’t use precious word count to name them. What is important to list is all the reasons why you should have hope, and why you simply can’t be without it. Hope is the fuel that churns the engine of creativity. To be a successful writer, you must be creative and that is not possible unless you have hope. Hope is the magic that takes you to your happy place. Ok, at the […]

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Writing Over the Holidays

It’s the holiday season and if you’re anything like me, you’re busy. In fact, you’re probably more busy than I am because I don’t have children. I have a book due February 2 and it’s overshadowing the Christmas season. But it’s not the deadline’s fault, it’s how I write. I fast draft a very ugly novel, then I rewrite. Almost from scratch. I layer and fine tune, change and deepen. I write fast but nevertheless, it takes me awhile to think things through. To figure things out. To take the norm and turn it upside down, inside out. Friday my husband and I are taking off for Tennessee to be with my family over Christmas. It’s going to be loud and wild but I cant wait. But when I calculate […]

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Just for fun! The Pizza Party Video

I’m on the road today – so there’s not conversation with Sally. Instead, check out this video from our 2012 Wild West Pizza Party at ACFW!  Thank you to videographer Justin Auguste for his amazing, creative work!   To save, right click on the link below and “save link as” to your local computer. Video Edition Thanks for a great time, MBT Voices! See you next year! Susie May

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