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Tag: Learning

Vanity Radio Interview Scam…

I had an email yesterday from an author asking about a radio interview with Kate Delaney and Emmy Award Winner form America Tonight. I can honestly say I’ve never heard of these type of interviews before so being me, I went on a research trip to look into it. I was drawing blanks from google…
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Publishing Confusion – Part Two. Author Brand

Author Brand! What is it? Who likes Nike, Adidas? Who’s your favourite Movie Star, Poet, Author?  The first two are BRANDS which people love. The Second are people who can be turned into BRANDS and generally are. So, how do they do this? What does it mean to have a BRAND?  If you get a…
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Word War with Cac the Proofreader – FEWER/LESS

Cac The Proofreader back with another WORD WAR! Today, LESS versus FEWER is on tap. And it can be quite tricky.   LESS basically means not as much and is used when you cannot count the items you’re referring to; in other words, if it’s a singular “mass” noun. Ask yourself if the noun in…
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F.A.I.L

How many times do we fail in life? How many times do we sulk or cry over it as if we’d spilt the milk on the floor. I have had plenty of fails. I remember two exams I failed at school/college. One was my error the other belongs to the college – twice, because they…
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The Need to Write

WRITING – Yep I do this sometimes.  Mainly when I am bored to tears or my fingers just take off and flow over the keyboard.  Why write?  Well there are several reasons. Here are mine: To teach someone about something they have little knowledge about, if I know more about the subject To research for…
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Business Reflections of 2016

Reflections of the past twelve months. What have we done. The highs and lows. The requests and even the chat.   I have met some amazing people over the last twelve months. Many who have helped to improve my love of learning, friendship, sisterhood and much more. With business growing I find it is now…
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Tutorial for Auto Indents

It seems to be that time again.  A learning curve for me a couple of years ago doesn’t mean all authors and writers are aware of how Auto Indents work and are made.  I still see some Indents in eBook which are way to big.  To me this shows lack of learning and professionalism of…
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