For the next couple of months, I will be blogging about stepmother-y things and sharing tips from my book From Zero to Four Kids in Thirty Seconds. This posting is an exerpt from my book–it’s how I unwittingly became a stepmother. You see…. I did not plan to become a stepmother. In fact, as a financially […]
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Anyone who’s published an e-book lately knows that just about every waking hour that you’re not working your regular job, you’re marketing. My book From Zero to Four Kids in Thirty Seconds was published as an e-book in late December and all I’ve done is Tweeted, gotten LinkedIn, blogged, written articles for interviews or other
There’s not a lady out there that can beat the Valentine’s Day presents I got this year, because I got fishing lures. Getting fishing lures means that Mark is thinking about me, and he’s thinking about taking me fishing. Feast your eyes on this beauty. In case you don’t recognize this, it’s a herring by Savage
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I’m very excited to announce that a review of my book by reviewer Joy V. Smith was just added to Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s web site, The New Book Review (http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/2012/02/nonfiction-intrigues-veteran-reviewer.html) . Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers. The New Book Review was named to Online Universities’ 101 Best Blogs for
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Yesterday, Mark and I threw a family birthday party for stepkid #4, which involved a bunch of cleaning, followed by the arrival of 4 kids, two significant others and my mom. We drove to a local Mexican restaurant for lunch, had some birthday cake and opened a few lame presents. By the time our highly sugared guests were shooed
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I’ve only finished the first part of Kathleen Gage’s “Kindle Best Seller” webinar series, but already I’ve identified several things I’ve done wrong trying to sell books, one of which is the need to make it easier for everyone to buy my book. So my crack web designer, Janet Lackey, updated things so you can find and BUY
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My first book signing was last Saturday and I was really excited about it. The set-up for the event was pretty easy–just set out some books, get all the people in line, scold the unruly, and start signing! Here’s a photo of two of the people that got their autographed copy of my book. They look pretty
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Several people who saw the 2011 Seasonal Musing asked whether Mark and I really had 12 hamsters, and when I said yes, one person asked if I had any photos of them. So it is because of those people that I am introducing our fuzzy pals. Oh, and in case the title of this posting makes you worried that their
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The thing I like the most about Christmas and my birthday and other times gifts are exchanged are the boxes. Consider this quaint scene from Christmas and check out all the different types and sizes of boxes. Of the boxes we received this year, the one on the far right above, was the most intriguing.
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In my younger days, I was fortunate enough to scuba dive with an occasional nurse shark and once, with a reef shark. But I’d never stumbled upon a great white shark. Over the holidays, I finally had a chance to be with a great white. The shark was pretty friendly, but at one point, it came right for me
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