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Four Years
Four years of writing hubs, connecting with other writers, people interested in writing and publishing. Gaining followers and keeping up the momentum.
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How to Choose a Publisher
You've written your book, now you need to get it published. Where to look for publishers and how to go about it. Will you self-publish? Who is best?
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ReCapturing a Book
Getting your work back from a publisher who shut down. Knowing you have lost two + years of royalties.
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Growing a Publishing Company
Starting a publishing company, how to expand, knowing when to expand. How many authors can you handle?
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Who Would Have Guessed?
Autoimmune diseases, lupus, getting a diagnosis. Learning all about a new issue in your health line up. Coping and building a support group.
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The Battle Begins-Days 4 & 5
Battlling diabetes, eating well, exercise, mood, stress, and taking control.
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The Battle Begins-Day 3
Battling diabetes, eating healthy, getting exercise, and taking control. You have the power
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The Battle Begins Day 2
Battling diabetes, eating healthy, getting exercise, and taking control of your health
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The Battle Begins Day 1
Battling diabetes. Gaining control, losing weight, the constant struggle.
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The Battle Begins Tomorrow
Battling diabetes and its side effects. Becoming insulin free. Making the right diet and exercise choices for you.
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Year Three
Being a hubpages writer, writing, keeping an audience, staying with it.
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Time to Say Thank You
Showing gratitude for an awesome design team. Giving back some of what they give to me and the other authors they work with.
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Revisiting Resolutions
Life in general. Making/breaking resolutions. How to make resolutions real and make them work.
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When This Happens
Exciting news about your writing. Handling success. When the light dawns
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2015 Off to Some Kind of Start
General observations on the first fifteen days of the new year. Health obstacles, being snowed in, life.
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Resolutions 2015
Things to do to get the new year off to a good start. How to improve myself
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When Your Royalties are Stolen
When your publisher closes the door. How to get amazon to take down your book. You've lost two years of royalties.
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Wow Two Years
writing hubs, keeping followers, making the hubs meaningful
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Hidden Manuscripts
What happens when you discover manuscripts you had forgotten about? Are you excited? Do you throw them away? Do you use them?
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Stolen Innocence Part 4
child molestation, town torn apart, family in crisis, healing.
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When Somesone Steals Your Work
plagiarism, theft of intellectual property, how to protect yourself, what recourse do you have?
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Stolen Innocence Part 3
Child molestation and the parents' fight for justice. The school stands behind the first amendment law. Will the teacher get severance pay?
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Showing Appreciation
Book art and design. Choosing the right company to represent you. Making the committment to work with them exclusively.
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The Crowning Event
What happens when you enter writing contests. What happens when you win. Are you humbled?
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It's a Beginning
Getting your publishing company to expand. How not to break the bank. How to find reliable help.
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That First Book Contract
When you offer an author a book contract and they say yes. The feeling of anxiety, joy, overwhelming chance for failure.
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Stolen Innocence Part 2
When a child molester is found in your school and there is community outrage. When six teachers write letters of leniency and nothing is done.
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Beginning a Novel
Things you need to remember when starting a novel. Getting it right so an agent or publisher will look at it.
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Secrets in our Midst
What happens when a child molester is found. How a community copes. What parents can do.
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Lilac Publishing Makes Its Debut
Launching your first book as a publisher. Writing press releases. Getting word out.
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That Feeling Again
The feeling you get when your new book arrives. Seeing your work published. That feeling of success.
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Opening a Publishing Company Part 2
Getting approval and uploading your work. Getting a release date. Finally seeing a finished product.
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Paperwork and More Paperwork
When starting a business be prepared for the tons of paperwork. How to get through it without losing your mind.
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Steps to Starting a Publishing Company
How to start a publishing company. Some of the basics in getting set up.
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Writing Partners
What does it take to write with someone else? What are the joys and pitfalls? Is this something you want to undertake?
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Staying in the Spotlight
How do you keep people interested in your books? What keeps them coming back? How do you maintain a public presence?
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When You Choose a Book Cover
Book covers sell books. What does your cover say about your book?
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My Island Winter Escape
Getting away from it all. Returning to friends.
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It's That Time of Year
When the flu bug hits and becomes something else.
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The Company has a Logo
Publishing for yourself. How one Indie author is starting. What to do first.
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Exciting News
Making a fresh start. Opening your own publishing company. Becoming a better writer. Building a marketing plan
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel -Day 20
How do you start over? What do you do when you lose your work? Technology is grand until it isn't.
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When Careers Crash
When you lose it all, what do you do? Looking for the silver lining in a disaster. How do you rebuild?
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When Naysayers Strike
When people put you down for doing the right thing, how do you react? Naysayers are bullies in disguise. Continue to be a positive force.
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How Fragile it Is
What happens when your publishing company has major internal changes? How do you know what to do? What happens to your book?
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 19
What to do when a scene isn't working. How to ask for help and how to take feedback.
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Protecting Children from Bullying at School
Bullying needs to stop. Here's one person who made a difference.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 18
Building romance and letting your characters come to life. What keeps it going?
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 17
How settings build atmosphere and allow new characters to enter. Building relationships between your characters and the new characters. Making it believable.
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Behind the Scenes of Novel- Day 16
Details make the story. Relationships need to make your characters human.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel- Day 15
Making the every day a part of your story without losing the story. Giving your characters levels of dimension.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 14
How to stay focused when the world has gone crazy. Using everyday events to inspire your writing.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 13
Writing about love and romance. Do you want to write erotica? What fits you and your readers.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel- Day 12
Flashback, memory how and why you use them. When you don't need them.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel- Day 11
Characters and how they take over. Hidden dimensions to the story. Conflict and tension and why you need them.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel Day 10
How do you get back to writing? What happens when you're not writing? Are you still thinking about your writing?
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 9
What to do when you don't write. Keeping the outside distractions from getting in the way.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 8
When series book changes the point of view. Why would you do it and what do you hope to accomplish?
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel - Day 7
Making a controversial subject into a novel. Creating characters the reader will empathize with. Just building tension and focus.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day6
When things go really wrong. Dealing with frustration and stress.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 5
Word count, page count, or chapter count. Which method works best. How do you choose?
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 4
Who are my characters? What drives them? Is there something in their past which brings them together?
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel-Day 3
When things get in the way of writing. How to stay focused and keep going.
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Behind the Scenes-Day Two
Days you don't write. Getting organized. Making a plan for writing.
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Behind the Scenes of a Novel Day One
Follow a novel from start to finish. Learn what goes on behind the scenes.
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What Happens When a Writer is Out of Ideas?
Stuck, unable to write? Writer's block? Here are some suggestions for getting over the hump.
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Respond to a Book Review?
Responding to book reviews. Making the review a learning lesson.
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So You Are Ready to Publish
How to start looking for a publisher. Things you should know about self-publishing. Getting yourself ready.
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Real Name or Pen Name
Should you write under your own name or a pen name? This article looks at that.
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Conference Attire
Appropriate dress for a professional conference. Making a good first impression.
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Get the Most From a Writers' Conference
Having the tools needed to make the most of a writers conference
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Why Join a Writer's Group
Reasons you should join a writers' group. How it can make a difference in your writing.
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New Twist on Crochet
Crochet for home, babies, and Barbies.
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What Makes a Mystery?
Suggestions for writers who want to write mysteries. Hopefully something here will jump start them.
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Book Signing Sucess
Book signings and how to make them a success. Table display to book giveaway.
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Which Do You Choose?
Healthy life style that leads to fewer medications and hopefully a longer life. Which do you choose?
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Amazon.com What They Really Do
One author's view of the mess Amazon is making in the publishing world. Hopefully dialog will help to get things fixed.
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How Do You Create a Brand?
Author branding and how to create it. What is says about you as an author.
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Six Days Under Siege
What it's like to be held in your own home because an escaped convict is running loose. How a person copes.
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A Writer's Greatest Moment
The moment when your finished book arrives. How one author reacted.
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You've Planned a Book Launch
How do you save face when you've planned a book signing and the books don't show up. One author's tale.
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How Do You Name Characters?
Character names and how to choose them. Yes, they make a difference.
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Writer Beware
First time writers need to know what to avoid. Getting it all in writing.
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How to Encourage Writing
What parents and writers can do to encourage young people to write for enjoyment. Creating writers for the next century.
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Responsibilities of Being a Writer
Writers have responsibilities beyond just writing a good story. Here are a few one writer suggests.
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Things to do for Your Teen's Success
Suggestions for parents to help their child get ahead in life. From an early age through college.
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Tips for Talking to Your Pre-teen or Teen
Parents tips for talking to your pre-teen or teen about the hard stuff. Some helpful hints.
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Thinking of Having a Baby
This article is for teens and young adults who think they are ready for a baby.
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Pregnant and single
Article written for young girls who find themselves pregnant and single. How to cope, where to turn.
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Is YOUR Teen Having Sex?
Article for parents of pre-teens and teens who suspect their children of having sex. How do you cope?
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How Do You Talk to Your Parents: Getting Them to Understand
An article for pre-teens and teens who struggle with talking to their parents and making them understand.
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In the Footsteps of Jesse James
Great stop for spelunkers and history buffs. This hideout of Jesse James is an amazing cave in Missouri. Travel and vacation stops.
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Digging Up Bones
Ancestry research and where it can lead. How to find living relatives as well as those who've gone before. Geneology research.
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St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands
Travel destinations outside the US, but within the US. St. Thomas on a shoe string. Sites and sounds.
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Savannah a City with a Story
Places to visit in the old south. Savannah, Georgia is one of the beauties of the low country. One visit is not enough. Travel and vacation ideas.
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Charleston the Old South
Travel in the old south. A trip to Charleston is a must if you are visiting the low country.
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Plantation Tour
Article on the only tea plantation in the United States. A different kind of tour. Vacation ideas.
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Branson, Missouri the new Nashville
Places to go in the US. Branson, Missouri has something for everyone. Check out the shows and other attractions.
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Discovering Las Cruces, New Mexico
Places to visit in the Las Cruces, New Mexico area. Famed White Sands and the White Sands Missile Range. Don't miss the good eats and unique places to stay.
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Rockport/Fulton Texas One of the Top 10 Cities for Seniors
Become a winter Texan. Rockport/Fullton is one of the top ten areas for seniors. See the sights and watch the wildlife.
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Resort Living on a Budget
Budget vacations. Where to look and what to expect. Travel in the US,