Remember this beautiful cover y’all voted on a while back? The guide is now READY. It’s HERE! It’s just WAITING for you to download! One reader told me this is my best work yet — and I totally agree. I’m proud of this 90-page guide not only because it details all the lessons I’ve learned […]
TGIF! Some great content for you to read this weekend: Think LinkedIn is just for connecting with employers? Problogger shares tips on how you can use the social network to grow your blog. Entrepreneur Sean Ogle offers questions to ask yourself before taking the plunge into product creation. Just in case you’re looking for an […]
Don’t you love when an online friend becomes an in-person friend? That’s what happened when I finally had coffee with Lisa McKay, face-to-face, during her recent visit to Washington, D.C. Lisa lives in Laos, but we’ve been following each others’ blogs and corresponding via email about our memoirs for years. When Lisa told me she […]
While walking around Washington, D.C.’s peaceful Roosevelt Island last weekend, my boyfriend and I started scheming on a big trip. We’re in the very early stages of scheming, when you throw out all the possibilities and all the obstacles and all the what-ifs to get a sense for whether the dream could ever really happen. […]
Happy Friday! Start your weekend with some great content from this week: Think raising children and building your own company is impossible? The New York Times highlighted several women doing just that. Time to fill that Google Reader! The Daily Muse shared 10 websites for entrepreneurs. An honest post from Beth Fenger on the fears […]
I read everything Chris Guillebeau writes, so you’re probably not surprised I tore through his new book, The $100 Startup, as soon as it arrived in the mail. If you’re thinking about launching a side biz or going off on your own full time, this is a book you shouldn’t miss. Since I’m pretty much […]
Years ago, when someone wrote a book, you knew it was probably decent. Just because of the mere fact that it existed, that a publishing house had bothered to put it on shelves, you knew it had merit. Now, with the ease of self-publishing, anyone can publish a book. This is fabulous for so many […]
Happy Friday! Here are a few helpful blog posts and articles from this week: Looking for ways to showcase your career and your work? Steve Buttry covers a few digital tools, from Pinterest to Pressfolios. Learn to love who you are, says blogger Therese Schwenkler. So important! It’s easy to get overwhelmed by feeling like […]
Tonight I opened my manuscript, my travel memoir, my baby. The date stamped on the Word doc told me the last time I made edits to Please Send Pants was nearly a year ago, in July 2011. I can hardly believe it’s been a YEAR since I looked at my book. I opened it because […]
If you didn’t hear via my newsletter (because I give subscribers first-dib discounts on everything), I’ve got a new eguide on my virtual bookshelf: How to Create a Freakin’ Fabulous Social Media Strategy I wrote this guide purely because readers — that’s YOU — asked for it. Yes, I’ve been listening! You want to be […]