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Post Valentine’s Day Results
In previous posts I have often drawn parallels between self-publishing and gambling or games of chance. Some gambles pay off better than others do. Take my most recent attempt at a Valentine’s Day public relations blitz. Strategically speaking, I thought my approach was fresh and the timing was perfect. But the media had other ideas…
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Meet the Author – Marketer, Publicist, Sales Manager, Book Club Guest and Guest Speaker
Don’t kid yourself. If you thought writing the book was difficult, wait until you have to package it, market it, promote it and sell it. The writing process by comparison is easy: all you have to do is show up at your desk every day and commit to putting pen to paper. It’s a solitary…
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Happy Valentine’s Day to Me! Press Release
DATELINE MONTREAL — Whether happily anticipating, secretly dreading, generally indifferent or completely opposed to Valentine’s Day, its annual celebration inevitably prompts personal reflections of love and happiness. That is why author Cat Larose suggests Valentine’s Day may be the perfect time to give yourself a little love. In her memoir Any Color but Beige: Living…
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Please Don’t Let Go!
I never meet interesting men on planes. Given all the flying I do, you would think the odds would be in my favor. But it seems there’s a cosmic conspiracy to keep me uncoupled and out of trouble, at least while I’m in the air. In hundreds of thousands of miles logged on various airlines…
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Drum Roll, Please…
As promised here’s the first chapter of my next book. It’s the follow up to my first book: Any Color but Beige: Living Life in Color. I’ve created a separate tab at the top of the Home Page. To read it all you have to do is click on the tab that says New Book…
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New Year’s Menu – Humble Pie
Okay, I thought I had a Chapter ready for New Year’s Day. But yesterday my editor returned my draft with so many comments and questions that it may take me another day or two to sort it all out. There’s nothing like all those little red marks to keep a girl humble. Notes to self: …
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What Color Should Your Writing Room Be?
photos: ©iStockphoto.com/photodjo Color has a profound psychological impact on our lives. It’s used every day to stimulate our senses, excite us, calm us and, yes, induce us to buy products. Each color family has its own set of characteristics that trigger certain responses in us. With that in mind we should tread carefully when adding…
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