Fun Fridays – July 3, 2020
This video was mesmerizing. Convert a sheet of paper towel into a face mask, using origami. For such a time as this, right? The entire time I wondered, Who thought of this? The final scene of the video reveals its creator. (Of course, it would be someone brilliant like that.) [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to …
Marketing with the National Day Calendar
If you blog or post regularly, you know the challenge of coming up with new and fresh content. One idea might be to take advantage of NationalDayCalendar.com. This fun website has indexed over 1,500 national days, national weeks, and national months. Use this to find fun things you can write about! Today is National Waffle Iron Day (no kidding!). Did you know the first patent for a waffle iron was …
Fun Fridays – June 26, 2020
Today’s video is quite enjoyable! Sit back and laugh. If you want to make a connection to the writing life, feel free to do so in the comments. [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]
10 Haughty Author Commandments That Agents Must Obey
Composed with tongue firmly in cheek. Send to yours and maketh your agent weepeth. 10 Haughty Author Commandments That Agents Must Obey I. Thou shalt have no other authors before me. II. Thou shalt adore all my ideas and declare them holy. III. Thou shalt personally guarantee my financial success. IV. Thou shalt send me to Bora Bora on my birthday and send a wad o’ cash at Christmas. V. Thou …
Fun Fridays – June 19, 2020
The creativity here is stunning. Who would have thought? [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]
The Industry Changes but Seems Unchanged
I recently came across an article I had saved from 2004 predicting “Book Trends 2005” by Sally E. Stuart in an issue of Advanced Christian Writer newsletter. Reading through the article makes one realize how different things are but also how much they are still the same! Isn’t that a paradox? To rattle your brain a little, when that article was published, Google was only six …
Fun Fridays – June 12, 2020
Will you take a “fun break” with me today? Maybe a smile can help a smidgen. Can’t go wrong with a silly barbershop quartet performance. [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]
Barriers to Effective Communication
By Steve Laube
It has been said that ninety percent of all problems in the universe are failures in communication. And the other ten percent are failures to understand the failure in communication. In the publishing business, or any business for that matter, this is so true. There are a couple common barriers to effective communication, assumption and expectation.
But I Assumed
Often …
Fun Fridays – June 5, 2020
A virtuoso performance, bonus sheet music included! Note the statue in the back. Magnificent. Bravo! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]