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Real You: Author Interview! Meet Andrea Buginsky
I’m thrilled to welcome Andrea – a fellow beach lover - as my first interview of 2012! And I love the one word that describes her: Sentimental. (The first step in creating your personal brand, no matter your business, is being able … Continue reading
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Real You: Happy New Year!
I hope your 2012 is off to a wonderful start! So far, mine has been filled with resettling (we moved), playing nurse (my daughter had surgery two days ago), and working on the finishing touches of my next novel that … Continue reading
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Real You: Author Interview! Meet D.L. Sparks!
Yippee! Another author interview on my blog. This time, please meet author DL Sparks! She’s also part of the Holiday Sirens promotion. Take it away, D.L.! Tell us a bit about yourself: Besides writing, what are your other passions/hobbies? I … Continue reading
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Real You: Author Interview! Meet Stacy Eaton
Welcome to my first-ever author interview on my blog! I wanted to return the favor since one of my new author friends, Stacy Eaton, hosted me on her blog a month ago! So, without further ado, here’s Stacy: Kaira – … Continue reading
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Real You: Giving Thanks
What a wonderful day. Thanksgiving. It’s a day filled with gratitude. A day meant to be spent with those you love, celebrating your blessings. A day, hopefully, to pause before the bustle of the next big holiday. A day of … Continue reading
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Real You: Check out the 30 Second Mom for fun, fast tips!
As a mom of four, I’m so honored to be one of the featured contributors to a fun, mom-focused new site created by a dynamic mom Elisa All. My latest: If you’re one of the 27 percent of working moms … Continue reading
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Real You: Authors, writing and the power of community!
The writing life can be very lonely. Especially for a first-time novelist who is naviagating a new industry of bookstores, bloggers, online sites, events all the while trying to pursue a dream. The dream? Quite simply: having a book in … Continue reading
Real You: 10 Tips for Networking – you can do this!
Here’s the thing. We all know we need to network – no matter what we do. As a mom, I network to find good tutors, good doctors, good electricians. Everything. As an author, I network to find out about good agents, … Continue reading
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Real You: Lessons learned from a really bad cold
1. Instead of being in denial, go to doctor right away. 2. Juice bar “get well” shot with cayenne pepper and the like hurts going down, so must be doing good? 3. When cough medicine bottle says 2 tsp – … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, dogs, here home hope, Kaira Rouda, lessons, reflect, slow down
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Real You: Time to shine your own light?
Sometimes, in the flurry of life, and especially in the business of books (yes, it is mostly a business, I’m afraid), the light, the vision, the creative spirit can be dimmed. Certainly, even extinguished for those bleak periods of time … Continue reading
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Tagged don't give up, fiction, here home hope, Kaira Rouda, novels, shine on
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