Part 7: And I don’t mind touting around the terms: creative, content creator, or creative entrepreneur when identifying what it is I do. I put words together to create messages that hopefully evoke a sense of positivity, inspiration, encouragement, motivation to succeed, motivation to improve, productivity, and all-things-hopeful. I finally took the leap of faith … Continue reading Untitled Book #2 – Part 7
Part 6: I knew how to write business letters, agendas, and minutes for meetings; review, proofread, and draft reports and papers; create, revise, and critique resumes; formulate personal and professional emails and presentations; and generally perform whatever activity was needed where writing was involved. Throughout the various writing activities I participated in at the time, … Continue reading Untitled Book #2 – Part 6
Part 5: And if researching is what it would take to be a successful entrepreneur, then researching would be my new norm. With researching comes growth and growth results from an increase in knowledge put into practical application. So, I was at this crossroads, where I had to make a decision on what I was … Continue reading Untitled Book #2 – Part 5
Part 4: As I’m traveling along my new career path, there are some definite growing pains and mindset shifts that I’ve been forced to address. And I wanted to stop here and just bring out a very critical point about the successful creative entrepreneur. There’s the artistic (or creative) side to this individual as well … Continue reading Untitled Book #2 – Part 4
Part 3: Right. So, what else would I be doing to fill up my days? What purpose did I need to fulfill? How could I use the skills sets that I had acquired over the years? What was I to do with my life? At this point in my crossroads, I came to the realization … Continue reading Untitled Book #2 – Part 3
Part 2: I had just completed two years of homeschooling my son. And my husband and I had decided that, as Little Man got older in grade levels, we would be placing him back into the public school system. Up to that point, his one and only year of public school had been Kindergarten, and … Continue reading Untitled Book #2 – Part 2
Today marks the beginning of the unveiling of the second book I intended to self-publish. However, I stopped short of completing it. Plans changed and I later decided to bring parts of the unfinished work to Degrees of Maternity as weekly blog posts. Through these book excerpts, you'll get a more detailed glimpse of how … Continue reading Untitled Book #2 – Part 1
If you've come to the realization that a lot of what I share with you originated from first-hand experience, then you're totally in tune with the inspiration behind Degrees of Maternity (DOM). Real life in spades. And recently, I shared my current writing dilemma with you. (Check out A Displaced State of Writing: Weeks Post-Manuscript for a … Continue reading A Writer’s “Can Nots” While in an Inactivity Rut
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