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I received my first reader’s tag on Facebook this weekend. Totally made my year. You know I had to share the post and create a TikTok because that’s what I do. LOL Click the link to see the TikTok video and make sure to follow if you aren’t following me. New Reader – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRg6M8yP/ Read Love In Space – https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09SB1111H What was your first reader’s tag experience like?
This year I chose two theme words. My personal word is Believe. This is the year to believe in LaShaunda. My second word is Publish. This is the year I will pull those books out of the closet and get them in print. Believing in myself will help me achieve the book publishing goals. Do you use theme words to motivate you or your writing? What is your word for 2023?
Last week I was ready to call it quits.  I was tired. I was defeated. I felt like nothing was going the way I thought it should be going in 2019. Then it hit me that I’ve been here before when my mom was sick, and we had to decide she would live with us.  I knew I couldn’t do caregiving be mommy, wife, government worker and continue doing the magazine – SORMAG. I wasn’t
SORMAG Digital – Shades Of Romance Magazine celebrates 18 years online this year.  I’ve learned a lot on this journey.  I would like to share few lessons with you. If you don’t know I love books from birth.  I also love magazines.  I can’t leave a book store or magazine stand without buying at least one.  One of my writing dreams was to either write for a magazine or to publish my own.  While in
The last shutdown was the longest they ever had. I was nervous about my job and paying bills. I prayed and decided that I could do more with my time instead of worrying. Here’s a few tips to help you in this shutdown. Get some groceries – you don’t know how long the shutdown will be. Use this time to write. Instead of sitting around waiting – WRITE Work on your business – something you’ve
Are you procrastinating?  Is Fear stopping you from finishing? Watch how I motivated myself.    
When it comes to marketing, some people are wonderful at it and some people can’t figure it out. What I’ve learned about marketing is it’s something that you are in constant learn mode. Things change daily and to be on top of your marketing game, you have to keep up. You can’t keep doing the same thing and expecting amazing results when you haven’t been getting amazing results. Here are three tips I’d like to
This post was inspired by my cousin’s blog post – Our Secrets to Love.  She offered some lessons she’s learned in her marriage.  Check out her blog – Watering Our Seeds it’s a great new blog. I was like I’m going to do 20 lessons and as I started typing; I was like 20 is a lot.   I decided to focus on 10 that way not to overwhelm you. My 20th anniversary is November 16th,
The last few years, I’ve started using testimonials in my business. I will be honest and say FEAR stopped me from asking for testimonials. As I started working with a coach and she told me about using them more, I realized my mistake in letting fear stop me from asking my clients for testimonials. Now I ask and to my surprise they always say yes. Here a few ways to use testimonials. In your sales
If you answered no to this question.  You might want to register for the ROCK Your Promotion Class I’m teaching on November the 1st. http://bit.ly/PLANTRN