Do you want to know what the secret of my success is for beginning the physical process of a written work -- the actual pen to paper or hand to keyboard written action of the writing process? Well, I hate to burst your bubble right off the bat, but I have no secret sauce for … Continue reading The Secret to Getting Your Written Words on the Page
As I embark upon my new book writing journey, I thought it justifiably fitting to discuss how important mindset is when you're starting a new venture that you want to see successfully come to fruition. As of this day, I don't personally know of anyone who starts out on a goal-achievement journey to fail. Do … Continue reading Reblog – Self-Publishing Lesson #2: A Writer’s Mindset
I picked the following quotes from a previously posted blog post, just to show you that same-old same-old thought processes have a way of resurfacing over and over again. And you have to be able to recognize when they creep up on you and try to enter into that mindset of yours, especially if they're … Continue reading Blogging Truths Be Told: Chasing the New Shiny Object
In last Tuesday's post, DOM Build-a-Book Project: A Book Begins with a Plan, I told you that I'd come back as the ma'am with the plan. And yes, that's me alright. I'm here, before you, with my high-level, tentative plan for the current DOM Build-a-Book project for the incentives book. As you talk to different authors, … Continue reading The Book Writing Plan Has Surfaced
I'm soooooo tired of hearing content creators say that you can't write about everything or at least write on the topics that are most important to you. I simply built up an immunity to hearing things such as: You have to niche down in order to grow, because you can't appeal to everyone. And the … Continue reading Blogging Truths Be Told: Writing About Everything?
You can never say that I don't try out new things here at Degrees of Maternity. And just to prove my point, I've decided to try my hand at a brand-new blogging series about . . . BLOGGING. Whoo hoo! I'm actually very excited about this one and have quite a bit that I can … Continue reading Blogging Truths Be Told Series
I've been doing this writing thing for a little over two years now, so you would think I'd have everything figured out at this moment in time. Right? WRONG! No, I've just recently figured a few things out that will determine how I proceed with my writing journey into the future. For some, the light … Continue reading Simplifying the Writing Process This Time Around
What time is it? Well, it's time for me to go back to the basics. And the basics, for me, is writing. The concept of knowing and applying the basics is one of those lessons that's come to life through my son's, Little Man's, educational journey. In my son's magnet elementary school, two of the … Continue reading Lessons Learned #5: Learn and Apply the Basics in Order to Grow
Wow! I came across the following blog post the other day and realized how blessed I am to have these chronicles to go back to and see where I was in my life journey at the time. This post originally appeared here at Degrees of Maternity about seven months ago on May 25, 2020. As … Continue reading Reblog – New Product Journey: The Real Reason for Choosing Ebooks
Folks, I have to do this before moving on with another topic of discussion. Okay, I have a bit of trickle over from last Friday's post, Back to Natural Basics (in Content Creation): Focus on the Right Stuff. And, I thought I'd share it with you briefly today. So, I'm interrupting today's regular "Lessons Learned" … Continue reading Back to Natural Basics (in Content Creation): Focus on the Right Stuff (cont.)
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