Archive for April, 2007
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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Suzanne Lieurance and Kristen King are at it again! Together they are offering another challenge to anyone who wants to promote their business through article marketing.
What is article marketing?
Article Marketing is a creative way to drive business to your […]
Thoughts - Shame
“The only way to avoid mistakes is to gain experience;the only way to gain experience is to make mistakes.”
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Finally! Writers Can Make Money Writing
One of the things I do on my own blog is to screen resources for people who are interested in writing and publishing. I feel passionately that writers deserve to make a decent living through their valuable skill. This has not been true in the past—most writers of all types have been, and continue to […]
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Great Writing Allows You To See
I’ve had quite a few people ask me “What does it take to be a great writer?” There are all types of answers depending on the style of writing and so forth.But for me? Great writing allows you to see. My favorite type of writing and reading for that matter, is storytelling or fictional writing.
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Quote of the Day
“There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear; and there is damnation in the things that wicked men love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what winds are to oceans and malarial regions, which waft away the elements of disease, and bring new elements of health. And […]
Sunday, April 15th, 2007Toastmasters International Conference
posted by Suzanne Lieurance
Yesterday, I attended a district conference of Toastmasters International here in Kansas City, Missouri.
If you aren’t familiar with Toastmasters International, as the name implies, it’s an international organization for people who want to become better speakers.
At yesterday’s conference, several high school students presented a session called “How to Do Excellent Interpretive Reading.”
I […]
Children’s Writing Coach Suzanne Lieurance
Friday the 13th means GOOD luck because Suzanne Lieurance is appearing on Writers in the Sky Podcast!
I love the number 13. Yes, I’m weird, but, to me, it means more than a dozen; ample supply. Odd, but cute and many other lucky things. This Friday the 13th is not scary, it’s an omen of good […]
Quote
“Only fools become angry; a wise man understands.”
- Confucius
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We Met through Someone’s Mere Words
I am pondering two things: death, and the power of words.
Death, because a man whom I’ve been reading for years, Gary Halbert, passed away on Sunday.
Gary Halbert was one of my copywriting mentors, though I never met him in person. I read his famous Gary Halbert Letter as often as […]
I No Lady, I Taryn!
Aaahhh, out of the mouth of babes. Actually, I was about 3 years old when I made that declaration. I remember I was at the store with my father when we bumped into a friend of his. He cooed to me, “And who is this little lady?”
Hence, my response.
After all these years, I still […]