In 2015 I participated in the A-Z blog challenge. It was my first time doing a challenge for blogging, and I decided to have my theme on book promotion. I wanted to write 26 blogs on book promotion. I thought it went well and I ended up taking those 26-blog post and turning them into a coloring book. First day of April I saw a post on my Facebook feed about the A-to-Z challenge and
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My mentor Sylvia Hubbard inspired this post today. On LinkedIn she shared the link to her blog post about her second quarter goals. https://sylviahubbard.com/2024/04/01/2nd-quarter-goals-video-coming-soon-but-here-they-are-written-down-what-do-you-need-from-me-syllit-writerslife/ I created goals for this year, but I’ve never thought about posting them on my blog. I believe this is a great way to stay accountable by sharing them with everyone. It’s a good way to stay consistent and it’s also a record to document what I’ve tried to do and
The writing bug hit me when I was nine. I kept a diary with all my nine-year-old secrets. I wrote in my journals until I was twenty-five. I wrote my first manuscript at sixteen. I dreamed of being a published writer for many years. At 48, my publishing dream came true. Was it worth the long wait? Every minute of it because I was learning the craft as I waited. I was learning from some
Have you ever found yourself holding back from promoting your book? Maybe you’ve experienced fear or anxiety that prevented you from taking the leap and putting yourself out there. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Recently, during a weekend of presentations, I had a realization about fear and anxiety and how they can hold us back from achieving our goals. As someone who has dealt with fear in the past, I decided to do
This year I’m revisiting Pinterest. Here’s why? Pinterest is evergreen content. If you follow me you know I push evergreen content heavily because these are the contents you can share again if it’s relevant. Most times it comes up in search engines. Pinterest is a good place to learn about your craft, business, and marketing. So many people are sharing their wisdom on Pinterest. Use it like a search engine and stay informed. Pinterest introduces
I’m getting closer to the end of season two of Love In Space. It has taught me so much about writing and building my confidence. I’ve been using ChatGTP in helping me improve my writing. I’m enjoying ChatGTP with my writing. There so many ways to use it help you improve your manuscripts. Here’s the link to things you can do with ChatGTP – https://lashaunda.kartra.com/page/CHATGPT23 Do you need prompts? https://lashaunda.kartra.com/page/30PRPOMPTS How have you used ChatGTP
I’m two episodes away from completing my second season of Love In Space. I want to share a few things I’ve learned this past year. A writing schedule helps so much. I’ve spent years writing when I felt like it. That didn’t work for episodic books. I wanted to publish one episode a week, but I didn’t factor in my fears taking over me. Some days I would sit with fear on the couch and get nothing
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?
Plan the retreat with your amazing writers’ group. I started my writer’s group in 2010 and we’ve been going strong. We changed our name to Carondelet Writing Mastermind a few years ago. It’s five of us now. Four of us were able to attend the retreat. My goals for the retreat were to finish my two episodes for my book and outline the books coming next. We chose Hannibal MO the hometown of Mark Twain.
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