Are You a Writer? Tips on Packing Your Punctuation Tool Kit

Whether you loved your English studies or not, you’ll find the following a wonderful refresher. Kim is my publishing assistant, proof-reader and our resident expert on everything English. Creative license aside, Kim gives you lots to ponder. And next time you go to write or type a personal email, business letter or pen a book, I’m sure you will appreciate these tips on what to put in your punctuation tool kit. It might make you think twice on how best to deliver your message…

5 Reasons to Have Professional Photography for Your Book Publishing

1. “You only get one chance to make that first impression.” Especially true of your business portrait or “headshot”. A headshot created by a professional photographer should represent you the way you want clients to see you whether that’s confident, funny, poignant or got-it-going-on! The headshot on your book cover should attract people to your book rather than have them thinking, “ouch, looks like that’s a self-portrait” or “too bad about the shadow”. You’ve gone to all this effort to have your literary work-of-art published… go the last mile and have the headshot that will grace its cover done right.

Meaningful Marketing Strategies – My Top 10 Recommendations

When I was thinking about what to share this week, I found myself wondering why I hadn’t written about this topic much sooner than now – especially since I feel so passionate about it. Sure, there are many tangible ways to promote and market yourself, in general; whether it be a book or other product or service you want to get out to the masses. However, you can also get lost in the details and comparing yourself to others, if you don’t have a clear vision of what your message is and how ‘you’ want to communicate it. And so, in this blog post, I will share some Meaningful Marketing strategies and my Top Recommendations to help you enjoy the process and reach your goals!

Connecting With the Written Word

That said, there are times that we’ve all read an email or article, and then found ourselves re-reading it. We often spend extra time, attempting to understand the message, sometimes second-guessing, and trying not to be offended or turned off by the language or brevity of the correspondence. We’ll even put off responding until we have a bit more clarity.

Here’s some tips to help you build rapport when corresponding by email, something almost everyone does everyday: