Simplify. Simplify. Simplify.

Have you noticed that the marketing (aka: platform) professionals keep adding things to our “must do” list? It started with blogs, then it was Facebook, now it’s Twitter. With everything that we do to market our books, it’s not a surprise that at times actual writing can take a back seat.  So what can we do? Simplify. Don’t want to read this post? Click to Listen...

Hail to the Plodders!

Sweeping vistas, mind boggling geology and jagged cliffs aren’t the only thing you get when you visit the Grand Canyon. You can also ride a mule to the bottom of them natural wonder of the world- some 5,000 feet down. The mules plod along, putting one sure foot in front on the other as they descend the steep trails. These mules don’t run or trot – they lumber along until they reach their...

Channeling Your Inner Sales Person

Before my hyphenated life, voice talent-writer-actor-speaker, I had one solid title; Sales Girl. As a sales flunkie, I sold T-shirts, greeting cards, candles and wired ribbon from Japan at the wholesales. I moved up the ladder to selling uniforms to public safety and fire departments.  After more then fifteen years as Sales Girl, I quit and became a voice talent and writer.  I thought I’d...