John Bredesen
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Thirteen years ago, my daughter and I were visiting my dad in Eugene, OR. The three of us decided to donate blood. It was something that my daughter was new to, but my dad and I have done for years. So three generations stopped in at a blood drive and donated. Below is an article… [read more…]
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One of the benefits of a writing career is that you hear from complete strangers that something you wrote made an impact. As I am relatively new to this career, this hasn’t happened much. One of the books I wrote is called Writing Into The Sunset. I mainly wrote it to help myself think about… [read more…]
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I play Scrabble with my 90+ yr old mom and her friends once a week. They like Scrabble for the brain exercise. Scrabble for words and Yahtzee for numbers. Seems to work pretty well for them. I’ve always loved Scrabble. Slightly better than average, I’m not going to win any competitions. Scoring points in two… [read more…]
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I’m not doing these yet, but I’m sure I will in the future. This is an interesting article, written by someone who consults for selling products at trade shows, that applies easily to selling books at a book fair or book convention. 5 Steps to Turn Cold Conversations into Sales Opportunities: https://kokoroinc.com/trade-show-staff-training/ [read more…]
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Finishing is a life skill. It is something that benefits us our entire lives. What does finished mean when we are a writer? Generally one of two things: (1) we have finished writing the piece, or (2) we have published the book and people can buy it. Or submitted it. Or whatever we do to… [read more…]
