Writing and Creating Books

Baloo the bear, Leo the lion, Shere Kahn the tiger

Creating Relationships: Grow Up Together

The following story showed up in my Facebook timeline. It reminded me how important relationships can be in developing a story. In this case, the story is about three wild animals who grew up together and now have had an incredible relationship for 15 years: an American black bear Baloo, a lion called Leo, and […]

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Sponsored Event

10 Tips for Planning Your Sponsored Event (Including Book Launches)

Guest Post by Roberta Vigilance Here are 10 tips for securing sponsors for your events, including book launches, blog tours,  virtual book tours, website promotions, seminars, webinars, conferences, and more! 1. Understand Your Event. That’s how it all started for me. I knew my event had value and learned companies and individuals were willing to […]

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Be Alive - John Kremer quote

Book Writing Advice: Don’t Be Boring. Be Alive!

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. — Howard Thurman, civil rights leader When you write a book, write what makes you come alive. Do that. Don’t be boring. Be alive. — John Kremer When […]

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Graphic Uses for Books and More

Free Photos and Images for Your Graphic Quotes

Here is the rest of the best and most comprehensive list of free graphics websites (98 so far!) for tracking down great free photos, free images, free graphics, and free videos that you can use in creating your book covers, graphic quotes, social media posts, videos, slideshows, app designs, blog post images, and website graphics. My favorite free […]

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