Here's a fun thing you can do to promote your next published book: take it on a blog tour. That's what Canadian author Linda Dessau did with her new book The Customizable Style Guide for Coaches Who Write. Of course yours truly was invited to participate — see how I played with this tourportunity here.
No Frills Greeting Cards & Invitations
Q: Hello, I'm hoping you can send me a catalog of your No Frills greeting cards. I would love to buy some. I just received a birthday card from my brother and I was laughing out loud. — Judy
A: Hello Judy, all of the No Frills cards are complementary Creativity Portal printables I designed and are available in a printable PDF format here. Enjoy!
Chris Dunmire
Creative Director and Publisher
Monthly Columns & Featured Series
Multicultural Muses Landscape as Writing Muse By Molly Anderson-Childers
Don't complain that you're blocked, boring, that you have nothing to say. I am an expert on all forms of creative avoidance and blockages, and I can tell you this — 99% of the time, you're not blocked, you're just being lazy.
Love of the Craft Selling Short Fiction — Is it Easy? By Dave Duggins
Q: I would like to start out writing short stories. Is it more difficult to sell a book of short fiction?
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Creatively overcoming "the way it's always been done."
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I know now that the journey of the writer is first and foremost a journey of self-discovery, the path on which we can find essence and hear the song of our soul.
Refining and Being Refined By Naomi Rose
Despite the initial seeming-chaos of this way of creating, there is an encompassing rapture that attends it. You are following something that is leading you, and you don’t even necessarily know what it is until it has fully shown itself.